Pepperidge Farm is an American manufacturer of baked goods. It was based in Norwalk, Connecticut, and has been moved to Bloomfield, Connecticut. Pepperidge Farm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Campbell Soup Company. Pepperidge Farms was founded in 1937 by Margaret Rudkin, who named the brand for a property her family owned in Connecticut. The …
The potato chip was invented by George Crum in 1853. The snack food became popular during the 1920s following the mechanical potato peeler. In 1932 salesman Herman W. Lay opened a snack food operation in Nashville, Tennessee and, in 1938, he purchased the Atlanta, Georgia potato chip manufacturer “Barrett Food Company,” renaming it “H.W. Lay …
In 1924, the Kleenex brand of facial tissue was first introduced. Kleenex tissue was invented as a means to remove cold cream. Early advertisements linked Kleenex to Hollywood makeup departments and sometimes included endorsements from movie stars who used Kleenex to remove the make-up with cold cream. By 1926, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, the manufacturer of Kleenex, …
Champion is a sportswear producer, and has produced uniforms for National Basketball Association teams. The brand can be found in Target and Wal-Mart. The brand is a subsidiary of the Sara Lee Corporation. Champion sportswear has been a popular staple in hip hop and urban fashion since the early 1990s. The Champion hooded sweatshirt was …
Cingular Wireless is the name currently used by the wireless subsidary of AT&T;, AT&T; Mobility LLC. AT&T; Mobility is the largest mobile phone company in the United States and the second-largest in Puerto Rico with more than 61 million subscribers. The company has the largest digital voice and data network in the United States. Formerly …
Tape was just the beginning… Tape has been a part of data storage for so long, it’s easy to take it for granted. Yet, it’s been 50 years since the first commercially available magnetic tape was pioneered by IBM and 3M. The year was 1952. And the product was the Model 726 tape drive, which …