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The frozen TV dinner's origin story begins with a half-million-pound mistake. In 1952, C.A. Swanson & Sons overestimated the number of Thanksgiving turkeys the American public would consume.
From the Swanson TV dinners of the 1950s to the ... trays during the '60s and ended the decade with a line of frozen breakfast meals. Aside from Swanson, Morton's ham dinner was prevalent, and ...
The Swanson Company's first frozen dinner was a turkey dinner; eventually, the company added chicken and beef entrées. [1] With over half of American households owning televisions by the 1950s, the Swanson brothers called their frozen meals "TV dinners," suitable for eating on a folding tray in one's living room while watching television. [3]
Imagine a new mom's face when she peels back the aluminum foil to reveal a full, ready-to-bake chicken pot pie. Best day ever! All she's gotta do is pop it in the oven and dinner is done.
In recent years, Thomas' TV Dinner role was disputed by former Swanson and Campbell employees, frozen food industry officials, and Swanson family heirs, who said the product was created by the Swanson brothers, Clarke and Gilbert. [3] (M. Crawford Pollock, who was Swanson's in-house marketing chief at the time, was also said to have played a role.)
The Birds Eye headquarters in Brighton, Monroe County, New York Eggo waffles with syrup A cooked Hot Pocket, sliced to show the filling A close-up of tater tots A Swanson "Hungry-Man Country Fried Chicken" TV dinner. Amy's Kitchen; Aunt Bessie's; Banquet Foods; Bellisio Foods; Birds Eye; Bubba Foods; Dr. Praeger's; Earthbound Farm; Eggo; El ...
Skip the ham and surprise everyone with something new this year! We've got pasta, seafood, and cocktails. 25 Non-Traditional Christmas Dinner Ideas to Surprise Your Family
Some call her "the mother of TV dinners", [1] though the development of the idea has several claimants. [2] She started her career in 1950 working for the Swanson brothers. [2] Later, she moved on to work for Campbell’s Soups which bought out the Swanson brothers’ company, C. A. Swanson and Sons, in 1955.