Betty Crocker, Bring Back Grape Fruit Roll-Ups!

I don't remember the year.  It could have been 1993.  Or maybe 1994.  I was a little kid who loved soccer, pepperoni pizza, and Hangin' with Mr. Cooper.  Oh, and Grape Fruit Roll-Ups.  And Grape Fruit Roll-Ups...
I remember sitting in the backseat of my father's Mitsubishi Sigma.  My dad drove, my mom was in the passenger seat, and my teenage sister, well, she lifted her head from a Grisham paperback and asked all of us, "Do you really have to go to another grocery store?"  
My parents were my co-conspirators. I had somehow convinced them that it was a worthy cause to drive all over Dallas, Texas in search of an elusive box of Grape Fruit Roll-Ups.  The delicious treats were long gone from Memphis, TN, my hometown. Could they be, gasp, off the market?  My young mind didn't dare accept that pronouncement.  My family was in Dallas visiting some friends, but in my mind it was fruit-rolled fate.  
But we didn't find them.  We didn't find Grape Fruit Roll-Ups.  In 1996, I signed onto AOL and emailed Betty Crocker.   I asked Betty, or the corporate face of Betty anyway, about what happened to my long-lost favorite snack.  To her credit, Betty Crocker responded, letting me down gently.  Apparently the markets had changed.  Grape didn't sell.  Or something like that...
As of Friday November 15, 2008, I've chosen to raise my digital baton once again, albeit this time more aggressively.  This time, I will not send one email to Betty Crocker.  I will send a petition.  
I know I'm not the only one out there who misses Grape Fruit Roll-Ups.  I know I'm not the only one who has stories.  Please share yours here.  
Let's do this, people.  
We the undersigned wish to express our deep interest in a revival of the Grape Fruit Roll-Ups brand.  Please read our stories below.  
Thank you and here's to Grape Fruit Roll-Ups and everybody who's ever enjoyed the snack,
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