Maxwell House
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Sep 11, 2026
JimHOST
So grab your mug, put on your favorite slippers, grab the paper, and settle in because we're about to pour ourselves a nice, hot, cozy cup of The Busy Signal.
JimHOST
So let's start with one of the heavy hitters, Maxwell House.
JimHOST
If you grew up in the 80s or 90s, Maxwell House was everywhere.
JimHOST
It'd been around forever, but by the 1980s, Maxwell House was in the middle of what I like to call the Great Coffee Wars, because you were either a Maxwell House family or a Folgers family.
JimHOST
That was basically it.
JimHOST
These companies weren't shy about telling you who was winning either.
JimHOST
Maxwell House had those commercials touting nationwide taste tests where coffee drinkers supposedly preferred Maxwell House over Folgers.
Linda EllerbeeSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
I'm Linda Ellerbee.
Caitriona GrayGUEST
And it's funny how many people have said to us they didn't realise they were discerning about coffee until, you know, they've gotten used to it and now they're like, oh, I can't go back to any old coffee now.
Caitriona GrayGUEST
Like, you know, Maxwell House won't cut it after this.
Caitriona GrayGUEST
You're
Ruth MedjberHOST
ruining everyone.
Pat MayoHOST
... what, what is-
Cam StewartGUEST
A Maxwell House espresso
Pat MayoHOST
... what is one, what is 1X?
Cam StewartGUEST
I don't know.
Mike DempseyHOST
All right, Byron, what's on your mind this morning, bud?
ByronAUDIENCE
Guys, real quick, I'm having a brain freeze, but I missed that Maxwell House coffee.
ByronAUDIENCE
Holiday.
ByronAUDIENCE
Holiday, I was trying to say Hollywood, but I missed your holiday.
Sysco MurdochGUEST
It was huge.
Sysco MurdochGUEST
Crazy mess or cigarettes or all those kind of things, Maxwell House and stuff like that.
Sysco MurdochGUEST
It was just really odd.
Sysco MurdochGUEST
And they would take on whole things like theaters or shows or the whole thing would be sponsored by them.
Bailey SarianHOST
Okay.
Bailey SarianHOST
And then the second one is Maxwell House.
Bailey SarianHOST
Yeah, feed me Seymour.
Bailey SarianHOST
Come on, Maxwell House? So these two companies became the coffee brands that like everyone could afford.
Bailey SarianHOST
It was packaged in a factory and sold in grocery stores and suddenly, boof, coffee was for the people.
Bailey SarianHOST
Rome wasn't built in a day, you know? And the shift of coffee going from bougie to basic didn't happen overnight.
Dylan GemelliHOST
Mm-hmm.
Katie StewartGUEST
We're not just getting, like, a Maxwell House or Folgers.
Katie StewartGUEST
I'm from Canada, so those are their brands.
Dylan GemelliHOST
[laughs]
BradHOST
That's where I saw a lot of my 80s movies was on HBO.
BradHOST
And of course, the famous Granny's House.
BradHOST
Who's still alive, by the way.
BradHOST
She just turned, how old am I? She just turned 90, bro.
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BradHOST
Why would he be wearing a raincoat like that? I feel like there's been some truth to this where you can listen to stuff in your sleep and you will learn from it subconsciously.
BradHOST
I don't know how well it takes, but I feel like you could do that.
BradHOST
Maxwell House, instant coffee.
BradHOST
I wonder if that would work.
BradHOST
I don't know how well it takes, but I feel like you could do that.
BradHOST
Maxwell House instant coffee.
BradHOST
I wonder if that would work.
Ned BeattySOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Before we begin.
Brady BogenHOST
It's unclear if the parents will be going back to their pre-marriage names.
Brady BogenHOST
All we know is that one company will be in North American grocery businesses with branches like Oscar Mayer, Maxwell House, Capri Sun, Kraft Singles, and Lunchables.
John HolmbergHOST
I didn't even know Kraft and Heinz were together.
Dick ToledoHOST
So Heinz is going out for a pack of smokes? Yeah, Heinz is pulling a Toledo
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