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Boston Globe
03-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
After a years-long hunt, the internet finally found a Dean's Furniture commercial with this famous catchphrase
But over the years, as nostalgic natives looked to recall the good old days of Dean's, they all found the same thing: There seemed to be no video evidence of 'I doubt it!' anywhere on the internet. There were clips of For more than a decade, these Dean's detectives posted online about trying to track down proof of those three words, and in 2022, Norwood native Nicholas Slye decided to launch a subreddit forum — r/idoubtit — to try to crack the case. More than 100 people joined. Advertisement 'It's the cadence in which he says it that really stuck with me as a kid,' said Slye, 35. 'You'd be at the lunch table with your friends, and we would all, you know — 'You think the pizza will be good today? I doubt it. ' It was just like a Boston thing.' Advertisement At last year's Medford Porchfest, But users on Reddit dug up an 'I think we all assume, especially early on, that you can just look it up. It's online somewhere. But then when you don't find it, that natural human curiosity kicks in,' Slye said. 'You feel like you're the one that's going to find it.' Finally, in January, someone did. 'I never doubted it,' wrote a Reddit user named browncommas in Slye's subreddit. The post included a link to a YouTube video — a 13-minute compilation of commercials that aired on Comedy Central in 2000. Buried about 11 minutes deep is a Dean's commercial, in which you see a couple snoozing on one of the brand's double reclining sofas. The camera zooms in on their bare feet, which become anthropomorphized and marvel at the $544 price tag. 'Can you get a deal like that at those other stores?' a voiceover booms before the answer comes in the form of — finally — the long-lost tagline. Users in the comments section of the post reveled in the holy grail finally being unearthed. 'Welp, pack it up boys. It's been fun,' one wrote. Advertisement 'I'm just so glad I'm here for it!!' wrote another. The Dean's quest long outlasted the long-defunct homewares brand, which once dotted Greater Boston in cities such as Revere, Malden, and Lynn. In 2001, Dean's Home Furniture, as well as the owner of a Connecticut-based liquidator, landed in hot water with the Massachusetts attorney general for creating 'fictitious 'original' prices and phony 'mark down' prices on more than $800,000 worth of new merchandise at a 'going out of business' sale.' In 2003, Weinstein did not respond to a call or text from a Globe reporter. According to his public LinkedIn profile, since his time as a furniture magnate, he cofounded a pet waste removal company in Brockton called Poop Away. Though Dean's is firmly in the rearview mirror, for Slye, the hard-won triumph of confirming its battle cry felt 'surreal.' Sometimes, after all, the benefit of the doubt pays off. 'It felt like I gathered people, like-minded people, Bostonians, to search this out, and we did it,' he said. 'It was nostalgia, personified.' Dana Gerber can be reached at
Yahoo
04-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
UK shortbread maker Dean's of Huntly buys local peer Duncan's
UK-based bakery business Dean's of Huntly has acquired fellow Scottish shortbread company Duncan's of Deeside. In a statement on LinkedIn, Dean's said it had bought Duncan's to increase its market share in "premium shortbread" and to benefit from "the combined business' expertise and synergies". The financial details of the deal were not disclosed. Paul Duncan, the co-owner and managing director of Duncan's, will stay with the combined business to 'help deliver the next phase of growth', Dean's said. 'We are very excited to work with the Dean's of Huntly team to deliver the next exciting phase of growth for the combined businesses,' Mr Duncan said. Bill Dean, the managing director of Dean's, said the acquisition of the "well-established, high-quality business" builds on the company's recent organic growth. "By coming together, we are creating a stronger, more innovative business that is better equipped for the future – and one that adds even more value for our valued employees and customers." Just Food has contacted Dean's for further details of the deal. Dean's, established in 1975 is based in Huntly in Aberdeenshire in north-east Scotland. The company manufactures shortbread, biscuits and savoury cheese bites. It also makes gluten-free and plant-based shortbread. According to its website, it currently employs 130 people. According to accounts lodged with Companies House, the UK's business register, Dean's generated a turnover of £8.3m in the 12 months to the end of June 2023, compared to £10.3m a year earlier. During the year, it made an operating loss of £356,337, versus an operating profit of £192,239 the year previous. The group reported a loss for the year of £343,671, against a profit of £91,153 in the corresponding 12 months. Duncan's makes shortbread and oatcakes. It was originally headquartered in Laurencekirk. The company's products are available in the UK and abroad, including in Australia. "UK shortbread maker Dean's of Huntly buys local peer Duncan's" was originally created and published by Just Food, a GlobalData owned brand. The information on this site has been included in good faith for general informational purposes only. It is not intended to amount to advice on which you should rely, and we give no representation, warranty or guarantee, whether express or implied as to its accuracy or completeness. You must obtain professional or specialist advice before taking, or refraining from, any action on the basis of the content on our site. Sign in to access your portfolio
