Food brand mascot marks occasion with visit to Como Regional Park in St. Paul.
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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.
Food brand mascot marks occasion with visit to Como Regional Park in St. Paul.
Written By:
Frederick Melo / St. Paul Pioneer Press | 5:18 pm, Jul. 18, 2021 ×
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.
Food brand mascot marks occasion with visit to Como Regional Park in St. Paul.
Written By:
Frederick Melo / St. Paul Pioneer Press | 5:18 pm, Jul. 18, 2021 ×
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.
Food brand mascot marks occasion with visit to Como Regional Park in St. Paul.
Written By:
Frederick Melo / St. Paul Pioneer Press | 5:18 pm, Jul. 18, 2021 ×
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.
Mr. Peanut and his Iconic NUTmobile are Moving to Minnesota
Kraft Heinz recently sold Hormel Foods the snack company Planters for just over $3 billion, and with the deal being finalized just over a month ago, the iconic Mr. Peanut is packing up the NUTmobile and moving to Minnesota.
Not only did Hormel acquire Planters and its variety of nut snacks, they also got Planters Cheez Balls and the popular Corn Nuts brand, along with three production facilities.
To celebrate the move to Minnesota, Mr. Peanut will be throwing a party in St. Paul on Thursday with his world famous NUTmobile. The NUTmobile will also be cruising around the state all summer visiting various events, you can even request to have it stop by your event.