Retro Food, Episodes
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Oct. 22, 2026
Why We Pay More for Retro Foods; and the Food Cartel That Started One!
Retro foods are back, and your favorite restaurant, big brands, and cagey marketers know exactly why. Why are we suddenly eating yesterday again? Nostalgia is showing up on restaurant menus, grocery shelves, and in foods some of us thought had been mercifully retired. And there may be more going on than a craving for Mom’s casserole. In this Food Fight episode of Family Tree Food Stories, Nancy May and Sylvia France share the strange history, family memories, marketing tricks, and occasion...