Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Names making news

 You've probably seen Capital One pitch-doll Jennifer Garner (ex-Alias) doing an end-around toward the end of last year's writers & actors strikes to use Capital One to promote her own business, Once Upon a Farm. The ads are still running some six months later, but in a lighter rotation.

Anyway, Once Upon a Farm has a line of products that are readily available in places like Walmart. The product line includes smoothies and baby food. Once Upon a Farm & Garner are also partnering with Save The Children. 

Honestly, I think I may try one of those fruit smoothies......
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Country icon Dolly Parton has linked up with Conagra Brands to produce a line of pastry and cake mixes. Some of the pastry mixes are stand-alone items, but the cake mixes also bear the equally iconic brand of Duncan Hines, which Conagra, formerly Nebraska Commercial Mills, purchased in 2017.


Photo courtesy of Conagra Brands.

Yep, they're also at Walmart and other retailers. The Parton line launched in January, and serves the additional purpose of keeping the Duncan Hines name relevant. 
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You know of course that Timmy Trumpet composed "Narco", the entrance theme for Mets reliever Edwin Diaz, and is also heard at other sports arenas.

Well, last year, Trumpet got his own baseball card, courtesy of Topps.

The company, now a unit of Fanatics, included Trumpet in its 2023 Allen & Ginter set, both in regular size, and in a smaller parallel insert. With Diaz back on the mound for the Mets, the sound of "Narco" will be heard once more at Citi Field this season. You can bet that Mets fans will be yearning for the Trumpet card to add to their collections.

With Topps/Fanatics getting back in the NFL game, perhaps as soon as this year, maybe we'll see a Taylor Swift card in that set?

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