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    Howard Heinz

    Taking the helm of Heinz from his father, Howard continued to build the company through internal growth and development. He deftly managed the company through the Depression by introducing low cost, processed food products including Heinz baby food and “ready to serve”... View Details
    Keywords: Food & Tobacco

      Adolphus W. Green

      Green was instrumental in organizing over 40 Midwestern bakeries to form the National Biscuit Company in 1898, which became the basis for the present day Nabisco. When Green organized the firm, its only product was a cracker, the Uneeda biscuit. Green introduced new... View Details
      Keywords: Food & Tobacco

        Roger A. Enrico

        Enrico helped to transform PepsiCo through a number of major initiatives including the spin-off of its fast food restaurant chains (Tricon), the acquisition of Tropicana, and the initial public offering of its bottling business. Through these efforts, Enrico... View Details
        Keywords: Food & Tobacco

          Nathan Cummings

          By 1966, Cummings had grown Consolidated Foods into the nation’s fastest growing food processor, with sales of $830 million. Cummings’ most significant acquisition was Sara Lee, which he purchased in 1956 and grew into the nation’s leading brand of frozen pastries.... View Details
          Keywords: Food & Tobacco

            Ben Cohen

            Cohen with his partner, Jerry Greenfield, created a business that was known as much for its socially conscious employment and philanthropy policies as for its high quality, unique ice cream flavors. During his tenure as CEO, Cohen ensured that Ben & Jerry's donated... View Details
            Keywords: Food & Tobacco
            • 01 Oct 2002
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            Andrew H. Tisch

            its five subsidiaries — the Bulova Watch Company, insurer CNA Financial, Diamond Offshore Drilling, Loews Hotels, and the Lorillard Tobacco Company — and from other investments. Since 1997, when the founders passed the baton to the next... View Details
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            Breaking Down the Barriers - The High Art of Photographic Advertising - Baker Library | Bloomberg Center

            director of Vogue , noted in 1924, “Art is not a thing to be done, but the best way of doing that which is necessary to be done. This brings a tobacco advertisement into the realm of art as truly as the designing of a cathedral.” 15... View Details
            • 25 Jul 2017
            • First Look

            First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

            working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51704 Harvard Business School Case 902-412 Tobacco and the Future of Rural Kentucky Governor Patton decides how to use settlement funds to develop a long-term plan for... View Details
            Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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            Scrapbooks & Collectibles- The Art of American Advertising

            subject theme. Advertisers encouraged repeated purchases by capitalizing on the desire of customers to collect a complete series. Coffee, tea, and tobacco companies, for example, produced groups of trade cards with specific themes such as... View Details

              Watson H. Vanderploeg

              Vanderploeg continued Kellogg’s impressive growth. Under his leadership, he grew sales six-fold from $34 million to over $200 million and quadrupled earnings. He was devoted to international expansion (opening new plants in Australia and Great Britain) and was... View Details
              Keywords: Food & Tobacco

                Gustavus F. Swift, Jr.

                Despite the antitrust complications that had arisen during his brother Louis’ term as president, Gustavus attempted to keep the family business together, doing all he could to maintain Swift and Company’s position of leadership in the meat packing industry. View Details
                Keywords: Food & Tobacco

                  John Stuart

                  Having started in the cereal business as a sweeper at Quaker Oats, Stuart always paid attention to details and to the efficiency with which his father managed the company. His first major task at Quaker Oats was to create a more effective inventory management system,... View Details
                  Keywords: Food & Tobacco

                    Elbridge H. Stuart

                    In addition to maintaining Carnation’s dominance in the evaporated milk market, Elbridge H. Stuart helped Carnation achieve strong presence in other food products, including instant dry milk, nonfat dairy creamer (Coffee-Mate) and instant breakfast products. View Details
                    Keywords: Food & Tobacco

                      William P. Stiritz

                      Stiritz was instrumental in streamlining Purina’s business operations – divesting of non-core, mature business lines and investing in brand name growth products. Through his leadership, Purina’s stock price increased 15-fold, outpacing the tenfold increase in the... View Details
                      Keywords: Food & Tobacco

                        Alfred N. Steele

                        Arriving at Pepsi after defecting from an alienating position at Coca-Cola, Steele immediately began a highly involved rehabilitation process at the battered soft drink maker. Steele installed a more autonomous management structure, instituted an extensive advertising... View Details
                        Keywords: Food & Tobacco

                          Margaret F. Rudkin

                          Rudkin began her business at her family estate, Pepperidge Farm, after the success of her all natural home baked bread (originally made to relieve her sons’ allergies). She gradually expanded her business to include Belgian cookies, frozen pastries, poultry stuffing... View Details
                          Keywords: Food & Tobacco

                            Lyle C. Roll

                            Under Roll’s tenure, Kellogg continued its 20 consecutive years of growth in revenues and earnings. Through strategic acquisitions of Salada and Fearn, international expansion, and new product introductions (most notably Eggo Frozen Waffles and Frosted Mini-Wheats),... View Details
                            Keywords: Food & Tobacco

                              Frederick H. Prince

                              After making a great deal of money investing in industrial ventures, Prince took an interest in stockyards, purchasing and organizing a group of small companies into the Chicago Stock Yards Company. Prince's company grew to have many assets, including hundreds of miles... View Details
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                                Clarence Birdseye

                                While Birdseye did not invent the process of quick freezing, he was the first to create a commercially viable business with the technology. His advancements in the quick freezing process ensured that the foods' nutrients and taste would be preserved. The success of his... View Details
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                                  Charles W. Post

                                  Having been inspired by a drink served at the Kellogg brothers’ sanitarium, Post developed an entire line of grain-based products including such famous cereal brands as Grape Nuts and Bran Flakes. Post played a pivotal role in the development of the cereal market, and... View Details
                                  Keywords: Food & Tobacco