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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, a large producer of canned and frozen poultry in Omaha, Nebraska, was able to promote the widespread sales and adaptation of frozen dinner by using its nationally recognized brand name with an extensive national marketing campaign nicknamed "Operation Smash" and the clever advertising name of "TV Dinner," which tapped into the public's ...
From the Swanson TV dinners of the 1950s to the Realgood frozen foods of today, the freezer aisle's stalwarts have evolved over the last several decades. Swanson TV Dinners, Hot Pockets, and More ...
Customers were angered to find that Related Companies founder and chairman, Stephen Ross, hosted a fundraiser on August 9 in his Hamptons home benefiting President Donald Trump’s reelection.
Schwan's Consumer Brands markets frozen food products in grocery stores primarily in the Western Hemisphere. Schwan's Food Service markets and distributes frozen-food products to the food service industry. SFC Global Supply Chain is a manufacturing cooperative that coordinates the company's production processes and helps develop new products.
From its modest beginnings on the campus of Indiana University a quarter century ago, Secretly Canadian has grown into one of the most respected independent labels in the world, having released ...
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 ...