Earlier this month, Dairy Queen International opened its first combined DQ Orange Julius store in Belvidere, Ill.

FORBES: At Last, a Great Co-Branded Store: Dairy Queen + Orange Julius

For some reason, little was done to promote Orange Julius or integrate it into existing DQ stores until recently.

FORBES: At Last, a Great Co-Branded Store: Dairy Queen + Orange Julius

Some 800 DQ restaurants got Orange Julius fountains in them early this year, with more restaurants adding it in time for the peak summer season.

FORBES: At Last, a Great Co-Branded Store: Dairy Queen + Orange Julius

They may have swapped their Orange Julius cups for Jamba Juice , they may favor those rubber Silly Banz bracelets over blazers covered in pins and buttons, but teens in 2010 are facing a mirror image of the jobs environment in 1982.

FORBES: Similar Times At Ridgemont High