The American meat and cold cut producer announced the hot
dog-shaped vehicles are being rebranded for the first time in
history in honor of the company’s new 100% Beef Franks,
according to a press release issued by the Kraft Heinz
Company today.

Now called Frankmobiles, a fleet of them will hit the highways
nationwide this summer and will have painted lettering that
references the vehicle’s new name and "all beef" frank recipe.
(FOX Business)

The Oscar Mayer Wienermobile has evolved from
Carl Mayer’s original 1936 vehicle to the vehicles
seen on the road today. Although that first
Wienermobile was scrapped for metal in the
1940s to aid the US Army during World War II,
in the 1950s Oscar Mayer and the Gerstenslager
Company created several new vehicles using a
Dodge chassis or a Willys Jeep chassis. One
of these models is on display at the Henry Ford
Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. (above)
(From Wikipedia)

Oscar F. Mayer died in 1955.

McKee Foods Corporation is a privately held and family-owned
American snack food and granola manufacturer headquartered
in Collegedale, Tennessee.The corporation is the maker of
Drake’s Cakes, Fieldstone Bakery snacks and cereal, Little
Debbie snacks, and Sunbelt Bakery granola and cereal.The
company also formerly operated Heartland Brands.

The company was founded during the Great Depression in
the 1930’s by Oather "O.D." McKee and Ruth McKee (below).

Oather started out selling 5¢ snack cakes from the back of
his 1928 Whippet in the Chattanooga area.

Wendy’s is a international fast food restaurant chain founded
by Dave Thomas on November 15, 1969, in Columbus, Ohio. Its headquarters moved to Dublin, Ohio, on January 29, 2006. As
of December 31, 2018, Wendy’s was the world’s third-largest
hamburger fast-food chain with 6,711 locations, following
Burger King and McDonald’s.

(From Wikipedia)

Rex David "Dave" Thomas (July 2, 1932 – January 8, 2002)

On March 26, 1804, President Thomas Jefferson attended a party  
at the Senate and lead a diverse crowd in consuming an enormous
loaf of bread dubbed the mammoth loaf. The giant bread was baked
to go with the remnants of an enormous block of cheese.

Two years earlier, a group of Baptist women from Massachusetts
had sent Jefferson a 1,200- pound hunk of cheese in gratitude
for his support of religious tolerance.

Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 – July 4, 1826)

Remember this TV commercial showing senior citizen Clara Peller, right, ordering a burger?

Peller was a Russian-born American manicurist and
television personality.