The Oprah empire, AKA the O-Pire, is a massive media enterprise unmatched by pretty much any other celebrity ever. Over time the O-Pire has extended into TV, radio, film, print and digital publication, spirituality, weight loss, and the internet. Oprah goes beyond triple threat. The woman is an octa-threat. And now, she’s adding one more category to her kingdom — food.
The New York Daily News reports that earlier this month, Oprah, not Whoopie Goldberg, filed paperwork to trademark a collection of food products under the name “Oprah’s Kitchen.” The list of items detailed in the paperwork are representative of every grocery store aisle and include dairy, meat, fish, spices, juices, water, lemonade, produce, flowers, beer, and even energy drinks. The only question that remains is whether under every lid is A BRAND-NEW CAR?
We doubt it.
Oprah will join the ranks of a small handful of celebs who’ve stamped their mug on grocery meats and sauces in search of a hard-earned buck. Outside the successful Paul Newman, Oprah will be competing with the likes of Maria Sharapova, 50 Cent, and the thoroughly hated-on Bethenny Frankel. So, we’re pretty sure she’ll come out on top.
There’s plenty to speculate about here. For example, is she simply introducing a line of Oprah products to be carried in all our favorite grocery stores? Or is an Oprah Winfrey grocery store coming? Oh boy, do we hope so! What will they call it? Grab-N-GOprah? OG Market? (Because Oprah and Gayle, duh.) Stedman’s? FavOrite Things Market? Hopefully her team is better at this than we are.
Oprah’s the best.
