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Pepperidge Farm Incorporated is an American commercial bakery founded in 1937 by Margaret Rudkin, who named the brand after her family's 123-acre farm property in Fairfield, Connecticut, [1] which had been named for the pepperidge tree. A subsidiary of the Campbell Soup Company since 1961, it is based in Norwalk, Connecticut.
Kobacker, two locations in Buffalo, New York; closure announced on December 27, 1972. [362] No relation to Kobacker's Market, a grocery store in Brewster, New York; E.J. Korvette (New York City), closed 1980; Kresge's (multiple locations) Loehmann's, peaked at about 100 stores in 17 states, liquidated in 2014 after several bankruptcies.
In 1925 it bought Taggart Baking Company, the maker of Wonder Bread, and became the largest commercial bakery in the United States. [9] [10] Twinkie snack cakes were invented in 1930 in Schiller Park, Illinois, by James Alexander Dewar, a baker at Continental Baking Company. Continental was based in New York from 1923 to 1984. [11]
At that time, the 112,000 sq ft (10,400 m 2) store was the largest in Western New York, and boasted the biggest in-store bakery in the entire U.S. In the next few years additional Tops Friendly Markets International stores opened in Niagara Falls , West Seneca , Greece , and Perinton , New York.
The in-store bakery closed in 1980, followed by the grocery store in 1981. [5] The parent company of Sibley's was acquired by May Department Stores in 1986, and by 1988 only three floors of the building were open for shopping. Sibley's downtown Buffalo location closed in 1987, [6] followed by the Syracuse location in 1989. Management attempted ...
In May 1972, many Pathmark locations began operating 24 hours a day. It was the first New York-area supermarket chain to have stores with overnight hours. [7] By February 1973, 90 of the company's 99 stores were open around the clock. That year, Pathmark instituted a price freeze on hundreds of products to help combat rising costs. [8]
Previous stations in the same location were named Norwalk & South Norwalk in timetables of the New York, New Haven and Hartford and successor Penn Central. The newer, main station building, on the westbound (New York City-bound) side of the tracks, was built in 1994. It has a cafe serving coffee, breakfast sandwiches, and pastries during the ...
Caldor, Inc. was a discount department store chain founded in 1951 by husband and wife Carl and Dorothy Bennett. Referred to by many as "the Bloomingdale's of discounting," [1] Caldor grew from a second story "Walk-Up-&-Save" operation in Port Chester, New York, into a regional retailing giant. [2]