Yep, I remember Beckers!! We had one downtown, when I was a kid. Well, actually, it started out as the "old-skool" Mac's, with the orange cat wearing the tam, AND when I hit grade 7, I always went to Beckers on my lunch hour from school and stocked up on candy, chips, gum, and pop. LOL!! That Beckers is a Daisy Mart now and we currently have a Mac's down the street from my house.
I used to live on Rusty Crestway (Don Mills & Van Horne area) when I was a kid & there used to be a Becker's right up the street from me in the Peanut Plaza. I remember going there often to pick up all my supplies like pop & Crunch N Munch for Saturday Night's Main Event. Becker's was definitely the best!
Same here, being from Vancouver and all, that was the only way of even knowing such a company existed, and I had no idea what kind of business it was. The same could be said about Loeb on the boards of MLG and also Provigo on the boards of the Montreal Forum.
Yep, bought out by Mac's in 1996. The milk was still made with the Beckers brand name up until about 2 years ago. Beckers is dead... long live Beckers!
I still have a Beckers in my area.....
fishnetstars 2 months ago
Damn Macs!
Beckers were the best. Not very many like 7-11 but special and always a treat to see and shop at.
supercooled 6 months ago
They also had the best chocolate milk. I could chug a 1L jug back in no time at all. I still call Mac's Becker's.
mocat1 1 year ago
Yep, I remember Beckers!! We had one downtown, when I was a kid. Well, actually, it started out as the "old-skool" Mac's, with the orange cat wearing the tam, AND when I hit grade 7, I always went to Beckers on my lunch hour from school and stocked up on candy, chips, gum, and pop. LOL!! That Beckers is a Daisy Mart now and we currently have a Mac's down the street from my house.
babygiraffe123 2 years ago
Beckers Milk was always the greatest!!
Will87 3 years ago
I agree. LONG LIVE BECKER'S! Almost has the best name ever! :-D
jazmella 3 years ago
Becker's "maple ripple" ice cream was incredible. Oshawa had a rip-off of Beckers, called "Checkers". Clever huh?
dconflict 3 years ago
Yeah, I'm definitely missing their egg nog in the recent years.
Also, love this commercial for it's run on DUKES OF HAZZARD - what with it's look alikes.
Ronestar 3 years ago
I used to live on Rusty Crestway (Don Mills & Van Horne area) when I was a kid & there used to be a Becker's right up the street from me in the Peanut Plaza. I remember going there often to pick up all my supplies like pop & Crunch N Munch for Saturday Night's Main Event. Becker's was definitely the best!
KOATV 3 years ago
Their logo was always on the boards at Maple Leaf Gardens, and not being from or have visited Ontario at that time, I wondered what "Becker's" was.
Now I know.
cpowers94 3 years ago
Same here, being from Vancouver and all, that was the only way of even knowing such a company existed, and I had no idea what kind of business it was. The same could be said about Loeb on the boards of MLG and also Provigo on the boards of the Montreal Forum.
TTOMO 2 years ago
Mac's was my neighbourhood store back in the day...when their mascot was a cat with a Scottish tam.
yvesperret 3 years ago
Whatever became of Becker's - did they get bought out by Mac's or someone?
CliffColeclough 3 years ago
Yep, bought out by Mac's in 1996. The milk was still made with the Beckers brand name up until about 2 years ago. Beckers is dead... long live Beckers!
Retrontario 3 years ago
whoa that would explain why the Becker's in town here turned into a Mac's.
Didn't Mac's used to be called Mac's Milk? And it had a Scottish looking cat, wearing a tam? whoooa
taurusred 3 years ago
Beckers ice cream was the best!!! Egg Nog and Tin Roof.....mmmmmm.....
golddustwoman83 3 years ago