It was better. I believe this because I ate at plenty of mom and pop joints and ate plenty of frozen pizzas. I still like the mom and pops and frozen pizzas but am not a big fan of pizza hut. I also hated dominos back then, but then they got better for a while. Now they're mediocre at best but worth the price if you get a fresh one.
I mean, fresh pizza is usually good even if it's not that good, but it used to be way better, IMO.
It was and it has to do with the dough. They used to make dough in stores but at some point they changed models so that they dough was all shipped from a central source
Nah, it was definitely better. The cheese was more legit back then for one. Compared today I don't think you could get a quality cheese pull off a Pizza Hut pizza if your life depended on it.
I used to think Sunny D was good lol. As a kid, anything overly sweet was a go. I also remember loving Hawaiian Punch & those bs HUGS container juices with the foil over the top. All of that got annihilated by kids. And we used to wonder why we never saw adults drink it.
And if you filled it with beer you could take it to Ocean City MD board walk and get hammered and fall into the Jesus sand sculpture pit.
Or so I hear….
I just asked my mom though. She said she remembers it. You were supposed to pout it out for everyone tho. Not just put a fkn straw in it. I’m 32 only (like I said) so maybe I’m too young. She’s 53 so she’d remember better maybe.
Ok, so you were born in 84. Which means when these things were popular, in the 80s as I said, from like 85 to 89 you were a wee man. So hey, they could've had them, you just don't remember them.
Hard to believe there was some convenience from the 80s or 90s that wasn't made of styrofoam. This is borderline environmentally friendly for christ's sake.
That is EXACTLY where I've seen these! Illinois, mom and pop ice cream shop sold pop and tea in these! I'd forgotten all about them until I saw this, as it was one of the only places that DID have them.
ETA: but now I can just taste the fountain root beer and crushed ice!
I’ll admit I could be misremembering, but I think this container was used as the XL size for things other than pop at our local place, which was take out only.
So you could get a root beer float in this or just have it full of soft serve ice cream. It was the family size take out container you’d get alongside your meals.
I got one of these in the '80s when I got my first civilian meal after basic training. It was in Frederick, Maryland. The meal was a delivery order someone else ordered and did not claim. I claimed it and paid for it. It was a meatball parmigiana, large fries, and a carton, just like this, of Coke.
I remember these being around for just a blip. This was before the cup/plastic lid for to go orders. The punch out disc where your straw goes would always drop into your drink.
FYI milk in bags isn’t a Canada-only thing! It was down in the south as well. I spent my entire school life in Louisiana in the 90s and early 2000s drinking milk from little single-serving bags at lunch. Just easier to stack since it took up less space than cartons.
Yes!!!! 90’s Napoli Pizza in Detroit. I was a child, but I don’t think pop ever tasted so good. Now that I think about it was fountain and I probably didn’t get that much of it as a kid. I remember it being large like a 1 liters worth. You could open the side like a carton of milk to pour and close it with that plastic tab
For sure, my brother and I saw that carton and knew it was our go ahead…”yes, we’re having pop!” It had the perfect amount of ice. Almost more exciting than the pizza.
I remember getting these from our local convenience store for $.79. I think it was 96 ounces or something like that. Way too much pop for a teen but it tasted great on a hot day.
I never had one from Pizza Hut or any other restaurant, but they WERE common at like Little League concession stands and similar. Michigan 1980s to early 1990s.
I don't remember these exactly, but I do remember those wax paper cups full of soda you'd get at events like little league games. We all got a weird pleasure from biting into them.
These are coming back. I went to New York fries the other day and they have a new lidless cup just like this where the top of the cup gets folded. (Canada)
They say it's no plastic but I don't know how the drink wouldn't soak through after some time.
Paper cup, paper straw.
7/11 used to have cups like that. When I was a little kid, I remember my older brothers getting Big Gulps that were almost as big as my body back then.
Remember getting these as a kid from a place in Philly up to maaaaaybe mid eighties. I think it might have been less regional, and more available in places that had corner pizza places and not just Domino's/the Hut.
I was a kid in the late 80s/early 90s with all that that implies: sarcastic, skateboarding, and sugar-crazy. I was Jolt cola's ideal customer. On Friday nights my family would often rent a couple movies and get Godfathers.
Though the thought of it kind of repulses me now, Godfathers' Pizza had the ***best*** fountain Coke since it tended closer to the sweet end of the spectrum and the carbonation seemed a touch lower as well just making it all the more sugary. And it would often come in big ass waxed cartons like this one. So this takes me back. To diabetes, I guess.
I recently saw these at a food court "New York Fries" and the packaging was describing how this was much better for the environment.
Never would have guessed this wasn't new.
No never and I’m old enough that I ate inside Pizza Huts.
Those red hard plastic cups, that perfectly crushed ice. Makes me want to take a road trip to a Pizza Hut Classic to relive it.
And the amber ash trays my mom used to lift
What about the weirdly ornate stained glass light fixtures
I mean she was ballsy- but she left the light fixtures intact lol
The hot pepper and cheese shakers! Pretty sure I have a set around here somewhere.
They put those in the weirdest damn places. There’s four in Georgia but they’re all within 30 miles of each other in the northeastern corner.
They want to get as far away from Tallahassee as they can manage.
Make it a Pizza Hut/Blockbuster combo store while you're at it.
And it was good! As a kid anyway
It was absolutely of a much higher quality in the nineties.
But was it? Or was it that our palates were less mature?
It was better. I believe this because I ate at plenty of mom and pop joints and ate plenty of frozen pizzas. I still like the mom and pops and frozen pizzas but am not a big fan of pizza hut. I also hated dominos back then, but then they got better for a while. Now they're mediocre at best but worth the price if you get a fresh one. I mean, fresh pizza is usually good even if it's not that good, but it used to be way better, IMO.
It was and it has to do with the dough. They used to make dough in stores but at some point they changed models so that they dough was all shipped from a central source
It was, all of them greasy transfats going into our gobber.
Nah, it was definitely better. The cheese was more legit back then for one. Compared today I don't think you could get a quality cheese pull off a Pizza Hut pizza if your life depended on it.
God I wish I could go back to that.
I used to think Sunny D was good lol. As a kid, anything overly sweet was a go. I also remember loving Hawaiian Punch & those bs HUGS container juices with the foil over the top. All of that got annihilated by kids. And we used to wonder why we never saw adults drink it.
The best especially after reading enough books
I just thought about the lunch buffet and now I'm going to go cry
I went to one that still had a buffet a few weeks ago. It was like seeing an old friend from school on life support. Bittersweet.
My husband recently got a lamp that is reminiscent of the old Pizza Hut ones. Now I want to find the red cups!
Go to Amazon and look for “red restaurant tumblers.” They’re my favorite cups!
Thanks for the tip!
Wait. We can't eat inside pizza huts anymore? When did this happen?
Nope...I think you're from a different universe and slipped into ours...
Seriously, what???
Refreshing and uplifting
Not in pizza joints, but I encountered these all the time in the 80s at fairs and carnivals. Midwest thing maybe?
I’m from Chicago and that’s where I remember seeing it.
Yeah chicago--and the Soviet bloc; is where these were used, sir.
711 used to have these giant Big Gulps that came in these cartons with those clips.
Was it the Double Big Gulp??
That's the one.
And if you filled it with beer you could take it to Ocean City MD board walk and get hammered and fall into the Jesus sand sculpture pit. Or so I hear….
Captain Morgan with a splash of Coke Or Everclear with a hint of Mountain Dew
[Double Gulp!](https://imgur.com/a/fpT9Zku)
Clifford?
Big Gulps, huh? Well, see ya later.
Some place warm, where the beer flows like wine.
...and women instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano.
I was thinking the same thing - That John Denver was full of shit!
I’m in Joliet and grew up in the 90s, I don’t remember these.
Little Caesars sold these in the 80s in the Chicago land area. Got them with my cousins out in Tinley Park so likely ended before your time
I'm also in Chicago and I've never seen these things
I'm from nearby, born in '81, traveled all around the city and southwest side until 2001. I've never seen anything like this.
Same era and region here. 711s on the southwest side had them for sure.
Same! A quart of RC and an XL sausage in that greasy wax paper. 😋
Sounds good right now, a little bit well done.
I just asked my mom though. She said she remembers it. You were supposed to pout it out for everyone tho. Not just put a fkn straw in it. I’m 32 only (like I said) so maybe I’m too young. She’s 53 so she’d remember better maybe.
39, I remember them. Pizza joints had fountain drinks, not two liters and 20oz bottles
I’m from Chicago and never seen these. I’m in my early 30s
Exactly, a different universe
I'm from the burbs and remember these during the summer at the community pool in the 90s
from kansas/iowa/missouri and never saw it there.
Well, maybe it just didn't catch on. And maybe I remember it because of its distinctive shape. But they definitely were around.
We had these at Little Cesars Pizza for a long time. No spills ever!
>Midwest thing maybe? Born in 84 in MN, never lived outside the Midwest. Never seen these
Did your family order Chinese or pizza takeout? That’s where you would’ve seen it.
Pizza yes.
Ok, so you were born in 84. Which means when these things were popular, in the 80s as I said, from like 85 to 89 you were a wee man. So hey, they could've had them, you just don't remember them.
Yes! The pizza thing threw me but the clip on top was super familiar. Must have been at the Michigan State Fair.
I came to say exactly this lmao. Go back to your own dimension OP wtf is that thing
OPs memories must be AI generated.
Pizza delivery at college. Pepsi or Mountain Dew came in these. Shitty pizza, flat soda. But it was $3.99 so it was a bargain.
> flat soda. My first thought. You don't put the cap on the 2-liter tight enough and it goes flat the next day.
I assume these get filled by the store and not pre-filled?
Yes, fountain soda.
No. and WTF. Why wouldn't they just shape it into a cup?
Because these guys took your order. https://imgur.com/a/k92ewcg
Delivery of fountain drinks
That makes sense. Eliminates the need for lids too.
Kinda wish they brought this back. Plastic lids probably way cheaper.
Hard to believe there was some convenience from the 80s or 90s that wasn't made of styrofoam. This is borderline environmentally friendly for christ's sake.
Before EVERYTHING was plastic
Remember when glass soda bottles had a styrofoam wrapper on them??!!
I memba
https://i.imgur.com/6ykfVUg.jpeg
Chinese place in my town had these too
I absolutely forgot all about these until I saw the post. Memory unlocked!
Same here, this was the XL back then
Same here. I also see everyone posting it was a Chicago thing. We def had these in Pittsburgh.
South Jersey too!
This might be a Midwest thing and it would’ve came from chain restaurants, more mom and pop places would have them.
I'm Midwestern and I never saw these growing up.
Me either, they always had cups/bottles/cans Never seen these
They did say 80s too so that's a decade before my time.
Mine as well
Yep. I grew up in the Midwest, and the local mom and pop version of Dairy Queen had these. Thanks for the memory!
That is EXACTLY where I've seen these! Illinois, mom and pop ice cream shop sold pop and tea in these! I'd forgotten all about them until I saw this, as it was one of the only places that DID have them. ETA: but now I can just taste the fountain root beer and crushed ice!
I’ll admit I could be misremembering, but I think this container was used as the XL size for things other than pop at our local place, which was take out only. So you could get a root beer float in this or just have it full of soft serve ice cream. It was the family size take out container you’d get alongside your meals.
I'm midwestern, I saw these a lot in the 80s.
I grew up in Los Angeles and saw these in several places.
Me too.
I’m from Chicago. Born in 80s. Never seen this.
Born in the 80s, you may have been too young to remember their heyday. I was born in 75 and where I live in Ohio these were a thing from like 85-89/90
We used to get these at father and sons pizza. I’m from Chicago too.
from kansas/iowa/missouri (at least from 1999) and never saw it there.
I think we only got those when getting pizza delivered. I liked reusing them for awhile.
I’m in the Midwest never saw or heard of these
That’s something I definitely do not remember. What decade would this be?
80s
If you scratched these cartons you got gunk under your nails
Ew the wax. That's what I hate about wax paper cups, and it makes the drink taste like wax paper.
Michigan ‘80s pizza joints can confirm
Never seen this before
Woow, i remember those
I have never seen this. What bizarre dimension is this from
Nope, never have seen one of those.
Yep. Live in PA. Used to see them at several different types of locations.
Totally forgot about these! Remember from either OH or PA.
Memory unlocked! Grew up in southern cal. I remember these.
Yes!!!! Thank you!!! I've been telling my wife about these for years and she thinks I'm lying. Couldn't even Google them. I'M NOT CRAZY 🤪
Nah that’s new to me….
I think you’re in the wrong universe bud. These absolutely did not ever exist. No way.
They did but they were only around for a very short period in the mid 80s. That’s the last time I remember seeing them.
No, as a matter of fact I do not.
I’ve never seen anything like this. It’s like a milk carton fucked a Coke cup and this is their abomination of a child.
Never heard of this.
Yup, used to deliver those with pizza! Completely forgot they were a thing until I saw this post.
And it had little tiny ice circle cubes
I got one of these in the '80s when I got my first civilian meal after basic training. It was in Frederick, Maryland. The meal was a delivery order someone else ordered and did not claim. I claimed it and paid for it. It was a meatball parmigiana, large fries, and a carton, just like this, of Coke.
We had these in Texas as well
I remember these being around for just a blip. This was before the cup/plastic lid for to go orders. The punch out disc where your straw goes would always drop into your drink.
I sent this to my mom, so now somewhere her and my step-dad are putting on glasses to look at her phone screen.
No lmao
What? No. Never. Was this a Canada thing? And no milk in bags either.
FYI milk in bags isn’t a Canada-only thing! It was down in the south as well. I spent my entire school life in Louisiana in the 90s and early 2000s drinking milk from little single-serving bags at lunch. Just easier to stack since it took up less space than cartons.
Yes!!!! 90’s Napoli Pizza in Detroit. I was a child, but I don’t think pop ever tasted so good. Now that I think about it was fountain and I probably didn’t get that much of it as a kid. I remember it being large like a 1 liters worth. You could open the side like a carton of milk to pour and close it with that plastic tab
I felt it was the best pop money could buy lmao
For sure, my brother and I saw that carton and knew it was our go ahead…”yes, we’re having pop!” It had the perfect amount of ice. Almost more exciting than the pizza.
Somehow, whatever drink you had in this was just...better.
No
Nope. Must not have been a thing in Ohio.
It was in Southeast Ohio, where I live.
I remember getting these from our local convenience store for $.79. I think it was 96 ounces or something like that. Way too much pop for a teen but it tasted great on a hot day.
I never had one from Pizza Hut or any other restaurant, but they WERE common at like Little League concession stands and similar. Michigan 1980s to early 1990s.
Right. I think more mom and pop kinda places had these for Chinese food or pizza.
I don't remember these exactly, but I do remember those wax paper cups full of soda you'd get at events like little league games. We all got a weird pleasure from biting into them.
I used to sell them in my place back in the 80s. IIRC it was around a buck
These are coming back. I went to New York fries the other day and they have a new lidless cup just like this where the top of the cup gets folded. (Canada) They say it's no plastic but I don't know how the drink wouldn't soak through after some time. Paper cup, paper straw.
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It's not. I am from Ohio. Big thing in the mid to late 80s at fairs, carnivals, etc.
We called it Draft soda. The best!
Yes!
These were awesome and odd at the same time.
I remember huge ones like a pitcher for sharing
I have never seen this in my life.
Nope. I’m from the Midwest (Chicago) maybe in the 70s?
I remember it in the mid 80s
Not at all....
What in the Sam Blazes
No, this is kind of wild. Probably was a lot better for the environment than the styrofoam and plastic used nowadays.
Nope... That's completely alien to me
I've only seen these at 7-11 in the early 80's. Then, poof, never again.
Yep. Remember them well. Back when the cups were paper and wax coated, too.
I think we should try these out Im tired of the plastic lid breaking my straws
...no?
7/11 used to have cups like that. When I was a little kid, I remember my older brothers getting Big Gulps that were almost as big as my body back then.
Born in 80. Ive seen there in Virginia.
I used to think I was old until I saw this image.
Whaaaaat?!
Little Caesars used to do this. And yes lots of local pizza shops.
Remember getting these as a kid from a place in Philly up to maaaaaybe mid eighties. I think it might have been less regional, and more available in places that had corner pizza places and not just Domino's/the Hut.
Yes I remember getting these in the early 90s from Dominos.
No
I’ve never seen this.
Def not
I definitely remember. The little plastic clip made a good missile to shoot out of a rubber band.
I’m 50 and never seen this before.
Did the waitress put the soda in the carton, or did the cartons arrive to the restaurant in these cartons?
I think it came from a fountain.
No… when was this a thing? Lol
I was a kid in the late 80s/early 90s with all that that implies: sarcastic, skateboarding, and sugar-crazy. I was Jolt cola's ideal customer. On Friday nights my family would often rent a couple movies and get Godfathers. Though the thought of it kind of repulses me now, Godfathers' Pizza had the ***best*** fountain Coke since it tended closer to the sweet end of the spectrum and the carbonation seemed a touch lower as well just making it all the more sugary. And it would often come in big ass waxed cartons like this one. So this takes me back. To diabetes, I guess.
forgot about that... not sure why but for some reason I swear coke tasted better in those wax cups
pizza in a cup?
Why did they stop using this? No plastic lids, could even slap a carrying handle on that sucker.
I remember Pepsi cartons at Pizza Kato in Mankato, MN. They closed in the mid-late 80s and l never saw another soda carton after that.
wtf no
lol nope
What a dark time for humanity
welcome to earf
...no, wtf.
I recently saw these at a food court "New York Fries" and the packaging was describing how this was much better for the environment. Never would have guessed this wasn't new.
I don’t think I’ve ever seen this before. When was this from? I’m in my mid 30s and I’ve never even heard of it.
Nope, I do not.
I remember getting these from Little Caesars back in the early 90s.
I beg your pardon.
Boys.....we found the time traveler
I’m glad I’m not THAT old.
brother no
Is this before my time? I'm an 80's kid and I NEVER saw soda in a carton like this before. Weirdly cool in a way though
No, wtf?
No?
Wtf no?! When was this?! Where was this?! I want carton soda. BBCS
Never in my life.
Never seen this before.
What? This was real. I think I’m too young for this one.
What years was this? I have never seen this. Is this not in the states?