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Swanson chicken pot pie. Carl A. Swanson (1879–1949) was a Swedish immigrant who worked on a farm in Blair, Nebraska, until he moved to Omaha.There, he worked in a grocery store where he came into contact with John O. Jerpe, who owned a small commission company, in which Swanson would become a partner in 1899. [1]
After John Hjerpe's death, Swanson became the sole owner of the corporation. [2] By 1938, the Swanson enterprise was one of the larger creameries in the United States and during World War II became a major supplier of poultry and egg products to the U.S. military. In 1945, the company's name was officially changed to C.A. Swanson and Sons.
Swanson Health Products carries more than 26,000 products, ranging from vitamins and supplements to "eco-friendly" home cleaning products. The company has more than 20 Swanson-branded lines that cover natural health products as well as some over-the-counter drugs and organic foods .
Schwan's Company, formerly known as The Schwan Food Company, is a food company with approximately 8,500 employees. It originated in the United States as a family-owned business and in 2019 became a subsidiary of CJ CheilJedang of South Korea.
1950s: Swanson TV Dinners. Although TV dinners first came about in 1945 when Maxson Food Systems, Inc. manufactured them for military and civilian airplane passengers, they didn't become prominent ...
According to History.com, she is the developer of the concept, [6] and the first completed product was a dinner consisting of cornbread dressing, sweet potatoes, peas, and turkey. [7] [8] She also developed Swanson’s first fried chicken TV dinner, which she said in a 1989 interview was the biggest challenge of her time with C. A. Swanson and ...
No. The first known French toast-like dish appeared in “Apicius,” a cookbook featuring recipes from the first through fifth centuries A.D. The French don’t call this dish “French toast.”
Arthur Swanson (1926–2010), American businessman and politician; Brandon Swanson (born 1989), American student who disappeared in 2008; Bryan Swanson (born 1980), British sports television reporter; Carl A. Swanson (1879–1949), Swedish-American food industry businessman and founder of Swanson; Charles Edward Swanson (1879–1970), American ...