American food invasion at Stockmann's

Another funny picture from the "New York State of Mind" theme at the Stockmann's, the major department store here. Outside one of their entrances they have a window with a detailed display of all the American-style foods they are selling to get people into this New York State of Mind.

I notice that most of these foods are junky and not of particularly high quality. When did we become more known for our graham crackers and cheesecake-in-a-box than California rolls, avocado salads, and canned-soup fixation? (I mention the last because it didn't occur to me earlier than canned soup would not be international, but the only canned soup I can find is some kind of pea concoction. In fact, cans are used so rarely that my apartment doesn't even have a can opener, forced me to pry open canned tomatoes once with a corkscrew and a small knife when I was preparing for a dinner party and didn't have time to hunt down an appropriate can-opening substitute.)