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Quaker Oats bought 19.11 acres (7.73 ha) of land in the Yukon Territory of Canada for the price of US$1000 and printed up 21 million deeds for one square inch (6.5 cm 2) of land. On advice of counsel, Quaker Oats set up and transferred the land to the Great Klondike Big Inch Land Company to make the company the registered owner and manager of ...
The 1 ⁄ 2 and 1 centavo coins were struck in bronze, the 5 centavo struck in copper (75%) - nickel (25%), the 10, 20, 50 centavo and peso coins were struck in a silver composition. From 1903 to 1906, the silver coins had a silver content of 90%, while those struck after 1906 had a reduced silver content of 75% for 10 through 50 centavos and ...
1-peso coin issued under Spanish administration, 1864 Prior to 1861, Spanish dollars (pesos) or eight-real coins issued by Spain and Spanish America were generally accepted in the Philippines. In 1861, a gold 1-peso coin specifically for the Philippines was issued weighing 1.69 grams (0.060 oz) of 0.875 fine gold.
In 1901, the Quaker Oats Company was founded in New Jersey with headquarters in Chicago, by the merger of four oat mills: the Quaker Mill Company in Ravenna, Ohio, which held the trademark on the Quaker name; the cereal mill in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, owned by John Stuart, his son Robert Stuart, and their partner George Douglas; the German Mills American Oatmeal Company in Akron, Ohio, owned by ...
Life is a breakfast cereal produced by the Quaker Oats Company.Introduced in 1961, [1] the cereal has a brown, checked square pattern and mainly consists of oat flour, corn flour, added sugar, and whole-wheat flour. [2]
In January 1962 [12] the company became a division of Quaker Oats Company, [6] in a takeover valued at around $25,000,000. [13] At the time of purchase, Burry Biscuit had 1,600 employees, profits of around $730,000 on revenue of $22,525,874, and offered over 40 products. [7] In 1962, Burry's was the largest producer of Girl Scout cookies in the ...
[1] Ken-L Ration was owned by Quaker Oats, but the brand was sold to H. J. Heinz Co. in 1995. [2] The brand's name was a play on the World War II-era K-ration, and featured a yellow dog named Fido on its labels. [3] The trademark for Ken-L Ration was revived by Retrobrands USA LLC in 2015. [4]
Mr. T Cereal was a sweetened breakfast cereal manufactured by the Quaker Oats Company from 1984 to 1993. [1] [2] The cereal was prepared with corn and oats as primary ingredients, and it was fortified with iron and B vitamins. [2] The cereal box had a cartoon likeness of Mr. T on the box as the cereal's mascot.