FDSC Exam 11
John Lea and William Perrins
WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE - in the 1830s, while on travel in India, Lord Marcus Sandys encountered a delicious condiment that he was eager to replicate upon his return to Worcester, England - he commissioned two pharmacists, John Lea and William Perrins, to duplicate a recipe that he had acquired - John and William mixed the ingredients, which included vegetables and fish, and intended to sell some of the batch in their store but they found the mixture unpalatable and had a strong odor - they moved the container to the cellar and completely forgot about it - they found it again two years later and decided to taste it again and to their surprise and delight, it was delicious - later, they learned that fermentation and aging were the secrets to the flavor - Lea and Perrins named their concoction "Worcestershire Sauce" with a nod to their hometown - the pair went on to form the Lea and Perrins Co. and began bottling their sauce - in 1876, the English High Court ruled that Lea and Perrins could not trademark the term "Worcestershire," making it a generic term that could be used by others - Lea and Perrins never revealed their full recipe, but Worcestershire sauce contains, among other things, malt vinegar, molasses, sugar, salt, tamarind, onion, garlic, and anchovies and is fermented and aged in wooden barrels for 18 months (originally 36 months) - first imported into the US in 1839, Lea and Perrins® Worcestershire Sauce is the oldest commercially bottled condiment in the US
Wendy's
Wendy's - named after his daughter's nickname - logo has always featured a cartoon drawing of real-life Wendy wearing a blue striped dress with blue bows in her pigtails - collar says "Mom" but not sure why
Frank Bellissimo
BUFFALO CHICKEN WING - in 1964, Frank Bellissimo, owner of the Anchor Bar in Buffalo, New York, accidentally received a large order of chicken wings instead of other chicken parts - in an effort to use up the wings, Frank's wife, Teressa, fried the wings and covered them with her own special sauce; the Buffalo Wing was invented - today, no sports bar is complete without its own version of hot wing - don't confuse Frank's RedHot Wing Sauce with Teressa's "special sauce" - in 1920, pepper farmer Adam Estilette partnered with Jacob Frank in New Iberia, LA to create the original Franks RedHot Sauce
Andrew Jackson Bush
BUSH'S BAKED BEANS - in 1904, Andrew Jackson Bush was building a Hosiery Mill in Chestnut Hill, TN when he was approached by the Stokely family - the Stokelys told him that they couldn't can all the tomatoes they were growing and suggested that they use his building and their tomato canning equipment - A.J. formed a partnership with the Stokely family to can tomatoes - by 1908, the cannery was so successful that A.J. bought out the Stokely's interests and established Bush Brothers & Company so that his children could be involved - the process was originally very manually laborious, but new canning and processing technologies propelled the company through World War I but the end of the war nearly forced them out of business
Truett Cathy
CHICK-FIL-A - in 1946, Truett Cathy opened the Dwarf House in Hapeville, GA, just south of the Atlanta Airport - Mr. Cathy invented the boneless breast of a chicken sandwich - he opened the first Chick-fil-A restaurant in 1967 - originally, the restaurants were in shopping malls only, but they began to move to stand-alone locations - today, there are about 2600 Chick-fil-A restaurants in 47 states and the District of Columbia; only Vermont, Alaska, and Hawaii do not have Chick-fil-A. - Mr. Cathy was a devout Christian, and as a result, Chick-fil-A restaurants have NEVER been opened on Sunday - Mr. Cathy became committed to youth development, provided for orphan homes, and even adopted orphans himself - he established scholarships for his employees and more than 13 foster care homes - Chick-fil-A is America's favorite fast-food restaurant, 7 times in a row
Ruth Wakefield
CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES - from 1930 to 1967, Ruth Wakefield ran the popular Toll House restaurant in Whitman, MA - in the late 1930s, Ruth made the restaurant even more popular with her famous Toll House chocolate chip cookie - a very popular myth tells the story that Ruth ran out of nuts that she used to make her go-to ice cream cookie, so she chopped up a bar of Nestlé's bitter-sweet chocolate as a substitute, not realizing that the chocolate would not melt completely - Ruth was a talented chef with a degree in household arts from the Framingham State Normal School, and she claims that the creation was one of hard work and skill, rather than a simple accident - in 1939, Ruth granted Nestlé the right to use her cookie recipe and the Toll House name, presumably for the price of one dollar - during World War II, Massachusetts soldiers stationed overseas shared the glorious cookie with others, who in turn, inundated Ruth with letters asking for care packages - for the past 82 years, the likes of Famous Amos, Mrs. Fields, Nabisco's Chips Ahoy, and countless others have continued to provide the world with versions of Ruth's creation - today, the chocolate chip cookie is the second most popular cookie in the world
Chester Cheetos
Cheetos - Cheetos were invented by Frito's creator, Charles Doolin, of Dallas, TX - in 1971, the original mascot for Cheetos was the Cheetos Mouse - on television commericals, the Cheetos Mouse would describe the delicious Cheetos that were either "baked to a delicate crunch," or "quick fried to a crackly crunch" - today, the Cheetos trademark has changed dramatically into Chester Cheetah - Chester first appeared in television commercials in 1983 as an animated cartoon character - his slogan was "dangerously cheesy!" - Ttoday, Chester adorns packages of Cheetos - in 2009, Cheetos landed its first Super Bowl Commercial
Chef Boyardee
Chef Boyardee - Hector Boiardi was born in Italy in 1898 and moved to New York in 1915, changed the spelling of his last name to "Boyardi" and opened a restaurant, "Il Giardino d'Italia" - customers LOVED Hector's spaghetti sauce, so he began selling it - he Americanized his name to "Chef Boyardee" and merged his products with American Home Products of Pennsylvania - the company is now owned by ConAgra Foods - a drawing of Chef Boyardee, wearing a white chef's hat has always been the logo for Chef Boyardee products
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola - created in 1886 by pharmacist Dr. John Pemberton - his bookkeeper Frank Robinson suggested the name - Robinson has excellent handwriting and personally scripted the Coca-Cola logo - has never changed its logo unlike many companies - ranks #2 in recognition
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg
KELLOG CEREAL - Dr. John Harvey Kellogg was a physician who worked at the Battle Creek (Michigan) Sanitarium - Dr. Kellogg was a vegetarian and was an advocate of eating low-calorie diets - he followed the teachings of Sylvester Graham and also promoted abstinence from alcohol and sex - he also warned that smoking cigarettes caused lung cancer, an unpopular opinion at the time that was not considered reliable - Dr. Kellogg also advocated for exercise - he was somewhat obsessed with "bowel elimination" - his favorite tool was an enema machine that would dispense 15 gallons of water that contained half a pint of yogurt - another half pint of yogurt was to be eaten - Kellogg was also an advocate for "adequate" chewing - he would coach his patients on the arts of chewing using hard, dry zwieback - the zwieback was so hard that, at one point, one of his patients broke a tooth on it. As a result, Dr. Kellogg created cornflakes that were much easier to chew - in 1905, Kellogg established the Sanitas Food Company with his brother Will Keith - C.W. Post had been a patient of Kellogg at the sanitarium - shortly after Kellogg created Sanitas, Post started his own cereal company, producing a cereal very similar to cornflakes - Kellogg accused Post of stealing his formula, but the matter was never resolved - in 1906, Kellogg started the W.K. Kellogg Company, today, simply known as Kellogg's
Percy Spencer
MICROWAVE - Percy Spencer was born in 1894 in Howland, ME - his father died when he was 18 months old, and with his mother unable to care for him, she left him with his aunt and uncle - his uncle died when he was 7, so Percy left school to earn money - by the age of 12, he was working full time - he joined the Navy at 18 and became an expert in radio technology - he taught himself trigonometry, calculus, chemistry, and physics - in 1925, Percy joined the American Appliance Company, which later became the Raytheon Company (rai, old English for "light;" theon, from the Greek for "from the gods.") - Percy was working with magnetrons to generate microwaves for radio signals, and he developed a faster method for magnetron production - one day, he was standing in front of his radar set when a candy bar melted in his shirt pocket - he began studying the effects on other foods, including popcorn kernels and eggs - in 1945, Raytheon filed a patent for the first microwave oven - it was 6 feet tall, weighed 750 pounds, and cost about $5000 - Percy was rewarded $2 from Raytheon, the same fee they provided for all other patent inventors - today's average microwave ovens are 24-30" wide, weigh about 40 pounds, cost less than $250, and have shielding that prevents radiation from leaving the oven - over 90% of American households have at least one microwave oven today
Golden Arches
McDonald's - Ray Kroc changed the single yellow arch to a double golden arch when he bought out the McDonald brothers - logo has not changed since 1962 - most widely recognized product logo in the world - worked with a design consultant (Loius Cheskin) who claimed the logo stands for McDonald's but it is also a Freudian representation of mother breasts
Nabisco
Nabisco - The National Biscuit Company was founded in 1898 by Aldophus Green and William Moore - in 1900, the company introduced its original logo, a 15th century printer's mark featuring the words "Inner Seal" - the mark was octagonal in shape, representing the company's primary product, the "Uneeda Biscuit" - Green and Moore had developed a waxed package wrap that contained the cooking inside a cardboard box - the inner seal prevented the cooking from drying out and getting stale - today's logo, is a modification of the design created in 1952 by Raymond Loewy - the logo is a red triangle with the printer's mark inside and bears the word "Nabisco" - the company changed its name to "Nabisco" in 1971 - in 1985, Nabisco merged with tobacco giant, RJ Reynolds, to form RJR Nabisco. Kraft Foods (now Kraft Heinz) acquired Nabisco in 1993 - in 2011, Kraft decided to split its snack foods into a separate division that it named "Mondelēz International," as it exists today - after naming the new company, Kraft delayed releasing the name for a bit due to criticism it received regarding the name - Kraft intended the name "Mondelēz" to be a mashup of the Latin words for "world" and "delicious" but someone caught wind that the word is also a Russian slang term for oral sex - the company overcame the obstacle, and all is good today
Oscar Mayer
Oscar Mayer - German immigrant Oscar F. Mayer began the company as the Kolling Meat Market in Chicago in 1883 - on his first day of business, his meat market made $59 - iIn 1906, Mayer joined the Federal Meat Inspection Program, even though he was a small business that was exempt from the new Meat Inspection Act, he wanted to demonstrate that his products were of the highest quality - Oscar Mayer grew his business from a single, small meat market into a huge processing corporation, bearing is own name - in 1929, Oscar Meyer introduced the "yellow band" to represent high quality - Oscar Mayer was the first "branded" meat product, and yellow is still used in the modern-day logo, with red representing the color of meat - Oscar Mayer was purchased by General Foods in 1981, which merged with Kraft in 1989 - in 1976, Oscar Mayer launched its first television commercial that featured a little boy fishing, eating a bologna sandwich, and singing the "Bologna Song"
Frank Epperson
POPSICLES - one day in 1905, 11-year-old Frank Epperson sat on his front porch in San Francisco enjoying a soda he had mixed up with powdered soda and water - using his stirring stick, he would mix it up, take a sip, and repeat - he later went inside and forgot his soda on the front steps - that night, the temperature dipped below freezing, so the next morning, young Frank found his soda frozen solid with the stirring stick protruding - like most any kid, Frank simply licked the frozen soda on a stick, and he thought it wasn't half bad - he began making them for his family and friends, continuing to try new flavors and concoctions - in 1923, Frank applied for a patent for his "Epsicle." His children call the creation "Pop's 'sicle," and eventually persuaded Frank to change the name, and the Popsicle was born - today, Popsicles (and other name-brands) come in just about any imaginable flavor, with and without sugar, but classic cherry still ranks as the most popular
Paul Newman
SALAD DRESSING - late actor Paul Newman made his own salad dressing that was such a hit with friends, that he gave it to them as gifts - in 1982, he created the "Newman's Own" brand of salad dressings, then expanded to more than 100 products today - Newman's philosophy was "Let's give it all away to those who need it" - since the company's inception, EVERY SINGLE CENT of profit, after taxes, goes to the Newman's Own Foundation, which in turn, has given away more than $550 million to charitable organizations
C.B. Stubblefield
BBQ SAUCE - Christopher B. Stubblefield was born in 1931 in Navasota, TX, one of 12 children whose family made a living picking cotton - during the Korean War, Stubblefield, known simply as "Stubb" was a mess sergeant whose food was very popular - after being honorably discharged from the Army in 1967, Stubb went on to open a BBQ joint in Lubbock, TX - his food and restaurant were very popular, and when he later moved to Austin, TX, his friends encouraged him to bottle and sell his famous BBQ sauce - Stubb began hand bottling and selling his sauce - its popularity continued to grow and before long, he was selling his product in grocery stores - business continued to grow, and today, there are many Stubb's products on the market - Stubb passed away in 1995, but his products are his legacy
Black Raisins vs White (Golden) Raisins
BOTH are made from white seedless grapes - black raisins are made by laying the grapes on paper trays in the field between the rows of vines where they lay for 2-3 weeks - white raisins are treated with sulfur dioxide and not sun treated, which results in a higher moisture content
Andrew Jackson Bush and Codon Bush
BUSH'S BAKED BEANS - the company bounced back and was incorporated in 1922 - Bush Brother & Company helped to feed struggling families during the Great Depression with their variety of inexpensive canned foods, like hominy and sauerkraut - production increased during World War II as the company shipped products to American troops overseas - while Pork & Beans were canned by BB&C in 1934, the addition of variety beans in 1952 was a huge success and offered Americans a convenient alternative to dry beans - A.J.'s grandson, Condon Bush, graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1960 with a BS in Industrial Management and was tasked with running the company's green bean plant in Augusta, WI - the nature of seasonal vegetables is that they have to be harvested and canned in a short window of a few months, leaving the plant idle for much of the year - Condon knew that people loved his mother's baked beans and wondered if he could make them in a can; then he would be able to run the plant year-round - with his mother's secret family recipe, "Bush's Baked Beans," appeared in 1969 - in the 1990s, BB&C began to transform from a regional cannery to national prominence - the first TV commercial in 1994 starred A.J.'s great-grandson, Jay, and later, Duke, his trusty Golden Retriever - in 2008, the company released "BUSH'S® Grillin' Beans®, a huge success - today, Bush Brothers manufactures over 40 different types of beans, but the Original Baked Bean is still the best-seller - the company headquarters is in Knoxville, TN - it has always been solely owned by the Bush family
Betty Crocker
Betty Crocker - Cadwallader Washburn founded what became the Washburn Crosby Company in Minneapolis, MN in 1856 - the company was a large milling company, primarily making flower and cake mixes - in 1877, Washburn partnered with John Crosby and the company received tons of mail asking for baking recipes, and someone responded to every letter - in 1921, the company decided to sign the response letters with an actual name, but the million-dollar question was, "What name?" - they settled on Crocker as the last name, in recognition of William Crocker, a retired company executive - they chose "Betty" as the first name because they thought "Betty" sounded cheery, wholesome, and folksy - they held a contest to see who would get to sign the letters, and a company secretary won the contest and became "Betty Crocker," at least by signature - Betty Crocker has always been a brand and not a company name - in 1924, the company had a radio debut of the Betty Crocker Show, in which a live person answered questions on the radio about baking - in 1936, "Betty" got a face as company blended the features of all the women in the company to arrive at a somewhat unfriendly-looking, schoolmarmish likeness - it changed over the years to become more modern, but the real logo of the the brand has always a spoon overlaid with the "Betty Crocker" signature, though it has been slightly modified over the years - Washburn Crosby Company eventually merged with others to form General Mills
Prunes vs Dried Plums
Both are dried plums! - many people have a negative connotation with the prunes
Domino
Dominos - brothers Tom and James Monaghan bought a small pizza restaurant from Dominick DeVarti in 1960 - Tom ended up with full shares after his brother sold him his half - in 1965 Tom acquired two additional restaurants but DeVarti wouldn't allow him to use the name "DomiNicks" - an employee suggested Dominos and Tom loved it - wanted to use bright colors red and blue to attractive and eye-catching - 3 dots represent the original 3 restaurants - in 1975 Dominos was sued by Amstar Corporation (maker of Domino Sugar) claiming trademark infringement and unfair competition - the judge ruled in favor of dominos pizza - logo has slightly changed over the years but the original colors and 3 dots have always been part of the logo
Frank Dorsa
EGGO WAFFLES - waffles are distinctly patterned, toasted cakes with a history that traces back to the ancient Greeks - Greek cooks would roast flat cakes between two metal plates attached to a wooden handle and over time, sugar and flavorings were added - during medieval times, the Catholic Church made large, unleavened wafers, similar to communion wafers, that depicted religious icons; these were called "oublies," from the Greek for wafer - over time, the "wafer" became "wafel," and in the 18th century, the English added a second "f," to form the word we use today - Pilgrims brought waffles to the US, after having sampled them in Holland on their way - Thomas Jefferson brought four waffle irons home from a trip to Amsterdam in 1789 and regularly served waffles at Monticello - in 1953, Frank Dorsa of San Jose, CA developed a process that enabled waffles to be pre-cooked, frozen, and packaged for consumers who could reheat them in a toaster - because of their egg flavor, Frank called them Eggos (now owned by Kellogg's)
Toucan Sam
Froot Loops - in 1963, Froot Loops Cereal was created by Kellogg's - Manuel Vega created "Toucan Sam" as the trademark for the popular cereal, that contained "various fruit flavors" - Toucan Sam was originally voiced by Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs Bunny and many other cartoon characters - Originally, Toucan Sam spoke in "pig Latin," pronouncing the cereal as "oot-fray oops-lay" - Toucan Sam's beak originally had two pink stripes but was changed in the 1970s to match the new colors of the famous Loops
Sylvester Graham
GRAHAM CRACKERS - Sylvester Graham was a 19th century Presbyterian minister from New Jersey - he was an early advocate for healthy lifestyles, though many today might call him a health "nut" - Graham preached about the evils of eating meat, fat, refined flour, and drinking alcohol - Graham believed that eating such "unhealthy" foods stimulated uncontrollable sexual urges - he proclaimed that "bland" diets would curb sexual urges - Graham was very outspoken against "self-abuse" (i.e., masturbation) and sex - he preached that men should remain virgins until the age of 30, and then have sex once per month - to control lust, he prescribed a special vegetarian diet - in 1829, Graham invented "Graham Crackers," calling them health food - Graham crackers were made of whole grain and course, wheat flour - the original crackers were very bland unlike today's graham crackers - Graham claimed that following his healthy lifestyle of living would enable a person to live to be 100 - in his final years, Graham's health began to decline and died at the age of 57 after receiving several opium enemas at his doctor's recommendation
Gerber Baby
Gerber Baby Food - Gerber Baby Food has always displayed a bright-eyed, open-mouthed cute baby as the company's logo - many people used to speculate that Humphrey Bogart, as a baby, was the model for the logo - the Gerber baby first appeared in 1927 and Bogart was born in 1899, so he would have been 28 years old - turns out that the original Gerber baby was real - in 1927, when Ann Turner was just 5 months old, her mother's friend, Dorothy Hope Smith, did a charcoal sketch of baby Ann as a gift - in 1928, Gerber called for people to submit photos or images in an ad competition in order to find a likeness for a new logo - the charcoal sketch was submitted, Gerber selected it in 1928 and copyrighted it in 1931 - in 1950, Gerber paid Ann Turner Cook a "lump sum" for her lifetime use of her likeness - the original Gerber Baby charcoal drawing remains the company's logo today and is widely recognized - in 2011, Gerber launched a "Gerber Generations" advertising campaign for TV commercials only - photos are submitted and one lucky baby is chosen (and paid) for a year-long recognition - Mercy Townsend from Toledo was selected as the first Gerber Generations baby - Ann Turner Cook is still alive today at 94 years old
Jolly Green Giant
Green Giant - The Minnesota Valley Canning Company was founded in 1925 and sought to market canned peas - they developed a mascot that appeared as a grumpy, greyish colored gnome (greyish because TVs were black and white) - the character was creepy and scared kids, so the company abandoned that mascot - they hired an advertising agency, the Leo Burnett Company, who developed the Green Giant," and they named him "Jolly" to counter the image that was left by the creepy guy - Jolly Green Giant was a huge marketing success, so much so that the company changed its name to "Green Giant" - the Jolly Green Giant has been the company's logo ever since - in the 1930's, the company introduced "Sprout," a mini-Green Giant as a sidekick to Jolly in TV commercials - General Mills acquired Green Giant in 2001, and today B&G Foods is the parent company of the Green Giant brand of products
Heinz 57
Heinz - HJ Heinz started Heinz food company in 1869 - Heinz was searching for a catchy logo for his products, and in 1896, on a train ride into New York City, he saw a billboard along the tracks for a shoe store ad that touted "21 styles of shoes" - Heinz thought that would be a clever way to advertise his products, even though he already had 60 different products on the market, he chose the number 57 based on his and his wife's favorite numbers - Heinz 57 Varieties became the slogan/trademark - today Heinz produces more than 5,7000 products in 200 countries - first product was horseradish
Italo Marchiony
ICE CREAM CONE - in 1896, Italo Marchiony invented the ice cream cone in New York City, and he was granted a patent in 1903 - a popular, rival story involves Syrian immigrant, Ernest Hamwi - Ernest was a vendor at the 1904 World's Fair in St. Louis and in his booth, Ernest made a waffle-like pastry called "zalabia" - in a booth right next to Ernest was an ice cream vendor, because his ice cream was very popular, the vendor ran out of ice cream cups - Ernest saw a solution and rolled up one of his wafers into the shape of a cone, or cornucopia as he called it - the vendor stuffed the cone with ice cream, and his customers loved it - while many other stories of cone inventions exist, the International Association of Ice Cream Manufacturers named Hamwi the official creator of the ice cream cone in the 1950s - today, you can choose from a variety of cone types, including cake, waffle, sugar, and even pretzel
Ignacio Anaya
In 1940, a group of American military wives, stationed in Texas, traveled across the border to Piedras Negras, a border town in Coahuila, Mexico. They went into the Victory Club Hotel for a meal, but when they arrived, the restaurant was already closed. Ignacio Anaya was the Maître D' at the hotel, and he was still there. Not wanting to disappoint the women, he ran into the kitchen and prepared a snack of tortilla chips, cheese, and jalapeño pepper slices and tossed it in the oven to melt the cheese. "Nacho" is a common nickname for Ignacio. The women loved the snack and ordered seconds of Nacho's Special. And the rest is history!!
William Mitchell
In 1975, William Mitchell, a food scientist working for General Foods, accidentally invented Pop Rocks. Mitchell was attempting to invent an instant soft drink. He had combined a sugar flavoring mix with carbon dioxide, and when he put the mix into his mouth, he experienced an "exploding" sensation that caused a "sizzling noise. Kids loved it. Around 1983, a rumor was started that claimed if you swallowed some Pop Rocks while drinking a soft drink, your stomach would explode. The used to be a little boy named "Mikey" was was featured in TV ads for Life Cereal. It was claimed that Mikey had died doing just that. Also in 1983, Pop Rocks were removed from the market, which substantiated the rumor. But it was just that - a rumor. "Mikey," who is actually former actor John Gilchrist, is alive and well in New York with his wife and three children. Pop Rocks were brought back by Kraft Foods in 1985 under the name "Action Candy." Today, they are sold under their original name. By the way, Mitchell also invented Tang, Cool Whip, and Powered Egg Whites!
George Speck (Crum)
POTATO CHIPS - George Speck was an African American/Native American hunter, guide, and cook in the Adirondack Mountains of upstate New York - because of his culinary skills, he was hired as a chef at Moon's Lake House in Saratoga Springs, NY in the mid-1800s - Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt was a regular at Moon's Lake House, and he could never remember Speck's last name - he once called him George "Crum," and Speck, considering that "a crumb is bigger than a speck," took to using Crum as his last name - Sliced, fried potatoes were a favorite at the restaurant, and one night at dinner in 1853, a customer complained to Crum that his fried potatoes were too thick and soggy - Crum made thinner slices, and again the customer complained - Crum sliced potatoes even thinner and fried them to a crisp as a sarcastic gesture - the customer loved them, and Crum began serving them regularly, calling them Saratoga Chips. [Some claim that the idea actually came from Crum's sister, Catherine Speck] - in 1860, Crum opened his own restaurant and began placing a basket of his chips on every table as an appetizer - he never mass-produced his chips, never bagged them for sale, and never patented them - in the 1920s, traveling salesman Herman Lay began introducing potato chips throughout the south - in 1932, Lay founded the H.W. Lay Distributing Co. in Atlanta, GA, and the rest, as they say, is history
Pizza Hut
Pizza Hut - 1958 brothers Dand and Frank Carney borrowed $600 from their mom to start a pizza resteraunt - they rented a small building, bought a used sign to paint the restaurant name on - the sign could only fit 8 letters o they decided on Pizza Hut instead of Pizza House - logo has changed serveral times over the years but the word pizza has always been in the logo - original logo was simple and reflective of limited space - since 1974 the logo has almsot alwyas inclusded a red roof - in 2014 the the company announced a major change and replaced the logo with a white design inside of a read background that looks like a smear of tomato sauce - in 2019, the company reverted back to the 1974 logo - at some locations 2014-2019 logo or even some older than the 2014 logo can be seen
Mr. Peanut
Planters - Mr. Peanut is the widely recognized logo of Planters - for years, Planters was a division of Kraft but in June 2021, Planters was bought by Hormel for $3.35 billion - in 1916, the Planters Nut and Chocolate Company held a contest for a trademark design - 14 year old Antonio Gentile from Suffolk, VA submitted a series of sketches of an anthropomorphized peanut, one carrying a lunch pail - Antonio won the prize of $5 but interestingly, Antonio named his character "Mr. P. Nut Planter," which was not actually symbolic of the nut itself, but of the people who worked with peanuts - a working-class man, with a clear nod to the peanut's agricultural roots - Planters had other ideas, they modified young Antonio's drawing to make Mr. Peanut look much more sophisticated, with a top hat, cane, monocle, and spats on his shoes - Planters wanted Mr. Peanut to look "wealthy," representing something fancy and aristocratic - though the trademark has always been known as, simply, Mr. Peanut, Planters actually named him Bartholomew Richard Fitzgerald-Smyth to further highlight him as the great "English aristocrat" - Planters wanted peanuts to come across as fancy and not common - in 2006, Planters asked the public if the famous logo should be changed, and the response was a resounding "NO" - Mr. Peanut's appearance has changed only slightly over the years. But he has always retained his aristocratic accessories
Julius Pringles
Pringles - Alexander Liepa, who worked for the Cincinnati-based Proctor & Gamble Company, invented Pringles in 1968 - Liepa had previously worked for the US Army and realized that potato chips would typically be reduced to crumbs by the time they reached soldiers - he invented stackable "potato crisps" that were secured inside of a tunique ubular can, invented by Fredric J. Baur, to prevent breakage - Proctor and Gamble needed a name for their new product so an employee opened a phone book and pointed to "Pringle Avenue" in Finneytown, OH - they liked the sound of the name Pringle, so the name Pringles was born - pringles were originally marketed as "Pringles Newfangled Potato Chips" - today, they are called "potato crisps" because the FDA has a standard of identity for potato chips, which must come from sliced potatos - pringles are made from dehydrated potatoes that are rehydrated into their unique shape ,so they have to go by some other name - after searching for a logo for the new product, "Julius Pringles" was born - Julius has changed some over the years, he has always been the Pringles logo
Quaker Oats
Quaker Oats - in 1877, Henry Seymour and William Heston founded an oats milling company in Ravenna, OH - they named it the "Quaker Mill" to symbolize integrity, honesty, and purity - Seymour and Heston chose "the Quaker man" as the company's logo - Quakers are a religious group, originally from England - William Penn, a Quaker, founded Pennsylvania, and many people believe that the Quaker Man is modeled after William Penn, but the company says he is purely fictitious - over the years, the logo has been modified slightly, but the Quaker Man has always appeared wearing the attire typical of the 1800's Quakers - the Quaker Man is the first US trademark issued for a breakfast cereal - the trademark was registered with the US Patent Office in 1877 as "a figure of a man in 'Quaker garb'"
Constantine Fahlberg
SACCHARIN - Ira Remsen was a young chemistry professor at Johns Hopkins University who conducted research on sulfobenzoic acids in the late 1800s - the H.W. Perot Import Company was an importer of sugar - a large shipment of sugar had been impounded by the US Govt. because of a purity issue and Constantin Fahlberg was a Russian chemist who studied suga - in 1878, H.W. Perot commissioned Remsen to hire Fahlberg so that he could have access to Remsen's lab to test the sugar purity - one evening in June, after working all day in the lab, Fahlberg went home to have dinner with his wife - he picked up a dinner roll, tasted it, and noticed that it tasted sweet, followed by a bitter flavor - tasting his fingers, he noted the same flavors of sweet, then bitter - remembering that he had spilled an experimental compound on his hands during the day, he rushed back to Remsen's lab and tasted everything on his work bench - he found a beaker containing o-sulfobenzoic acid that had been reacted with phosphorus chloride and ammonia to produce benzoic sulfinide, he discovered the source of the flavor - Fahlberg published his research and went on to name his new compound - saccharin - for years, saccharin was the only viable alternative to sugar, thereby enabling diabetics and others with health conditions to enjoy sweetened beverages - Fahlberg was obviously not observing the good sanitary practice of washing one's hands - saccharin was considered a carcinogen until 1997 - Theodore Roosevelt and later, Richard Nixon, permitted it for use with a warning label, which was removed by the FDA in 2000
John Montagu
SANDWICH - John Montagu was raised by his grandfather, Edward Montagu, the 3rd Earl of Sandwich in Kent, UK - when Edward died, John became the 4th Earl of Sandwich at the age of 10 - after his education, he rose through the ranks of military and became a British Stateman - he had a few flings and tragic circumstances in his life and, at some point, became a devoted gambler - it is said that Montagu would often spend 24 hours straight at the gambling table - during a gambling binge, he ordered his cook to bring him some meat inside of bread, so that he could eat one-handing while continuing to gamble, so the sandwich was invented - Capt. James Cook was quite inspired by the Earl and named the "Sandwich Islands" after him - today, these islands are known as the Hawaiian Islands
Sara Lee
Sara Lee - in 1932, Charles Lubin and his brother-in-law purchased a chain of bakery shops, called Community Bake Shops, in Chicago, IL - they developed a new line of cheesecakes that were very popular and Lubin's wife suggested that he name the cheesecakes after his 8-year-old daughter, Sara Lee - in 1950, Lubin named his entire company the "Kitchens of Sara Lee" - in 1956, Lubin sold his company to Consolidated Food Corporation - the name was changed to Sara Lee Corporation in 1985 - Sarah Lee Corp. owned a number of other brands, both bakery and meat products - in 2014, Tyson Foods purchased Sara Lee for $959 million - in 2018, Tyson sold the frozen bakery portion of Sara Lee to the private equity firm, Kohlberg & Co. however the Sara Lee brand name is still used - Sara Lee Lubin (Schupf) is still alive
Thorton Prince III
Spicy fried chicken has been a staple in the African American community for generations. But it is generally accepted that the concept of "hot chicken," as in "Nashville Hot Chicken" was created by the owner of Prince's Hot Chicken Shack in Nashville, TN. In the mid-30s, Thornton Prince, III was supposedly a bit of a womanizer. After a night of being out on the town, he came home very late (meaning early) to a very angry girlfriend. She cooked him a fried chicken breakfast but loaded it up with hot pepper to get her revenge on him. But it turns out that old Thornton really liked it. So much, that he and his brothers developed their own recipe and opened the BBQ Chicken Shack. Today, the business is named Prince's Hot Chicken Shack and is owned by Thornton's great-niece, André Prince Jeffries. Today, Nashville hot chicken is a very popular dish that has been copied by many.
Green Siren
Starbucks - most well-known cafe in the world ranks #3 in recognition - original logo was a half-naked twin-tailed siren surrounded by the words "Starbucks coffee, tea, spices"
Charlie the Tuna
Starkist - In 1918, Yugoslav immigrant, Martin Bogdanovich, with the help of five partners, formed the "French Sardine Co." to profit from the US Government's procurement of tuna for World War I troops - in 1942, the company adopted the name "Starkist", about half of the company's product was purchased by the US Government - in 1952, Starkist opened the largest tuna cannery in the world - in 1961, Starkist introduced "Charlie the Tuna" in its TV commercials - Charlie became the company logo as well as its spokesman - the character, Charlie, and commericals were created by the Leo Burnett Co - Charlie was presented as a "hipster," wearing thick-rimmed glasses and a Greek fisherman's hat - the image was intended to show that Charlie had "good taste" but when Charlie would try to get caught by Starkist on a fishing line, the bait would be snatched away at the last second, returning with a note that read, "Sorry, Charlie" - Charlie's sidekick would always explain to a dejected Charlie, "Starkist doesn't want tuna with good taste. Starkist wants tuna that tastes good!"
Sun-Maid Girl
Sun-Maid Raisins - fruit-packing company in California was in search of a logo for its raisin products - in May of 1915, a company executive spotted Lorraine Collett in her back yard drying her long, curly, brown hair in the sunshine wearing her mother's read sun bonnet - the exec commissioned Lorraine to pose for a painting, holding a basket of grapes and wearing her red bonnet - the "Sun-Maid Girl" first appeared on boxes of Sun Maid raisins in 1916, and though minor changes have been made to the design, Lorraine's likeness still graces boxes of Sun-Maid raisins - Lorraine's original red bonnet was donated to the Smithsonian Institute in 1988, though it has faded substantially
