Union Jack Poo Bags

Today I went on a walk with the doggie. Strangely, I was excited about the walk because of the new poo bags that I bought for him.

Originally, I wanted to take a picture with the poo bag (doing its poo bag duty) for this blog, but, ew. My "fur"-son gets lots of fiber.

I couldn't believe that I found poo bags with the Union Jack flag. I would have expected poo bags with the French flag, because we all know that people dislike the French.

But, the British flag? When I saw them at Marshall's, first it made me laugh. Then, it made me wonder why the British flag was the flag of choice for the poo bag marketers.

I think that flags are very powerful. I love when they're used in marketing, because people identify with flags. A recent blog post showed the creative way that the Canadian flag was used in the Wendy's logo in Canada.

Wendy's Fast Food Restaurants

On a recent trip to Canada, I noticed that Wendy's fast food restaurants has altered their logo for the Canadian market.

The American logo for Wendy's looks like this:

There is a picture of red-haired Wendy with pigtails, above the written "Wendy's" logo.

In Canada, the logo had been slightly altered:

 

The logo is almost the same, except for the maple leaf serving as the apostrophe in the word "Wendy's". The maple leaf indicates the Canadian flag, and thus, Canada. 

I couldn't believe that I had never noticed this slight change before. My family has made numerous trips to Canada over the years, and this was the first time that I had noticed the difference in the logos.