1840s Prospectors Find the Mother Lode of Liquid Gold in CP+B's First Velveeta Ad

Those timeless Shells & Cheese

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Kraft has changed how it defines consumers who eat Velveeta, from age and gender (millennial males) to mindset (fun people who like to indulge). As such, new ads for Velveeta Shells & Cheese feature a broadly appealing pair of prospectors from the 19th century instead of a cool dude who sells remote-control helicopters at a mall.

In one TV ad breaking today, the bearded prospectors, one older and one younger, marvel at the "liquid gold" they're eating, and the young one asks the oldster how he found it.

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