"company owned by Clarence Birdseye, called General Foods Company. Birdseye (December 9, 1886 - October 7, 1956) 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 the General Seafoods Company, in Gloucester, Massachusetts, to produce frozen haddock fillets"
"in 1922, Clarence Birdseye founded the modern frozen food industry, by pioneering fast freezing (now called blast freezing), based on learning the benefits of low temperature freezing of fish practiced by the Inuit in Arctic regions. Americold's history began in the early 20th century, around the time of the first ice and coal companies. Americold came from mergers and acquisitions involving Atlanta Ice and Coal Company, Atlanta City Brewing Company (later known as Atlanta Brewing and Ice Company,) Versacold, Munford, Jackson Atlantic, United Refrigerated Services, Atlas Cold Storage, and others. In 1903, entrepreneur Ernest Woodruff merged three cold storage warehouses"
"on ice-making machines. His ""Compression Ice Machine"" would revolutionize the cold-storage industry. In 1869 other investors and he purchased an old steamship onto which they loaded one of Lowe's refrigeration units and began shipping fresh fruit from New York to the Gulf Coast area, and fresh meat from Galveston, Texas back to New York, but because of Lowe's lack of knowledge about shipping, the business was a costly failure. In 1842 John Gorrie created a system capable of refrigerating water to produce ice. Although it was a commercial failure, it inspired scientists and inventors around the world. France’s Ferdinand Carre"
"their city council a petition with about 800 signatures to avoid demolition of their local Foster's. Fosters Freeze Fosters Freeze (full name Fosters Old Fashion Freeze) is a chain of fast-food restaurants in California. It was founded by George Foster in 1946 on La Brea Avenue in Inglewood, California, a location that still remains. The Fosters Freeze name comes from the fact that it is best known for its soft-serve ice milk and milkshakes, which is reflected in the marketing slogan, ""California's Original Soft Serve."" Its mascot is an ice cream cone wearing a chef's hat. The restaurant's slogan was"
"Fosters Freeze Fosters Freeze (full name Fosters Old Fashion Freeze) is a chain of fast-food restaurants in California. It was founded by George Foster in 1946 on La Brea Avenue in Inglewood, California, a location that still remains. The Fosters Freeze name comes from the fact that it is best known for its soft-serve ice milk and milkshakes, which is reflected in the marketing slogan, ""California's Original Soft Serve."" Its mascot is an ice cream cone wearing a chef's hat. The restaurant's slogan was ""Everything at Foster's is wonderful to eat"". George Foster owned the western development rights for Dairy"
"success. Robert E. Rich Sr. Robert E. Rich Sr. (July 7, 1913 – February 15, 2006) was a food-processing pioneer and executive. During World War II, he invented the first non-dairy whipped topping made from soybeans that could be frozen. Born in Buffalo, New York, he founded Rich Products in 1945, which had sales of $2.5 billion on more than 2,300 products in 2005, the year before he died at age 92 in Palm Beach, Florida. His son, Robert Jr., inherited the company and is the owner of the Buffalo Bisons minor league baseball team. Rich attended Bennett High School"
"Edward Piszek Edward John Piszek (24 October 1916 – 27 March 2004) (PEE-zeck) co-founded the Mrs. Paul's frozen foods brand with John Paul, a bread salesman. Piszek bought out his partner in the 1950s. His family moved from Chicago to a farm near Quakertown, Pennsylvania, and then to Philadelphia, where his father opened a grocery store. He later earned a degree in business administration by attending the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in the evenings. One of his early jobs was as a salesman for Campbell Soup. He hit upon the idea of selling frozen fish in 1946"
"Robert E. Rich Sr. Robert E. Rich Sr. (July 7, 1913 – February 15, 2006) was a food-processing pioneer and executive. During World War II, he invented the first non-dairy whipped topping made from soybeans that could be frozen. Born in Buffalo, New York, he founded Rich Products in 1945, which had sales of $2.5 billion on more than 2,300 products in 2005, the year before he died at age 92 in Palm Beach, Florida. His son, Robert Jr., inherited the company and is the owner of the Buffalo Bisons minor league baseball team. Rich attended Bennett High School in"
"Bob Falkenburg Robert Falkenburg (born January 29, 1926) is a former American amateur tennis player and entrepreneur. He is best known for winning the Men's Singles at the 1948 Wimbledon Championships and for introducing soft ice cream and American fast food to Brazil in 1952. He is the founder of the Brazilian fast food chain ""Bob's."" Falkenburg was born in New York City on January 29, 1926 and grew up in Los Angeles, California in a tennis playing family. His parents, Eugene ""Genie"" Lincoln Falkenburg (an engineer involved in the construction of the Hoover Dam) and Marguerite ""Mickey"" Crooks Falkenburg"
"""Pepe"" Simek's interment was at Mount Olive Cemetery in Westboro, Wisconsin. Pep Simek Joseph ""Pep"" Simek Sr. (November 13, 1926 – February 18, 2013) was an American businessman who co-founded Tombstone pizza, a widely available American brand of frozen pizza. Simek was born to Josef and Vlasta (""née"" Hedlicka) Simek on November 13, 1926, in Ogema, Wisconsin, where he was also raised. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He worked in a series of jobs and positions during the 1940s and 1950s. In 1960, Simek and his wife, Frances Simek, moved from Chicago, Illinois, to Medford,"
"Omar Knedlik Omar S. Knedlik (December 21, 1915 – March 14, 1989), was an American inventor and businessman. He was best known as the inventor of the ICEE frozen drink. He was born and raised a poor farm boy in Barnes, Kansas in 1916. Knedlik was a World War II veteran who bought his first ice cream shop after the war. He owned several hotels before moving to Coffeyville, Kansas, where he became the owner of a Dairy Queen in the late-1950s. Knedlik did not have a soda fountain, so he served semi-frozen bottled soft drinks. He found that they"
"""Frozen"". Moses Brown Moses Brown (September 23, 1738 – September 6, 1836) was an American abolitionist and industrialist from New England, who funded the design and construction of some of the first factory houses for spinning machines during the American industrial revolution, including Slater Mill. He co-founded Brown University. Brown was the son of James Brown II and Hope Power Brown and grew up in Providence, Rhode Island. He was the grandson of Baptist minister James Brown (1666–1732), and his father was a prosperous merchant. The family firm was active in distilling rum, owned an iron furnace, and took part"
"was born. This landmark invention ushered in the era of frozen foods, large supermarkets and the restaurant industry as we know it today. Refrigerated transport also made the delivery of fresh produce anywhere in the country a possibility, regardless of the season. The concept of continuous cooling of perishables is often referred to as the ""Farm to Fork"" cold chain. With mobile refrigeration compressors driven by fuel-powered engines and stationary refrigeration compressors driven by grid-sourced electricity, the food is kept cold from the point of production through to the point of distribution to consumers. In 1942, Jones developed the first"
"Frank Dorsa Frank Joseph Dorsa (August 11, 1907 – January 17, 1996) was an American inventor and pioneer who streamlined food preparation. He was best known for inventing the Eggo frozen waffle. Dorsa was an instinctive engineer, machinist and inventor. Dorsa was born and raised in San Jose, California. His formal education ended with high school, but he continued to educate himself his entire life. His first job after graduation was as a machinist at a small company, later bought by FMC Corp. -- another San Jose-based success story. In the early 1930s Frank Dorsa and his younger brothers, Sam"
"was issued US Patent #1,773,079, marking the beginning of today's frozen foods industry. Birdseye patented other machinery which cooled even more quickly. In 1927, he extended the process to quick-freezing meat, poultry, fruit, and vegetables. In 1929, Birdseye sold his company and patents for $22 million to Goldman Sachs and the Postum Company, which eventually became General Foods Corporation, which founded the Birds Eye Frozen Food Company. Birdseye continued to work with the company, further developing frozen food technology. In 1930, the company began sales experiments in 18 retail stores around Springfield, Massachusetts, to test consumer acceptance of quick-frozen foods."
"Gustavus Franklin Swift Gustavus Franklin Swift, Sr. (June 24, 1839 – March 29, 1903) was an American business executive. He founded a meat-packing empire in the Midwest during the late nineteenth century, over which he presided until his death. He is credited with the development of the first practical ice-cooled railroad car, which allowed his company to ship dressed meats to all parts of the country and abroad, ushering in the ""era of cheap beef."" Swift pioneered the use of animal by-products for the manufacture of soap, glue, fertilizer, various types of sundries, and even medical products. Swift donated large"
"Morton Frozen Foods Morton Frozen Foods is the brand name of a now-discontinued line of frozen foods, including honey buns, jelly donuts, and pot pies, that was distributed nationwide in the United States for almost 50 years. It was ultimately acquired by ConAgra Foods. In 1940, Harold Morton began making a chicken and noodle dish sold in glass jars in Louisville, Kentucky. The business transitioned to frozen foods after World War II, and the product line expanded to pot pies and dessert pastries. The manufacturing plant relocated to Crozet, Virginia, in Albemarle County and Webster City, Iowa. Morton Frozen Foods'"
"Jeno Paulucci Luigino ""Jeno"" Francesco Paulucci (July 5th, 1918 – November 24, 2011) was an American businessman, investor, and philanthropist. Paulucci started over 70 companies; among the most well-known ventures included his frozen food company, Bellisio Foods, and food products such as Pizza Rolls and the Chun King line of Chinese food. He was also involved in charity work, publishing and public speaking. A self-described ""peddler from the Iron Range"", Paulucci was born in the mining town Aurora, Minnesota. Paulucci's parents, Ettore and Michelina, had recently moved from Bellisio Solfare, hamlet of Pergola (Marche) Italy and his father was a"
"San Francisco, California. He died of a cancer-related stroke in San Francisco on Tuesday, October 1, 1991. Jaquelin H. Hume Jaquelin Holliday ""Jack"" Hume (1905-1991) was an American businessman and conservative philanthropist. He co-founded Basic American Foods, the world's largest producer of dried onion and garlic, and dried potatoes (used primarily for instant mashed potatoes). He was a major donor to President Ronald Reagan, and a patron of the arts. Jaquelin Holliday Hume was born in 1905 in Harbor Point, Michigan. He had a brother, William Hume. He grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana. He graduated from Princeton University in Princeton,"
"sold Eggo to Fearn Foods Inc., which was acquired by the Kellogg Company in 1970. Family: Frank Dorsa married Evelyn Mary Denevan in 1938. They had three sons, Frank Jr., Stanley and Richard. Frank Dorsa Frank Joseph Dorsa (August 11, 1907 – January 17, 1996) was an American inventor and pioneer who streamlined food preparation. He was best known for inventing the Eggo frozen waffle. Dorsa was an instinctive engineer, machinist and inventor. Dorsa was born and raised in San Jose, California. His formal education ended with high school, but he continued to educate himself his entire life. His first"
"Jaquelin H. Hume Jaquelin Holliday ""Jack"" Hume (1905-1991) was an American businessman and conservative philanthropist. He co-founded Basic American Foods, the world's largest producer of dried onion and garlic, and dried potatoes (used primarily for instant mashed potatoes). He was a major donor to President Ronald Reagan, and a patron of the arts. Jaquelin Holliday Hume was born in 1905 in Harbor Point, Michigan. He had a brother, William Hume. He grew up in Indianapolis, Indiana. He graduated from Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey in 1928, where he had been a member of the Charter Club. He then received"
"development in many areas of cryogenics, physics, chemistry and engineering. Carl von Linde Carl Paul Gottfried Linde (11 June 1842 – 16 November 1934) was a German scientist, engineer, and businessman. He discovered a refrigeration cycle and invented the first industrial-scale air separation and gas liquefaction processes. These breakthroughs laid the backbone for the 1913 Nobel Prize in Physics. Linde was a member of scientific and engineering associations, including being on the board of trustees of the Physikalisch-Technische Reichsanstalt and the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Linde was also the founder of what is now known as Linde plc,"
"The initial product line featured 26 items, including 18 cuts of frozen meat, spinach and peas, a variety of fruits and berries, blue point oysters, and fish fillets. Consumers liked the new products, and today this is considered the birth of retail frozen foods. The ""Birds Eye"" name remains a leading frozen-food brand. Birdseye was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2005. Birdseye died on October 7, 1956, of a heart attack at the Gramercy Park Hotel. He was 69 years old. Birdseye was cremated and his ashes were scattered at sea off Gloucester, Massachusetts. In 2012"
"ice. Detroit's William Davis patented a refrigerator car that employed metal racks to suspend the carcasses above a frozen mixture of ice and salt. He sold the design in 1868 to George Hammond, a Chicago meat-packer, who built a set of cars to transport his products to Boston. In 1878, meat packer Gustavus Swift hired engineer Andrew Chase to design a ventilated car, one that proved to be a practical solution to providing temperature-controlled carriage of dressed meats, and allowed Swift & Company to ship their products all over the United States, and even internationally. The refrigerator car radically altered"
"acquire control of the New York City Ice Company and the Consumers' Ice Company of New York, merging them into the Consolidated Ice Company. In turn Morse bought out his major competitor the Knickerbocker Ice Company of New York in 1896, giving him control of around four million tons (four billion kg) of the regional ice harvests each year. Morse incorporated his few remaining rivals into the American Ice Company in 1899, giving him control of all of the natural and plant ice supplies and distribution in the north-east of the US. On the west coast, Edward Hopkins formed the"
"Fred's Frozen Foods Fred's Frozen Foods and Fred's for Starters are frozen food brands that traces their origin to Fred Luker who first started manufacturing frozen meat and vegetable products in Noblesville, Indiana in 1947. As of 2002, both brands are operated by Windsor Quality Food Company, LTD, which is ultimately owned by the Hojel and Meinig families through their holding company HM International based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Fred W. Luker was an entrepreneur and inventor. In 1947, he established Fred's Frozen Foods to provide frozen meat patties and frozen bread vegetables to the wholesale food service industry. Fred's Frozen"
"Tom Carvel Tom Carvel (born Athanasios Karvelas (); July 14, 1906 – October 21, 1990) was a Greek-born American businessman and entrepreneur known for the invention and promotion of soft ice cream in the northeastern United States. He was the founder of the Carvel brand and franchise. Carvel began selling ice cream out of his truck in 1929 in Hartsdale, New York. On Memorial Day weekend in 1934, his truck had a flat tire, so he pulled into a parking lot next to a pottery store and began selling his melting ice cream to vacationers who were driving by. The"
"began to progressively modernise the machinery and improve packaging, freezing and distribution facilities. A mutually beneficial relationship with a local firm, Floyd's iceworks, resulted in the amalgamation of the two companies in 1960 to form Frozen Food Industries Pty Ltd. The new company went public in 1963. Ingredients for the Chiko Roll were diced and extruded into a long tube of pastry which was then cooked as it made its way along the production line, after which the rolls were deep-fried and then snap-frozen prior to distribution. As a pre-cooked product, the rolls only required a rapid deep-fry at the"
"Pep Simek Joseph ""Pep"" Simek Sr. (November 13, 1926 – February 18, 2013) was an American businessman who co-founded Tombstone pizza, a widely available American brand of frozen pizza. Simek was born to Josef and Vlasta (""née"" Hedlicka) Simek on November 13, 1926, in Ogema, Wisconsin, where he was also raised. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He worked in a series of jobs and positions during the 1940s and 1950s. In 1960, Simek and his wife, Frances Simek, moved from Chicago, Illinois, to Medford, Wisconsin. Pep Simek, and his brother, Ronald Simek, were the co-owners"
"freezing by the Postum Company (the forerunner of General Foods), which had acquired the technology when it bought the rights to Clarence Birdseye's successful fresh freezing methods. The first successful application of frozen foods occurred when General Foods heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post (then wife of Joseph E. Davies, United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union) deployed commercial-grade freezers in Spaso House, the US Embassy in Moscow, in advance of the Davies’ arrival. Post, fearful of the USSR's food processing safety standards, fully stocked the freezers with products from General Foods' Birdseye unit. The frozen food stores allowed the Davies to"
"Vernon Stouffer Vernon Bigelow Stouffer, (22 August 1901 – 26 July 1974) owned a national chain of restaurants, motor inns, and food-service operations and the Cleveland Indians from 1966-72. He played a key part in developing frozen foods and microwavable foods. His company Stouffer's was valued at $21.5 million when it was merged with Litton Industries in a stock for stock trade in 1967. Vernon Stouffer pioneered the frozen food industry. Stouffer graduated from The Wharton School in 1923. Stouffer was also the owner of the baseball team, the Cleveland Indians. He first got involved as an investor in the"
"Ovson Egg Ovson Egg was an American food processing company founded in 1919 to provide frozen, canned and dried eggs to manufacturers of products such as cookies, cakes, custards, egg noodles, beverages, ice cream, macaroni, mayonnaise, salad dressing and puddings. The National Dairy Products Corporation became a majority investor in the company in 1929, and it became part of Kraft Foods in 1952. Breaking and freezing of eggs began in U.S. in the 1890s in Minneapolis, Minnesota. George Dole, who owned one of the first cold storage facilities in the United States, and former school teacher H. J. Keith were"
"and smaller commercial customers. The ice trade revolutionized the U.S. meat, vegetable and fruit industries, enabled significant growth in the fishing industry, and encouraged the introduction of a range of new drinks and foods. The trade was started by the New England businessman Frederic Tudor in 1806. Tudor shipped ice to the Caribbean island of Martinique, hoping to sell it to wealthy members of the European elite there, using an ice house he had built specially for the purpose. Over the coming years the trade widened to Cuba and Southern United States, with other merchants joining Tudor in harvesting and"