Granny Goose
An anthropomorphic goose mascot for a snack brand.
Granny Goose is an American brand of potato chips and other snack foods, founded in Oakland, California, by Matthew Barr in 1946. Its logo and mascot, also named Granny Goose, is an anthropomorphic cartoon goose. In a series of television commercials first aired in the 1960s, the company's spokesperson, who self-identified as "Granny Goose", was portrayed by actor Philip Carey as an ultra-masculine tough guy, depicted in the commercials as such manly stereotypes as a cowboy or a James Bond-style spy.
Quick Facts
- Current owner
- Snak King
- Country
- United States
- Introduced
- 1946
Facts from the source article.
History
Granny Goose Foods got its start in 1946 when Matthew Barr founded the company in Oakland, California. In 1993, it bought the Laura Scudder brand from Borden, Inc., but couldn't turn a profit because of stiff competition from Frito-Lay and Eagle Snacks. Its parent company, G.F. Industries, put the whole business up for sale in 1995. The company shifted most of its operations from Oakland to Kaysville, Utah, in 2000.
That same year, Snak King bought up Granny Goose's corn chip, tortilla chip, popcorn, potato chip, and extruded snack lines. Today, Shearer's Foods makes the Granny Goose potato chip line under a license from Snak King. You can find Granny Goose products pretty easily across the Western United States. Over in the Philippines, the brand was famous for its Tortillos and Kornets corn snacks, which General Milling Corporation had been making under license since 1982.
GMC later got the trademark rights for the Philippines. Then, on May 10, 2008, Universal Robina Corporation bought the Granny Goose snack business from GMC.
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