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Fleischmann's Yeast is an American brand of yeast founded by Hungarian-American businessman Charles Louis Fleischmann. It is currently owned by Associated British Foods and is sold to both consumer and industrial markets in the United States and Canada. The yeast is available in a number of different forms with various qualities and intended uses.
Charles Louis Fleischmann (November 3, 1835 – December 10, 1897) was a Jewish Hungarian-American manufacturer of yeast who founded Fleischmann Yeast Company.. In the late 1860s, he and his brother Maximilian created America’s first commercially produced yeast, which revolutionized baking in a way that made today's mass production and consumption of bread possible.
US Foods CHEF'STORE (formerly Smart Foodservice Warehouse Stores and Cash&Carry Smart Foodservice) is a chain of American warehouse grocery stores located in Arizona, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Virginia, and Washington. [1]
Western Family Foods was established December 19, 1963. The company supplied independent grocery stores with store brands. It is based in Tigard, Oregon. It used to distribute the Western Family, Shurfine, Shursaving, MarketChoice, and Better Buy brands, which were used in many independently owned supermarkets.
In 1998, Nabisco Holdings announced its sale of its margarine and egg substitute business to ConAgra. In 1997, the brands of Fleishmann's, Blue Bonnet and Parkay had sales of $480 million. [ 28 ] It also sold its College Inn broth brand to HJ Heinz [ 29 ] and its Venezuelan Del Monte operations to Del Monte Foods.
By the start of the 20th century, eight out of ten Americans could not buy yellow margarine, and those who could had to pay a hefty tax on it. Bootleg colored margarine became common, and manufacturers began to supply food-coloring capsules so the consumer could knead the yellow color into margarine before serving it. Nevertheless, the ...
Conagra Brands, Inc. (formerly ConAgra Foods) is an American consumer packaged goods holding company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.Conagra makes and sells products under various brand names that are available in supermarkets, restaurants, and food service establishments.
Fleischmanns, New York, a village located in Delaware County; Fleischmann's Vodka, gin, and whiskey; Fleischmann's Yeast, a brand of yeast sold to both consumer and industrial markets in the United States and Canada; Fleischmann's Egg Beaters, a healthy egg substitute; The Fleischmann Choir, formed in 1992, named after Aloys Fleischmann