QFC King deposed? Ads are fickle.

QFC King mascot had a weird mustache

This ad from a December 1963 “Prudence Penny” insert in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer
indicates that this is the first Christmas for the little QFC king.

For all I know, it may have been his last. Perhaps his oddly trimmed Q mustache did not play well among the upper middle-class housewives that shopped there.

Along the way, QFC took over smaller chains, then, in turn, they were acquired by Kroger’s. I guess QFC lost that quirky charm along the way. I think someone in our family still has one of the 98 cent fruitcakes featured in this circular.

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