In 1911 in Tacoma, this confectioner founded what is today one of the USA's largest privately-owned corporations
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List of American companies: Mars, Incorporated - Philip Emeagwali  Mars, Incorporated is a world-wide manufacturer of confectionery. ... The company was founded in Tacoma, Washington in 1911, when Frank C. Mars ... Mars, Incorporated is one of the largest privately-owned corporations in the United States. ... Snickers (The top-selling candy bar in the United States) * Three Musketeers...
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Who We Are - About Us | Mars, Incorporated  Today, the Mars family of Associates is 80,000 strong in 78 countries around the world. Through all that growth, we've remained a private, family-owned business, with ... Each one of our principles  Quality, Responsibility, Mutuality, Efficiency and ... It's how we turned a small confectionery business into a global company.
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Mars, Incorporated - Wikipedia  Mars, Incorporated is an American global manufacturer of confectionery, pet food, and other food products with US$33 billion in annual sales in 2015, and is ranked as the 6th largest privately held company in the United States ... Tacoma, Washington. Founder ... Mars is still a family business owned by the Mars family.
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Mars - Companies History | The biggest companies in the world  Founded in 1911, Mars, Incorporated is one of the largest food companies in the world. ... The company is still owned by the Mars family and employs 72,0000 people ... known for the confectionery items that it creates, such as Milky Way, M&M's, ... started in 1911 with Ethel V. Mars, his second wife, in Tacoma, Washington.
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History of Mars, Incorporated  FundingUniverse  From its origins in candy and confectionary products, Mars, Incorporated has ... In spite of its large size and geographic reach, the company remains privately owned. ... Mars began in 1911 as the Mar-O-Bar Co., a snack food business founded by .... In 1988 Hershey Foods Corporation surpassed Mars as the largest U.S....
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The Sweet, Secret World of Forrest Mars (Fortune, 1967)  Mar 31, 2013 ... Forrest Mars is as deliberately anonymous as a business leader with his wealth and power can be. ... startedM & M's candies and Uncle Ben's rice in the U.S., along with ... The first candymaker in the Mars family was Forrest's father, who ... bars, and about 1923 he struck on the recipe for the Milky Way bar.
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Dreyer's - Wikipedia  Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Holdings, Inc., a subsidiary of Nestl, is a United States-based producer of ice cream and frozen yogurt founded in 1928 as Edy's Grand Ice Cream in Oakland, California by Joseph Edy and William Dreyer. ... At the time ice cream had limited flavors such as vanilla, chocolate and strawberry, but...
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Bacardi - Wikipedia  Bacardi Limited is the largest privately held, family-owned spirits company in the world. Originally known for its eponymous Bacardi white rum, it now has a portfolio of more than 200 brands and labels. Founded in 1862, and family-owned for seven generations, Bacardi employs ... Emilio Bacardi, Don Facundo's eldest son, was repeatedly imprisoned and...
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Starbucks - Wikipedia  Starbucks Corporation is an American coffee company and coffeehouse chain. Starbucks was founded in Seattle, Washington in 1971. .... During this time, the company only sold roasted whole coffee beans and did not yet brew coffee to sell. ... In the same year, Starbucks opened its first locations outside Seattle at Waterfront...
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Jeopary Questions page 1674 - MONTHS - TriviaBistro.com  THE USA TODAY: The USA's largest private employer, it has over 700,000 workers, most stocking shelves & pushing carts  THE WORLD SERIES: In 1992 this...
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History Focus September 13 - OoCities  In 1903, with the money he received for his caramel business, he began to build what is now the world's largest chocolate manufacturing plant. It opened in 1905...
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Pillsbury Bake-Off | Open Access articles | Open Access journals ...  In 2016 the contest may return to a biennial format. ... The first contest was held in 1949 as the Grand National Recipe and Baking Contest and ... The only male champion was Kurt Wait of Redwood City, California, who won in 1996; that year, ... Year, Recipe, Grand Prize Winner ... 1971, Pecan Pie Surprise Bars, Pearl Hall.
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Pecan Pie Surprise Bars recipe from Pillsbury.com  Enjoy these crunchy bars packed with pecans  a delightful dessert! Bake-Off Contest 22, 1971. Pearl Hall. Snohomish, Washington...
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Ben & Jerry's - Wikipedia  Ben & Jerry's Homemade Holdings Inc, trading and commonly known as Ben & Jerry's, is a company that manufactures ice cream, frozen yogurt, and sorbet. It was founded in 1978 in Burlington, Vermont, United States, and operates ... This book tracks the history of how Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream got started. The book focuses...
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Food Timeline: 1971 to 1975 - Food History Events  1971 - 1975 Food Timeline - Events in the History of the Culinary Arts: ... 1971 Alice Waters' Chaz Panisse restaurant opened in Berkeley, California. ... 1972 'The Candy Man' by Sammy Davis Jr. hit #1 on the charts ... 1974 Nathan Handwerker . Founded 'Nathan's' hot dog emporium at Coney Island, New York in 1916.
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Publix Super Markets Inc facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia ...  NAIC: 44511 Supermarkets and Other Grocery (Except Convenience) Stores ... It is the largest employee-owned supermarket; its current and former ... Publix was founded in 1930 by George W. Jenkins, the son of a rural Georgia grocer. ... to the chain's expansion as it became one of the fastest-growing states in the country.
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Our History | Baskin-Robbins  A year later, Burt opened Burton's Ice Cream Shop in Pasadena, CA. ... the "31" logo to represent a flavor for every day of the month, Cherry (pink) and ... The franchise model created by Burt and Irv decades ago is still used by ... And as a result, Baskin-Robbins has grown to become the world's largest chain of ice cream...
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History of Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream Company ...  Breyers Ice Cream Company is the oldest ice cream producer in the United States. In 1866, before the invention of the telephone, the start of the modern Olympics, and the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge, William A. Breyer decided to ... Unable to rent a store to sell his ice cream, Breyer began to make and sell his...
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Starbucks | American company | Britannica.com  Oct 2, 2015 ... American company that is the largest coffeehouse chain in the world. ... to open the first store in Seattle and named it Starbucks after the first mate in Herman Melville's classic novel Moby Dick. ... Peet's success encouraged the Starbucks founders to base their business model on selling high-quality coffee...
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Chessecake Factory - Fortune  May 19, 2014 ... Cheesecake Factory's David Overton January 16, 2014 .... is bringing its giant portions, massive menu, and namesake dessert to ... We have the name recognition, we've have had it for years, and it's ... Along with licensing, Maxim's other operations include running bakeries and large Chinese restaurants.
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Free Flashcards about BUSINESS & INDUSTRY - StudyStack  Hungry Bug ... THE CANADIAN ARM OF THIS PENNSYLVANIA CORPORATION MAKES EAT-MORE-CANDY, HERSHEY'S ... EVERY YEAR, THIS COMPANY DELIVERS MORE PACKAGES THAN THE POST OFFICE, UPS ..... FOUNDED BY AN AUSTRIAN IN 1896, THE NAME OF THIS CANDY WAS TAKEN FROM HIS...