Remember the Pillsbury breakfast cereal Farina, which dates from 1898? It is available at many local groceries. It is now made by U.S. Mills; their website states that the company has owned the Farina brand since 2001. It says it acquired it from Holden Foods. Cream of Wheat was inventedMORE HERE
We checked in at the blog called Off the Map, published by Fortius One. The company is all about where the map, and mapping, meets the web. Today it posted as its “dataset of the Day” an interesting map of the retail sales tax around the U.S. Fascinating. Got usMORE HERE
We love www.notfoolinganybody.com. It’s a website of fast food architecture; the premise is that once a building is a fast food building, it is ALWAYS a fast food building. The site is quite addictive. Once you start looking at roadside chains, you can always spot them. And it is notMORE HERE
FT. PIERCE – Want to know how a family owned, independent restaurant survives the recession of 2008? Look at Dale’s Real Pit Bar B Q in Fort Pierce, Florida. Founded in 1962, and hickory smoked, they keep prices low, service friendly, and bathrooms clean. They put some local high schoolMORE HERE
KANSAS CITY – It started at a wedding reception in Kansas City, Missouri in 1945. Walter Bogdon rolled hard candy into sticks, and then decided to dump them into chocolate. Thus was born Bogdon’s Reception Stick. Many other products of the Bogdon Candy Company Inc. have since been introduced includingMORE HERE
Back in the day, the Brits knew how to fix the problem of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and Arabian Sea. While they didn’t mess around with with places that didn’t bother them on the open seas, they realized that places like Aden were critical. And so they occupiedMORE HERE
Ran across the Wells Fargo corporate history site and companion blog. The blog is called Guided By History, and it is run by Wells Fargo’s Historical Services department. Wow. Not only do they have writers blogging and posting history about Wells Fargo and its customers, but the company runs aMORE HERE
Here, store brand sherbet from Walgreens. They are using different versions of their brand name, including old-styled lettering. It helps to show a historic narrative to consumers. The only thing that is missing is the real thing, their lunch counters. They deserve a return. MORE HERE
LEHI – Founded in 1906, Lehi Roller Mills still makes bakery mixes from their mills in Lehi, Utah. The company was founded by George G. Robinson, and is run by Sherm Robinson, his grandson. The muffin mix is a completely pre-mixed recipe. Pictured here is their Country Blueberry Muffin Mix.MORE HERE
DENVER– On a flight back from Denver last week, I sat next to a man on the airplane who talked to his wife in a sad tone on his cellphone. It was the middle of a snowstorm, and we were way late leaving. While I wasn’t eavesdropping, promise, I heardMORE HERE