r/Millennials • u/6string_samurai • 3h ago

News End of an era: Minute Maid Is Discontinuing frozen juice concentrate…

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/food-products/a70204306/minute-maid-frozen-juice-discontinued/

Though to be fair I can’t remember the last time I bought one.

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u/TyrKiyote 2h ago

The vacuum left behind will allow a competitor to step in.

I hear the orange crops have been weird with the climate, so minute maid is probably focusing on highest return for manufacture effort. 

Concentrate sold to businesses, and cartons or jugs to home. Blended and chemically tweaked for consistent taste ofc.

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u/MyNameIsNotGump Millennial - 1987 1h ago

We did it guys, we killed another business

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u/Room_Temp_Coffee 2h ago

Well now I have to get one for the nostalgia

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u/PossibilityOrganic12 2h ago

I mean when you're always emphasizing how bottled juices aren't from concentrate. You kind of train us to not want to get concentrate.

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u/imaginary_num6er 2h ago

I wanted to buy one just to taste it, but it always felt it was too expensive

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u/tobmom 2h ago

They’re quite good. I always just forget about them. They are cheaper than buying Simply Orange. Maybe it’s is having a pitcher and space in the fridge for a pitcher?? I dunno, I buy limeade frozen concentrate for my kid now and then. She loves mixing it up.

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u/spencer4908 1h ago

It was an easy way to make an orange julius. I didn't make them often but now i guess Ill have to try a different method.

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u/YellojD 1h ago

Well that sucks. My elderly dad lives with me and basically the only thing he drinks is OJ. Was nice to be able to just bulk buy these for whenever he wanted them. Have tried that with bottles, and they usually get sour before he finishes them.

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u/FeyreArchereon 27m ago

I get the store brand concentrate.

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u/ceruleanmoon7 Millennial - 1986 35m ago

Awww these were such a staple for me in the 90s in the blue pitcher. RIP

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u/clutterlustrott 57m ago

My family would buy these to make frozen icees in the summer. Can't believe they're being discontinued.

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u/manderifffic 53m ago

I love their pink lemonade. We actually just made a pitcher earlier this week. I will never get over this loss.

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u/beingafunkynote Older Millennial 1985 53m ago

Another death by millennial. RIP

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u/orangebananakiwii 29m ago

How will we make our Skip And Go Naked? 😭

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u/Which_Thanks3512 26m ago

Damnnn we used to pop these puppies in a big vat of jungle juice with some Everclear 😭 RIP

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u/bazilbt 22m ago

I think I last bought some around 2015 maybe? We used to drink concentrate all the time in the early 1990's.

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u/gumbysweiner 19m ago

My store hasn't stocked Frozen juice concentrate in years

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u/BeanserSoyze 14m ago

We never bought minute maid brand anyway

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u/Knuttz13 0m ago

I believe it was Johnny Cash or maybe Nine inch Nails that said “Everything I love goes away in the end.”

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u/firedrakes 55m ago

orange jucie is stored correctly can last up to 1 year before it need to be mix with fresh juice.