Cracker Jack started its "prize in every box" promotion on this
day in history, Feb. 19, 1912.
German immigrant F.W. Rueckheim first invented the now-
ubiquitous ballpark treat in the late 19th century.
According to SnackHistory.com. it was initially sold at his
small candy and popcorn shop, F. W. Rueckheim & Bro.
Frederick Rueckheim (1846 – 1937)
John Albert Elway Jr. will be 64 on June 28th.
Nestlé S.A. is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland
and has been the largest publicly held food company in the world.
Nestlé has 447 factories, operates in 189 countries, and employs
around 339,000 people. It is one of the main shareholders of L’Oreal,
the world’s largest cosmetics company.
Nestlé was formed in 1905 by the merger of the "Anglo-Swiss Milk Company", which was established in 1866 by brothers George
and Charles Page, and "Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé" founded in
1867 by Henri Nestlé.
Henri Nestlé (1814–1890)
Burger Chef was founded by Frank and Donald Thomas of
Indianapolis, Indiana in 1954 and expanded to 12,00 stores before closing the last one in 1996.
Frank P. Thomas
Donald J. Thomas
Burger Chef advertisement (1966).
1919
Joseph Campbell, a wholesale fruit and vegetable
vendor, and Abraham Anderson, a commercial
canner and packer, form the firm of Anderson &
Campbell in Camden, New Jersey. This would one
day become Campbell Soup Company.
