Who owns Planters Peanuts?
Planters Nut & Chocolate Company is an American snack food company, The company’s social media outlets declared Mr. Peanut to have died, although a company spokesperson told Advertising Age that they had not ruled out the scenario being a comic book death. Who owns Planters Peanuts? Planters were founded by Italian immigrant Amedeo Obici in…
Planters Nut & Chocolate Company is an American snack food company, The company’s social media outlets declared Mr. Peanut to have died, although a company spokesperson told Advertising Age that they had not ruled out the scenario being a comic book death.
Who owns Planters Peanuts?
Planters were founded by Italian immigrant Amedeo Obici in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He started his career as a bellhop and fruit stand vendor in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Obici later moved to Wilkes-Barre, opened his fruit stand, and invested in a peanut roaster. Obici turned peddler within a few years, using a horse and wagon, and calling himself “The Peanut Specialist.
Now owned by Hormel Foods. Planters are best known for their processed nuts and for the Mr. Peanut icon that symbolizes them. Mr. Peanut was created by grade schooler Antonio Gentile for a 1916 contest to design the company’s brand icon.
Hormel Foods Corporation is an American food processing company founded in 1891 in Austin, Minnesota, by George A. Hormel as George A. Hormel & Company. The company originally focused on the packaging and selling of ham, sausage, and other pork, chicken, beef, and lamb products to consumers, adding Spam in 1937.
