The name change will be announced at a later date. Pepsico said consumers will see packaging changes without the aunt jemima image in the fourth quarter of 2020. For decades aunt jemima product packaging has featured images of a smiling black woman that has been criticized for years for depicting a racist mammy stereotype dating back to slavery.
New york ap quaker oats is retiring the 131 year old aunt jemima brand saying the company recognizes the character s origins are based on a racial stereotype. Wednesday june 17th 2020 10 09 am cdt. Aunt jemima uncle ben s to update packaging.
Quaker oats company is changing the name and marketing image of the 131 year old. New york ap after more than 130 years aunt jemima is being removed from packaging for syrup and pancake mix. The company will announce the new name at a later date.
The new packaging will hit shelves by the fourth quarter of 2020. Quaker oats company is changing the name and marketing image of the 131 year old aunt jemima pancake mix and syrup. New york after more than 130 years aunt jemima is being removed from packaging for syrup and pancake mix.
Hours after the aunt jemima announcement wednesday mars inc which owns uncle ben s a parboiled rice product that features a black man on its packaging which has been similarly criticized. The company said at the time that it recognized the need for packaging that reflects the foundation and heart of our company culture but. In april land o lakes announced plans to drop the native american woman mia from its packaging after representing the company for nearly 100 years.
Aunt jemima isn t the first controversial figure featured on food products to be removed this year. New york quaker oats is retiring the 131 year old aunt jemima brand saying the company recognizes the character s origins are based on a racial stereotype just hours later the owner of the uncle ben s brand of rice says the brand will evolve in response to concerns about racial stereotyping. Robinson reportedly worked for the company until her death in 1951 although the work was sporadic and for mere weeks in a year.
Never the less this was not enough to escape the hard life into which robinson was born.
Aunt jemima packaging old. New york after more than 130 years aunt jemima is being removed from packaging for syrup and pancake mix. Quaker oats company is changing the name and marketing image of the 131 year old aunt jemima pancake mix and syrup. The new packaging will hit shelves by the fourth quarter of 2020. The aunt jemima packaging was redesigned in her likeness.
The aunt jemima packaging was redesigned in her likeness. The new packaging will hit shelves by the fourth quarter of 2020. Quaker oats company is changing the name and marketing image of the 131 year old aunt jemima pancake mix and syrup.
New york after more than 130 years aunt jemima is being removed from packaging for syrup and pancake mix.
