Jolly green giant

Jolly Green Giant - the friendliest giant in town - encouraged us all to eat frozen peas!

Food mascots are some of the most recognizable images in advertising. Learn the real story behind these famous faces, from Ronald McDonald and the Kool-Aid Man to the Trix Rabbit.

Jolly Green Giant

Jolly Green Giant, 1970s Ad Not a lot of planting in Jolly Green Giant land this year with all the flooding they've had this year.

The Jolly Green Giant is an interesting mascot in that I'm entirely certain what age group he's targeted at. If he were marketed towards children I suppose the message he sends would be about how if you eat your vegetables you'll grow big and strong? and green? As a mascot he does well in that the brand is immediately recognizable when you spot the giant's green beaming face in the freezer aisle.

Jolly Green Giant

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