Talk:Faygo

Something Awful

On Something Awful's internet television network GBStv, there are segments of skits involving Faygo that mock the drink and use it in homosexual gestures (presumably observing the phonetic similarity between the word 'Faygo' and the words 'fag' and 'gaymo.' Do you think someone could add a bit of info about this, perhaps under Trivia?

--I'm not good at internets, how did this get here? Anyway, no.

Insane Clown Posse

• The mentioning of ICP and Faygo was removed from the article. I added information about it in a fabricated "trivia" section. - ICP reference not necessary at all

Wondering about distribution in Canada. Faygo is widely available here in South-Western Ontario (near Detroit) - how far does this extend? -- stewacide

Never seen it in London, only in Windsor and in Michigan. Adam Bishop 00:12, 7 Jan 2005 (UTC)

Hmmm... we get it in Chatham. I wonder about Sarnia... -- stewacide

I wonder about Sarnia, too! --Spiff666 (talk) 14:57, 17 August 2010 (UTC)

I can get every flavor in southern ohio.

Could this article expand more on the relationship between the ICP and Faygo? Why are ICP fans and ICP so into Faygo?

From what I've read at fan sites of the group, ICP sings about Faygo a lot because it's what their families could afford when they were kids. ICP is also a Detroit group, so maybe they feel some sort of loyalty to the brand. It's a freudian thing I guess. As far as prices, go, Faygo doesn't seem to be the cheapest anymore. When I've seen Faygo and their competitors side by side, they're about the same price (92 cents for a 2 liter of Faygo cola, 99 cents for 2 liter Pepsi or Coke..?), so really Faygo's biggest selling point is their variety of unusual flavors. (also make sure to add four tildes to the end of your messages as a signature, it helps sort out the conversation!). - 66.227.141.165 06:15, 15 January 2006 (UTC)

I like the new Peach flavor!

Moved the paragraph involving ICP up to make the article more chronological, and changed some grammar. 66.227.141.165 04:14, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

From Lord Jordo: I live in London and apparently someone found it at an A&P in London he said it was 50 cents for 2 letres i didn't belive him I looked it up here I now know that a pop with such an strange name exists but I'm still questioning the price, so could someone tell me the price of the stuff in Canada?

Man I miss this stuff. Moved to the UK early Jan 06, went back to Detroit a bit in June. At the gas station I lived by, you could get a two liter for 99 cents, the same price a the 16 ounce Pepsi.

99 cents for a two liter of faygo where is that at. in lansing Mi its 79 cents all day everyday.. wow you guys get taxed like crazy. and now for the icp and faygo story i found this at fellow juggalo site (http://zeara420.tripod.com/id19.html) and this is the speculation on how icp really got into using faygo as a major part of the juggalo society

"Faygo: what exactly is it? Faygo is a super cheap soda-pop beverage, whose homequarters rest in Detroit, Michigan. The Insane Clown Posse have been spraying Faygo all over the Juggalos at live shows for what seems an eternity but in reality only goes back a few years ago. I.C.P. drank the Faygo soda-pop when they were kids because it was cheap, and there was so many different refreshing flavors and a varieties to choose from. One day at an I.C.P. concert, Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope were doing synchronized dance steps and Shaggs fucked up, so J grabbed a two liter of Faygo and bashed it over Shaggy's head, and thus the war began. Juggalos everywhere were on stage throwing Faygo, gettin' live. And so from then on, at every Insane Clown Posse concert, Faygo is thrown all over the willing crowd, and everybody seems to enjoy it, go nuts, and have just a straight up fresh time. That is the history of how the Insane Clown Posse and Faygo cola are connected."----http://zeara420.tripod.com/id19.html what about faygos new flavor that they dropped this year "faygo centennial blue"?

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Faygo is available in California, but not in most "everyday" markets (i.e., not in Safeway or Albertsons). Only specialty retailers (oddly, Hot Topic carries some flavors) and VERY few restaurants (such as Fuddruckers) carry it. --Dante Alighieri | Talk 18:59, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Redpop

Was Redpop actually "introduced to the world" by Faygo? According to their official website, the name Redpop was not coined until the 1960s, while a very similar drink, Big Red, was created earlier in 1937. Also in more recent decades, other large bottling companies (such as Chek and Big K) have been introducing red, strawberry-flavored soft drinks as well so I'm not sure if Redpop should be counted as a "unique" flavor of Faygo's. --TheEvilBlueberryCouncil 22:23, 18 February 2006 (UTC)

What flavor *is* Rock & Rye anyway? My sister says it's strawberry. I can't convince her that Redpop is the strawberry one. XP

--Rock & Rye is a "Cream Cola".Ogyaf 11:26, 20 January 2007 (UTC)

If I can ever find Moon Mist Red or Blue, how do they relate to Moon Mist Green? Do they all taste the same or not?IanHistor (talk) 17:41, 19 January 2011 (UTC)

It's sold in North Carolina

"It is distributed in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Central Southern regions of the United States."

North Carolina isn't part of the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, or Central Southern regions. This needs to be changed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Shepard Commander (talk • contribs) 04:56, 3 July 2011 (UTC)

Monroe, Washington?

What's all this about Monroe, Washington? I see nothing in the sources to back this up. I'm a MI native and assumed that Faygo was founded and always headquartered in MI. The official site does not mention Washington. K88dad (talk) 02:16, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Someone vandalized it], fixing it now. Ian.thomson (talk) 16:28, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

date discrepancy?

The article says that the soda was launched in the 1960s, but a couple sentences later says that the brothers bought their first delivery truck in 1922 and started deliveries the following year. What gives? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.59.246.35 (talk) 01:29, 26 April 2015 (UTC)

Twist off cap and "pop" sound

In this edit, Spshu (talk · contribs) added this sentence:

The company introduced the now industry standard twist-off cap and the term pop for the product. This came from the sound made when the twist-off cap is removed.

It has been removed, re-added, removed again, and I added it back thinking the removal was vandalism (the edit summary simply said "fixing typo", which clearly removal of content does not fall under). The source cited for the statement is no longer valid, and the Internet Archive does not have an archive of the original source. The two removals were both made by T Yorke (talk · contribs), who left a message at my talk page after I warned them not to vandalize this article. The message cites two sources that contradict the statement added by Spshu, and without a source to at least compare against, it would seem the statement should be removed. The message from my talk page:

According to my research, the plastic bottle and twist off cap was invented in 1973 by Nathaniel Wyeth, who had worked for DuPont, not Faygo: https://apnews.com/0a880979ac8f1e5786a7e888e412f12a. Also, the term "pop" in regards to soda was first coined by Robert Southey in 1812: https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/06/why-soda-is-also-called-pop/
— User:T York 07:37, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

I wanted to start a discussion to see if there were other sources that can sustain Spshu's addition before removing it. —Locke Cole • t • c 15:13, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

The source is not "invalid", just because it is not still at the newspaper's website. Internet Archive has six captures of the webpage. Per the source: "Besides the filtering system, Faygo is credited with creating the twist-off cap, now used industrywide." It is possible that Faygo and Wyeth worked together.

Detroit News: "The company also was the first to refer to soda as 'pop,' inspired by the pop sound when the cap is removed." Never heard of todayifoundout.com before. Spshu (talk) 17:16, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

@Spshu: I mean, it's a dead link. It is invalid. I tried using the Wayback Machine to pull an archive of it, but was met with an error saying the site was not indexed. If you have an archive.org link that we can add to the citation, then that's all that is needed to close this up and move on. —Locke Cole • t • c 04:59, 23 May 2020 (UTC)

Here's another reference for Robert Southey: https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100337804. I'm a big fan of Faygo by the way, especially Red Pop and Rock & Rye. T Yorke (talk) 17:52, 22 May 2020 (UTC)

Addition of non-WP:RS content

@60.227.221.174, as discussed on your talk page, your repeated addition of non-WP:RS trivia is non-encyclopedic and has been reverted. Please read WP:RS, WP:IPCEXAMPLES, and WP:EDITWAR (you have already been warned of this by another user) before you edit this article again. Thank you. Rift (talk) 21:55, 17 November 2024 (UTC)