Lucky Leaf: Support American Farmers, Food Production
PEACH GLEN, Penn. – Supporting local farmers is often seen as finding fresh, local produce, or visiting a locavore restaurant. But there are easier ways to... Read more.
Parsons the Classic American Ammonia
WALLED LAKE, Michigan – If you have ever purchased ammonia, the oldest and best-known brand is Parsons Household Ammonia, which dates from 1881. That makes... Read more.
Greens Tastier with Uncle Wiley’s Vegetable Seasonings
FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Uncle Wiley’s is a food seasoning brand for the produce aisle, geared to vegetables like yams and greens. With simply titled seasonings,... Read more.
UK: Marks & Spencer Set to Revive Jaeger
LONDON – The news that the Marks & Spencer Group Plc of the U.K. purchased (or perhaps rescued) the fashion brand Jaeger for a reported meager £5 million... Read more.
Bush’s Beans, a Model for Family Owned Brands
Chestnut Hill, Tenn. – If one wants to see the perfect template for promoting a consumer product brand, steal a few ideas from Bush Brothers & Company,... Read more.
Sarasota’s Old Heidelberg Castle Remembered
SARASOTA – Local restaurant brands are fickle, particularly the local concept restaurant. The concept restaurant was a relic of the 1960s and 70s, an idea... Read more.
Historic Crisco Joins B&G Foods Lineup
Parsippany, N.J. – Last December, B&G Foods, Inc. (NYSE: BGS) announced the purchase of the Crisco brand of shortening from J. M. Smucker Co. for $550... Read more.
The History of Artex, America’s (and Ron and Nancy’s) TV Tray
BROOKLYN – In the 1950s, when television watching began, people left the dining room, but still wanted to eat “properly” in a civilized way. The... Read more.
Tampa’s Tamiami Repair & Rebuild Corridor
TAMPA – Repair businesses were once a backbone of a small-town economy. If Main Street was the front-facing retail and public end of the local business ecosystem,... Read more.
Remembering William Schallert, Milton the Toaster
rankly, there is alot of good inside Kellogg’s Pop-Tart Pastries, but the real good was the man inside, Milton the Toaster. Milton was a friend. A buddy. A... Read more.