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)
 

1950

The Dromedary brand was established by the National Date
Products Corporation, which was founded in 1917 in New
York City.

   
Jolly Rancher hard candies made their first appearance in
1949 and are still popular among candy lovers today.

The Jolly Rancher Company was founded by Bill and Dorothy
Harmsen from Golden, Colorado, after failing to launch a ice
cream company.

The couple had moved to Colorado from Minnesota in 1942. Bill
was a pilot for Continental Airlines, but he dreamed of owning
his own business.

The beloved Jolly Rancher first made its appearance at the
end of the decade in 1949, Hersheyland reported.

The popular sucking candy joined the Hershey Company
family in 1996.       

Bill and Dorothy Harmsen serving ice cream
at their very first Jolly Rancher Ice Cream
Store in Golden, Colorado. 

Curtiss Candy Company is a now defunct confectionery
brand and a former company based in Chicago, Illinois. It
was founded in 1916 by Otto Schnering.

In 1964, Standard Brands purchased Curtiss Candy Company,
Standard Brands merged with Nabisco in 1981. In 1990, RJR
Nabisco sold the Curtiss brands to Nestlé.

Otto Young Schnering (1891 – 1953)

In 1920, Otto invented the first five-
cent candy bar, Baby Ruth. He’s been
called the “U.S. Candy Bar King”.

Cracker Jack started its "prize in every box" promotion on this
day in history, Feb. 19, 1912.

German immigrant F.W. Rueckheim (below) first invented the
now-ubiquitous ballpark treat in the late 19th century. 

It was initially sold at his small candy and popcorn shop,
F. W. Rueckheim & Bro. (SnackHistory.com.) 

Frederich William Rueckheim (1846-1934)