The Man Behind The Brand - On The Can

Open a copy of the Information Please Almanac and turn to the chapter on famous people. 4000 names and you won't know hardly any. But what about names everyone knows? Pillsbury, Kraft, Maytag, Hertz, Kellogg, Gerber. Nowhere to be found. How many names are more famous than Howard Johnson? Milton Bradley? Oscar Mayer? But who were these folks? Let’s take a look at the men behind the names we see when we pull cans out of our pantry...

Armour

Chef Boyardee

Campbell's

Dole

Folger's

Hormel

Libby

Underwood

Van Camp's