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Cif or Jif

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    #32
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Irish Guitarist wrote: »
    There's an American brand of peanut butter called Jif. I wonder if that had anything to do with the name change.

    https://www.ocado.com/productImages/529/52932011_0_640x640.jpg?identifier=6d0dfa5fb8f731ac6236b055dbdf4486
    It's not Jif.

    It's

    200224082523-20200221-jif-gif-exlarge-169-1.jpg


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    #33
    [Deleted User]
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    Guy Person wrote: »
    Barry Scott never laughs, shouting is his only means of communication.... he's probably angry because he has cif-ilis.



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    #34
    Raconteuse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,817 ✭✭✭Raconteuse


    anewme wrote: »
    Or Fas. Or AnCo.
    What's AnCo?


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    #35
    Xertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭Xertz


    The history of it actually involves Ireland.

    Cif is a French product made by a company that Unilever merged into itself (they’re the Borg of washing powder). It was always called Cif from day one.

    Anyway, it launched in the UK as Vim originally but Unilever Ireland called it Jif, as it was deemed more like a word and someone else owned Vim here at the time.

    There was an issue with Jif squeezy lemon in the UK, which is a much older product than Jif/Cif.

    Anyway, Unilever also bought that and ever since Jif cleanser became Cif in the UK and Ireland.

    It’s still called Jif in Scandinavia, Australia and it’s called Viss in Germany and for some reason Handy Andy in South Africa.

    Loads of these products exist though in Unilever and P&G.

    For example Omo is Unilever’s top end laundry brand but in Ireland and Britain they own the Persil brand (which is Henkel owned almost everywhere else) and call it that, in France it’s known as Skip and so on. The logo is identical and marketing campaigns are shared.

    Same goes for products like Fairy liquid (P&G) which is known as Dawn in the US, Dreft in France and has several other names.

    The best of the lot is probably “Heart Brand” which is the Unilever international ice cream brand. There are umpteen names for this including HB, Walls, Miko ans so on but it’s identical heart brand packaging and products in every market.

    Post Brexit I would suspect Ireland will see a lot more continental supply chain items so, you might be seeing Skip or Omo replacing Persil branding and so on.


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    #36
    anewme
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    Raconteuse wrote: »
    What's AnCo?

    Before Fas there was AnCo.

    An Chomhairle Oiliúna, in English “the training council”, was commonly referred to as AnCO.

    Really showing my age now!


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    #37
    Xertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭Xertz


    An elderly relative of mine refers to Eir Mobile as “P&T Mobile” and she gets her “piped television” from RTE relays apparently and refuses to listen to any of the new fangled names Liberty Global has stuck on the cable company. She seems to find Virgin Media a bit of an over dose of Richard Branson, so “the piped telly” it is!

    She also still refers to Tesco as H. Williams! Skipping over even Quinsworth.

    She also was asking what the hell they renamed Marathon as something that just reminds her of knickers. She had to give up eating them as apparently it just put her off lol.


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    #38
    Peatys
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    TuringBot47 wrote: »
    I leave the details of the cleaning to the womenfolk.

    Your mam wouldn't like being called womenfolk


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    #39
    Leg End Reject
    Registered Users Posts: 16,435 ✭✭✭✭Leg End Reject


    anewme wrote: »
    Oil of Ulay forever.

    It was very posh back in the day.

    I was convinced it used to be Olay and changed to Ulay.
    https://forumofgames.com/index.php

    >>> Staying Alive <<<



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    #40
    phormium
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    I still buy good old powder Vim, can't beat it :)


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    #41
    DavyD_83
    Registered Users Posts: 1,991 ✭✭✭DavyD_83


    BuboBubo wrote: »
    Olay or Ulay?
    Snickers or Marathon?
    Opal Fruits or Starburst?
    Datsun or Nissan?

    Jif
    Snickers
    Opal fruits
    Nissan

    Do I win?


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    #42
    Raconteuse
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    Candie wrote: »
    Names always mean something else somewhere else. Behold, Pee Cola.

    pee-cola.jpg

    Not to mention the unfortunate Fart Bar.

    fartbar.jpg
    Where can I get a Fart bar?


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    #43
    AllForIt
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    I believe the reason the name was changed from Jif to Cif is because some ppl were putting Jif cream cleaner on their pancakes.


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    #44
    Gael23
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    AllForIt wrote: »
    I believe the reason the name was changed from Jif to Cif is because some ppl were putting Jif cream cleaner on their pancakes.

    You were one ,admit it!
    ,


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    #45
    anewme
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    AllForIt wrote: »
    I believe the reason the name was changed from Jif to Cif is because some ppl were putting Jif cream cleaner on their pancakes.

    Given that Corona beer has taken a nosedive because of the Corinavurus, nothing about people should surprise you.


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    #46
    Xertz
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    AllForIt wrote: »
    I believe the reason the name was changed from Jif to Cif is because some ppl were putting Jif cream cleaner on their pancakes.

    Given the last few years of politics in certain countries, nothing would surprise me anymore.

    Unilever actually own both Cif (Jif) cleaner and Jif squeezy lemons.


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    #47
    Leg End Reject
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    anewme wrote: »
    Given that Corona beer has taken a nosedive because of the Corinavurus, nothing about people should surprise you.

    Some people really are morons.
    https://forumofgames.com/index.php

    >>> Staying Alive <<<



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    #48
    the purple tin
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    Leg End Reject wrote: »
    Some people ladies really are morons.
    Corona is a girls beer.


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    #49
    One eyed Jack
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    I remember Vim and Ajax being out around the same time, the powder in the cardboard tubes. Always thought they had merged to become Cif.

    And now I just realised when I googled that this chaps name is spelled with a K -


    Kif_Kroker_8217.png


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    #50
    Riesen_Meal
    Registered Users Posts: 10,575 ✭✭✭✭Riesen_Meal


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGooQ8yYC0c


    Go on the Barry Scott...


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    #51
    Gael23
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    Xertz wrote: »
    Given the last few years of politics in certain countries, nothing would surprise me anymore.

    Unilever actually own both Cif (Jif) cleaner and Jif squeezy lemons.

    Let’s hope you don’t get the h m mixed up!


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    #52
    Postgrad10
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    Jif is the lemon juice for pancakes too. Is that why they changed to cif?

    Anyone remember Dove ice cream ?


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    #53
    andekwarhola
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    Aldi or LIDL had one called Cillit Bang that I misread initially as Clit Bang and chortled.


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    #54
    old_aussie
    Registered Users Posts: 3,410 ✭✭✭old_aussie


    Cif, the name Mrs Philis called her first son?


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    #55
    bonny!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 87 ✭✭bonny!


    Jif


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    #56
    Gael23
    Registered Users Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    Jif is so much better


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    #57
    JasonStatham
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    Gael23 wrote: »
    Will it always be Jif or have we got used to the name change

    Wait cif is the detergent right, and jif is the stuff you put on pancakes?


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    #58
    Gael23
    Registered Users Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    JasonStatham wrote: »
    Wait cif is the detergent right, and jif is the stuff you put on pancakes?

    Technically yes. But both were once Jif


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    #59
    Gael23
    Registered Users Posts: 12,089 ✭✭✭✭Gael23


    JasonStatham wrote: »
    Wait cif is the detergent right, and jif is the stuff you put on pancakes?

    I hope you didn’t mix them up


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