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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.
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]
The company went out of business and closed the bakery in 1995, [12] partly due to the cost of maintaining the outdated facility. [11] At the time, it was one of the last independent bakeries in the New York area. [11] A connected warehouse at 808 Pacific Street was used for a self-storage business as late as 2007. [13]
By 1937 it was so popular that a New York Herald Tribune headline read, “Pumpkin Pie Season Opens Tomorrow When 7,000 Pies Go On Sale in 31 Retail Stores.” ... The bakery uses the same family ...
The Norwalk man lent his years of action figure expertise to the third season of the History Channel’s “The Toys That Built America,” which premiered on Oct. 15. He previously appeared on ...
Print advertisement for Bond Bread, unknown year. The history of General Host is traced to June 1911, when the General Baking Co. was incorporated in New York as an amalgamation of 21 baking companies from 12 different states, [2] [3] through the merger of the Brunner, Collins and Ontario Baking Companies.
Long Island bakery The Savory Fig has been accused of selling Dunkin' donuts and passing them off as their own homemade gluten-free and vegan creations. ‘Vegan’ Bakery Exposed For Buying & Re ...
In 2011 Davidovich Bakery joined the All Natural Products Inc. family, which includes such artisan bakers as The Bakery of New York and NY Artisan Bakers. Davidovich Bagels are certified Kosher and Pareve by OK, one of the nation's largest certifying organizations. [4] The company's main bakery is currently in Woodside, New York.