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Name Founder Founded Link Address Genres Artists Alligator Records: Bruce Iglauer: 1971: link: P.O. Box 60234, Chicago, IL 60640: Blues, roots, folk: Koko Taylor ...
Doug, also known as Dug, [1] is a tuber in the Cucurbitaceae family that was grown by Colin and Donna Craig-Brown near Hamilton in New Zealand. [2] Weighing roughly 17.4 pounds (7.9 kg), it was thought to be the largest potato on record for a period after its discovery, topping the 11-pound (5.0 kg) record holder at the time.
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Jays Foods, Inc., is an American manufacturer of snack products including potato chips, popcorn and pretzels. Jays Foods was founded in 1927 in Chicago, Illinois, and is currently a subsidiary of Snyder's of Hanover. [3] Operating in several Midwestern states, Jays Foods' potato chips and popcorn maintain significant shares of their respective ...
Since the 1830s, when Chicago enjoyed a brief period of importance as a local milling center for spring wheat, the city has long been a center for the conversion of raw farm products into edible goods. [2] Since the 1880s, Chicago has also been home to firms in other areas of the food processing industry, including cereals, baked goods, and ...
USA Record Co., Inc. had its office at 1448 South Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois 60605, which was across the street from Chess Records and Glass's Allstate Distributors, Chess' regional distributor. While USA had a few regional hits, their biggest hit came in 1967 with the chart-topping "Kind of a Drag" by The Buckinghams. The label lasted ...
These products rake in hundreds of millions of dollars in sales a year for the company, which posted a profit of 22.2 billion yen ($156 million) in the last fiscal year.. In Asia Pacific, Calbee ...
Checker Records is a defunct record label that was started in 1952 as a subsidiary of Chess Records in Chicago, Illinois. The label was founded by the Chess brothers, Leonard and Phil , who ran the label until they sold it to General Recorded Tape (GRT) in 1969, shortly before Leonard's death.