Food brand mascot marks occasion with visit to Como Regional Park in St. Paul.
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Frederick Melo / St. Paul Pioneer Press |
5:18 pm, Jul. 18, 2021
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Planters’ mascot Mr. Peanut greets kids Thursday, July 15, 2021, at St. Paul’s Como Regional Park. Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen accepted a $10,000 donation from Planters on behalf of the Thielen Foundation during the event. Hormel Foods of Austin, Minn., acquired Planters for $3.5 billion in June. (Frederick Melo / St. Paul Pioneer Press)
ST. PAUL — Minnesota, already the home or birthplace of the Hamm’s Bear, the Jolly Green Giant and the Pillsbury Dough Boy, can add a well-known newcomer to its pantheon of iconic food brand mascots. At the ripe old age of 105 — or age 1, depending upon how you count — Mr. Peanut rolled into St. Paul’s Como Regional Park on Thursday, July 15, to celebrate his adoption by Hormel Foods.