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Our Favorite Internet Reactions To JoJo, The New Jewel-Osco Monster

By Anthony Todd in Food on Jun 27, 2017 7:28PM

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Earlier Tuesday, we brought you the story of JoJo, the new mascot for Jewel, which kind of looks like Telly from Sesame Street and the Kool-Aid Man had a love child. The internet has, well, it's reacted, and it's been making us laugh all day.

Some of our favorite Facebook comments on the monster:

"This is a weirdo nightmare, but also it is literally the most friendly Jewel employee I've ever seen."

"It looks like drunk me tried to draw Elmo."

"Mariano's has two full bars and in-house guacamole. Jewel has a monster whose name is an all caps repetition of the store's initials."

"Take a new look at an old friend... JoJo. JoJo has been watching you since the beginning with his lonely eye that never blinks. He was there the whole time. He saw it all. He sees what you've done. He sees what you are. But JoJo cannot cry. Only stare, and smile. And wait."

"I'm not a retail expert, but I'm thinking that maybe introducing this walking acid flashback to the stores is not the way to improve the shopping experience."

And from Twitter:


And oh my god, there are videos, so now you can see JoJo in the flesh.