Changing brand names

woodbine

Over the years many well known UK brands have changed their names, can you think of any?  A few to get you started:

Omo (washing powder)became Persil
Marathan (choc bars)became Snickers
Dime (choc bars) became Daim

Can you re-call any?

C_J

Opal fruits became starburst.

woodbine

@c_j I'd forgot that one

66Mustang

Hermes changed to Evri

"Bounty" kitchen rolls are now "Plenty", I think

OverlyAnxious

Jif became Cif 

Dettox became Dettol

Charmin became Cushelle

Hannah_Alumni

@66Mustang It still makes me laugh at a tweet I saw on Hermes. Someone said; "They changed their name to Evri because they lose "evri" parcel"   

I know Amazon was to be called 'Cadabra'. As in Abracadabra. But one of the team thought it should too much like 'cadaver'. 

66Mustang

@Hannah_Scope ha ha, for us Royal Mail have managed to overtake Hermes/Evri for low standards now though! The posties are always lovely but the general management and service is poor, like "we will deliver when we get round to it".

Hannah_Alumni

Hopefully it won't be that way for long!

WelshBlue

Midland bank became HSBC 

THE_DUDE

Lilt just recently changed to Fanta grapefruit and pineapple or something like that.

woodbine

WelshBlue said:

Midland bank became HSBC 

Martins bank became Barclays in 1969