General Foods Corporation was a company whose direct predecessor was established in the United States by Charles William (C. W.) Post as the Postum Cereal Company in 1895.
26-612: (Redirected from Maxims ) [REDACTED] Look up maxim in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Maxim or Maksim may refer to: Entertainment [ edit ] Maxim (magazine) , an international men's magazine Maxim (Australia) , the Australian edition Maxim (India) , the Indian edition Maxim Radio , Maxim magazine's radio channel on Sirius Satellite Radio Maxim ,
52-1539: A fictional ship in the manga and anime series One Piece Maxim, the hero of the video game Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals and its remake , Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals Literature and language [ edit ] A species of adage , aphorism , or saying that expresses a general moral rule, especially a philosophical maxim Maxims (Old English poems) , examples of gnomic poetry Maximes (1665–78) of François de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) Organizations [ edit ] Mary Maxim , craft and needlework mail-order company in Canada Maxim Brewery , brewing company in England Maxim's Catering , chain of caterers, restaurants, and fast food shops in Hong Kong Maxim Healthcare Services , medical staffing and home healthcare company Maxim Institute , public policy think tank in New Zealand Maxim Integrated , manufacturer of analog and mixed signal integrated circuits Maxim Motors , former manufacturer of firefighting apparatus located in Middleborough, Massachusetts Maxim's Paris , Parisian restaurant of
78-1098: A fictional ship in the manga and anime series One Piece Maxim, the hero of the video game Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals and its remake , Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals Literature and language [ edit ] A species of adage , aphorism , or saying that expresses a general moral rule, especially a philosophical maxim Maxims (Old English poems) , examples of gnomic poetry Maximes (1665–78) of François de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) Organizations [ edit ] Mary Maxim , craft and needlework mail-order company in Canada Maxim Brewery , brewing company in England Maxim's Catering , chain of caterers, restaurants, and fast food shops in Hong Kong Maxim Healthcare Services , medical staffing and home healthcare company Maxim Institute , public policy think tank in New Zealand Maxim Integrated , manufacturer of analog and mixed signal integrated circuits Maxim Motors , former manufacturer of firefighting apparatus located in Middleborough, Massachusetts Maxim's Paris , Parisian restaurant of
104-653: A line of caffeinated hot beverage mixes continued to carry the General Foods International name until 2010. General Foods background can be traced to the Post Cereal Company, founded by C. W. Post in 1895 in Battle Creek, Michigan . Post was a patient at the Battle Creek Sanitarium (run by John Harvey Kellogg , brother of Kellogg Company founder Will Keith Kellogg ). Post was inspired by
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182-546: Is "General Foods offers over twenty famous products for your well-stocked pantry shelf") and a subject index. General Foods acquired the Perkins Product Company, the makers of Kool-Aid , in 1953, Burger Chef in 1968, Oscar Mayer in 1981, Entenmann's in 1982, Oroweat in 1984, and the Freihofer baking company in 1987. The company then sold Burger Chef to Imasco , owner of Hardee's , in 1981. General Foods
208-589: The "General Seafoods Company" in Gloucester, Massachusetts to produce frozen haddock fillets packed in plain cardboard boxes. The founder's daughter, Marjorie Merriweather Post, was the first to become excited about the prospects for the frozen foods business. In 1926, she had put into port at Gloucester on her yacht, Sea Cloud , and was served a luncheon meal which, she learned to her amazement, had been frozen six months before. Despite her enthusiasm, it took Post three years to convince Postum's management to acquire
234-560: The Belle Epoque People [ edit ] Maxim (given name) Maxim (surname) Maxim (musician) Maxim. , taxonomic author abbreviation of Karl Maximovich (1827–1891), Russian botanist Maksim, Metropolitan of all Rus , Metropolitan of Kiev (1283–1305) Maksim, Bulgarian Patriarch (1914–2012), Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church Maksim, Serbian Patriarch (d. 1680), Patriarch of
260-423: The Belle Epoque People [ edit ] Maxim (given name) Maxim (surname) Maxim (musician) Maxim. , taxonomic author abbreviation of Karl Maximovich (1827–1891), Russian botanist Maksim, Metropolitan of all Rus , Metropolitan of Kiev (1283–1305) Maksim, Bulgarian Patriarch (1914–2012), Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church Maksim, Serbian Patriarch (d. 1680), Patriarch of
286-586: The Serbian Orthodox Church (1655-1674) Maksim Branković (d. 1516), Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Belgrade and Syrmia Hiram Stevens Maxim , inventor of the Maxim gun Other uses [ edit ] Maxim, New Jersey , an unincorporated community in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States Maxim (philosophy) , a principle that an individual uses in making a decision Maxim (coffee) ,
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#1732845076005312-415: The Serbian Orthodox Church (1655-1674) Maksim Branković (d. 1516), Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Belgrade and Syrmia Hiram Stevens Maxim , inventor of the Maxim gun Other uses [ edit ] Maxim, New Jersey , an unincorporated community in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States Maxim (philosophy) , a principle that an individual uses in making a decision Maxim (coffee) ,
338-440: The company quickly realized that a packaging process alone would not be sufficient to market frozen products in stores. To be sold, the packages had to be kept frozen while on display, so Birdseye engineers began development of a freezer cabinet designed specifically to hold frozen foods. The cabinet, which first appeared in 1934, required a great deal of space and electricity, which were not readily available in most grocery stores of
364-410: The company. Postum paid $ 10.75 million for a 51% interest and its partner, Goldman Sachs , paid $ 12.5 million for the other 49%. Following this acquisition, Postum, Inc changed its name to General Foods Corporation. Goldman sold its share back to General Foods in 1932, apparently at a slight loss. Shortly after the acquisition, General Foods began test-marketing an expanded line of frozen foods , but
390-401: The company. The Postum Cereals company acquired others such as Jell-O (gelatin dessert) in 1925, Walter Baker & Company (chocolate) in 1927, Maxwell House (coffee) in 1928, and other food brands. By far the most important acquisition in 1929 was of the frozen-food company owned by Clarence Birdseye , called "General Seafood Corporation". Birdseye (December 9, 1886 - October 7, 1956)
416-511: The diet there to start his food company (and become a rival to the Kellogg brothers, who sold their own breakfast cereals). He invested $ 78 in his initial equipment and supplies and set up manufacturing in a barn on what was known as the 'Old Beardsley Farm'. His first product was Postum , a "cereal beverage" alternative to coffee made from wheat and molasses. The first cereal, Grape-Nuts , was developed in 1897 followed by Elijah's Manna in 1904 which
442-441: The established cereal business from her father, C. W. Post. In November 1985, General Foods was acquired by Philip Morris Companies (now Altria ) for $ 5.6 billion, the largest non-oil acquisition at the time. In December 1988, Philip Morris acquired Kraft Foods Inc. , and, in 1990, combined the two food companies as Kraft General Foods. The "General Foods" name was dropped in 1995 with the corporate name being reverted to Kraft Foods;
468-489: The first American brand of freeze-dried coffee, made by General Foods Maxim gun , the first self-acting machine gun Maxim Cup , South Korean Go competition Maxim DL , software package created by Cyanogen Imaging Maxim Wien , brothel in Vienna, Austria Legal maxim , certain guiding principles of law and jurisprudence Pragmatic maxim , maxim of logic formulated by Charles Sanders Peirce SilencerCo Maxim 50 ,
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520-411: The 💕 [REDACTED] Look up maxim in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Maxim or Maksim may refer to: Entertainment [ edit ] Maxim (magazine) , an international men's magazine Maxim (Australia) , the Australian edition Maxim (India) , the Indian edition Maxim Radio , Maxim magazine's radio channel on Sirius Satellite Radio Maxim ,
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598-551: The period. For those stores that could accommodate them, the payback was immediate. Housewives quickly realized that keeping packages of frozen food in the icebox could mean fresher meals and fewer trips to the market. The company published a cookbook in 1932 called the General Foods Cook Book dedicated "To the American homemaker". Five editions were published between 1932 and 1937. The book includes photographs (among which
624-587: Was acquired by Philip Morris Companies (now Altria) in 1985. In 1989, Phillip Morris merged General Foods with Kraft Foods Inc., which it had acquired in 1987, to form the Kraft General Foods division. The cereal brands of Nabisco were acquired in 1993. In 1995 Kraft General Foods was reorganized, and the Kraft Foods name was restored. On November 15, 2007, Kraft announced it would spin off Post Cereals and merge that business with Ralcorp Holdings . That merger
650-527: Was one of the most important entrepreneurs in the history of the food industry. Born in New York City, he became interested in the frozen preservation of food during the course of working as a fur trader in Labrador between 1912 and 1916. By 1923, he had developed a commercially viable process for quick-freezing foods using a belt mechanism, which he patented. In 1924, with backing from three investors, he formed
676-562: Was renamed Post Toasties in 1908. In 1907 Collier's Weekly published an article questioning the claim made in advertisements for Grape Nuts that it could cure appendicitis . C. W. Post responded with advertisements questioning the mental capacity of the article's author, and Collier's Weekly sued for libel. The case was heard in 1910, and Post was fined $ 50,000. The decision was overturned on appeal, but advertisements for Postum products stopped making such claims. C.W. Post died in 1914, and his daughter Marjorie Merriweather Post took over
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