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MERIDAN GETS 'GUMP' LICENSE
SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. - Meridian Products, a seafood marketing company here, has annnounced an exclusive licensing agreement to market a brand of shrimp based on the movie "Forrest Gump."The product line will include raw, headless shrimp, cooked tail-on shrimp and cooked salad shrimp, all individually quick frozen and sold in 12-ounce and 14-ounce bags."Forrest Gump," a Paramount Pictures release,
October 3, 1994
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SANTA FE SPRINGS, Calif. - Meridian Products, a seafood marketing company here, has annnounced an exclusive licensing agreement to market a brand of shrimp based on the movie "Forrest Gump."
The product line will include raw, headless shrimp, cooked tail-on shrimp and cooked salad shrimp, all individually quick frozen and sold in 12-ounce and 14-ounce bags.
"Forrest Gump," a Paramount Pictures release, stars Tom Hanks as a slow-witted Southerner who becomes a football star, Vietnam War hero and millionaire shrimp entrepreneur.
Meridian is also planning to release Bubba Gump merchandise displays that include hats, T-shirts, aprons and a cookbook.
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