Pepperidge Farm is an American manufacturer of baked goods. It was based in Norwalk, Connecticut, and has been moved to Bloomfield, Connecticut. Pepperidge Farm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Campbell Soup Company. Pepperidge Farms was founded in 1937 by Margaret Rudkin, who named the brand for a property her family owned in Connecticut. The …
The potato chip was invented by George Crum in 1853. The snack food became popular during the 1920s following the mechanical potato peeler. In 1932 salesman Herman W. Lay opened a snack food operation in Nashville, Tennessee and, in 1938, he purchased the Atlanta, Georgia potato chip manufacturer “Barrett Food Company,” renaming it “H.W. Lay …
In 1924, the Kleenex brand of facial tissue was first introduced. Kleenex tissue was invented as a means to remove cold cream. Early advertisements linked Kleenex to Hollywood makeup departments and sometimes included endorsements from movie stars who used Kleenex to remove the make-up with cold cream. By 1926, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, the manufacturer of Kleenex, …
Champion is a sportswear producer, and has produced uniforms for National Basketball Association teams. The brand can be found in Target and Wal-Mart. The brand is a subsidiary of the Sara Lee Corporation. Champion sportswear has been a popular staple in hip hop and urban fashion since the early 1990s. The Champion hooded sweatshirt was …
At the time of its launch, in April 1994, Orange was the fourth entrant into an already crowded UK mobile phone market, with an ambitious aim: to become the mobile provider of choice by making communications an intuitive and easily accessible part of daily life. For everyone. To succeed, it had to establish itself as …
AGF Funds, Inc. was founded in 1957 as an independent Canadian-owned company committed to world class asset management. Since that time the firm has grown to become one of Canadas premier mutual fund and investment management companies with offices across Canada and subsidiaries around the world. AGF has more than $20 billion in assets under …
