Pin itIf you are a marketing professional, like PG Tips advertisements or enjoy the history of advertising, this is a great video. This video was made by IPA, a UK advertising trade group. The video is a bit long at 22 minutes but it is interesting. It traces the history of PG Tips advertising from [...]
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History of PG Tips
Pin itThe makers of PG Tips have created a cool timeline. You can learn about important dates in the brand’s history. Visit the PG Tips Timeline.
Pin itFrom a bygone era. Here is an early vehicle when the tea was known as Brooke Bond PG Tips.
Pin itHere is a PG Tips print ad from 1962. It is great to see the images of the times. Notice how much the packaging has changed. A great, unknown Facebook page is the Unilever Archives (maker of PG Tips). It has great images of various Unilever products from the past.
Pin itSo, you drink a lot of PG? You say you are a big fan. Well, how is the product officially spelled? PG Tips or PG tips? See below the pic for the right answer. Officially, it is PG tips. For proof, visit the company page here and look at the spelling.
Pin itFeel free to use this trivia question at parties, it is sure to be a stumper. What does Peter Sellers have to do with the PG Tips chimps? As you know, the PG Tips chimps commercials are world-famous and in the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running advertising campaign. Peter Sellers was [...]
Pin itIf you are a fan of PG Tips, you may have heard of Mr. Shifter? But who is Mr. Shifter? PG Tips has the record for the longest-running single advertising campaign the UK. The ads featured the famous chimps, called the Tipps Family. Mr. Shifter was one of the chimps in the campaign. In [...]
Pin itAuthentic PG Tips is still made in Manchester, England. A picture of the plant is below. Make sure you get authentic PG Tips Tea.
Pin it From our friends at teadog.com.
Pin itIs the name PG Tips Tea or Brooke Bond PG Tips? Many long time drinkers refer to it as Brooke Bond PG Tips. But, is that the right name? Brooke Bond was the company that produced PG Tips back in in the 1930s in England. Brooke Bond was the name of the tea shop [...]
