Article: Team Ice Cream; Mars Snackfood goes retro to help launch its new M&M's Ice Cream Treats.(I SCREAM, YOU SCREAM, WE ALL SCREAM FOR)

This is the team you wished you'd tried out for.

To support the summer launch of new M&M's Ice Cream Treats, Mars Snackfood U.S. commissioned "Team Ice Cream" to blitz high-traffic areas in major cities and hand out coupons and product samples - and remind Americans of their soft spot for ice cream.

Team members evoked ice cream nostalgia in places like Boston, Hartford/Springfield, CT, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Miami/Ft. Lauderdale, Chicago and Los Angeles with a retro uniform reminiscent of the Good Humor Man - white pants and colorful shirts with bowties. A restored 1950s vintage ice cream truck also was part of the promotion, ...

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