Pop Culture References
- Del Monte produced an iconic advertising campaign in the 1980s with the catchphrase "The Man from Del Monte he says YES". The man from Del Monte was portrayed by British actor Brian Jackson.
- During The Troubles in Ireland, the Unionist political slogan, "Ulster says no!" was mocked by nationalists who added "...and the man from Del Monte says yes." This was in response to the Del Monte advertising campaign at the time. In a related incident, a gable wall in Belfast was painted with a huge mural supporting Rev Ian Paisley's "Ulster Says No To Sodomy" campaign (which opposed the legalisation of homosexuality in in Northern Ireland). The graffiti "But the man from DelMonte says Yes!" soon appeared in response.
- On The Simpsons, Mr. Burns hires an assassin to kill Grampa Simpson and delivers a picture of Grampa eating Del Monte canned peas. The assassin remarks, 'Ah, Del Monte. Enjoy them old man, they will be your last!"
- On The Simpsons, Kent Brockman proclaims, while showing off one of his many vacuous awards, "This is the most prestigious award that Del Monte gives."
- On Pee-wee's Playhouse, the picture phone has a Del Monte can. The logo does not have the words 'Del Monte', but is solid red within the Del Monte symbol. There is also a cat in the fruit cocktail.
- In the comic strip Bloom County, Opus once agreed to an absurd bargain over a case of "Del Monte herring entrails."
- In the UK, between 1996–98, Del Monte's now defunct popular fruit drink at the time, Fruit Burst, sponsored Gladiators.
- On the website of satirical newspaper The Onion, in a video about the fake takeover of the United States Government staged in order to excuse the federal government from paying off the national debt, the rebel leader's name is Octavius Del Monte.
- Snausages were featured in the 1983 episode of VH1's I Love the '80s Strikes Back.
- Popular characters from a 1980s Del Monte promotion, the Country Yumkins, appeared in parades, including a Ringling Bros. elephant walk.
- Robert Duvall's character in The Road eats a can of Del Monte fruit.
- The Pinky and the Brain episode "Where the Deer and the Mousealopes Play" features a secondary character named Dell Monte as a Presidential candidate (being a stand-in for 1996 Republican presidential nominee Bob Dole; whose last name is shared with the Dole Food Company).
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