Hidden Valley Ranch. History[edit] During the 1960s and 1970s, it was then unclear how to generically describe the new kind of dressing pioneered by Hidden Valley Ranch.
Kraft Foods and General Foods responded to the new threat with dry seasoning packets labeled as "ranch style. " This resulted in a trademark infringement lawsuit against both from the Waples-Platter Companies, the Texas-based manufacturer of Ranch Style Beans (now part of ConAgra Foods), even though Waples-Platter had declined to enter the salad dressing market itself out of fear that the tendency of such products to spoil rapidly would damage its brand. The case was tried before federal judge Eldon Brooks Mahon in Fort Worth, Texas in April 1976.
Meanwhile, Clorox reformulated the Hidden Valley Ranch dressing several times to try to make it more convenient for consumers. Kraft Foods. Kraft Foods. Kraft headquarters in Northfield The company was formed in 2012 by a demerger from Kraft Foods Inc., which in turn was renamed Mondelēz International.
The new Kraft Foods Group is a North American grocery business, while Mondelēz is a multinational snack and confectionary company. Kraft Foods Group is an independent public company; it is listed on the NASDAQ. History[edit] Origin of the firm[edit] McInnerney operated the Hydrox Corporation, an ice cream company located in Chicago, Illinois. As a result of his efforts, National Dairy Products Corporation was formed in 1923 in a merger of McInnerney's Hydrox with Rieck McJunkin Dairy Co of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The firm grew quickly through a large number of acquisitions. Beginnings for Kraft[edit] Kraft Foods consumer product logo: Used on Kraft branded products. Miracle Whip productinfodisplay. Miracle Whip. Miracle Whip is a salad dressing spread manufactured by Kraft Foods, sold throughout the United States and Canada.
It is also sold by Mondelēz International (formerly also Kraft Foods) as Miracel Whip throughout Germany. It is often used as an alternative to mayonnaise in recipes, although it is sweeter and has additional ingredients. History[edit] In 1933 Kraft developed a new dressing similar to mayonnaise, but as a less expensive alternative. Premiering at the Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago in 1933, Miracle Whip was an instant success as a condiment on fruits, vegetables and salads.[1] According to Kraft archivist Becky Haglund Tousey, Kraft developed the product in-house using a patented "emulsifying machine" (invented by Charles Chapman) to create a product blending mayonnaise product and less expensive salad dressing, sometimes called "boiled dressing. Newman's Own. Newman's Own. Newman's Own is a food company founded by actor Paul Newman and author A.E.
Hotchner in 1982. The company gives 100% of the after-tax profits from the sale of its products to Newman's Own Foundation (a private non-profit foundation) which, in turn, gives the money to various educational and charitable organizations.[1] In 1982 Newman summarized his initial intentions regarding distribution of his company's profits: "My profits will be divided between a number of tax-deductible charities and causes, some church-related, others for conservation and ecology and things like that.
"[2] History[edit] In 1993, Newman's daughter Nell Newman founded Newman's Own Organics as a division of the company, later to become a separate company in late 2001. Newman and Hotchner co-wrote a memoir about their company and the Hole in the Wall Camps, Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good (ISBN 0-385-50802-6), published in 2003. Private label frozen pizzas, meal solutions, salad dressings, marinades and salsa. Richelieu Foods. Richelieu Foods is a private label food manufacturing company, headquartered in Braintree, Massachusetts, and owned by investment group Centerview Partners LLC.
The company's own brands include Chef Antonio, Raveena's, Grocer's Garden, and Caterer's Collection. With approximately 675 employees,[3] Richelieu Foods operates four manufacturing facilities in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, Washington Court House, Ohio, Grundy Center, Iowa, and Elk Grove Village, Illinois. History[edit] In 1994, Richelieu focused on the contract packing and private label areas.[4] The Western Dressing brand was sold and eventually acquired by Unilever with Richelieu Foods packing the dressing until Unilever took it in-house eight years later, marketing it under the Wish Bone brand.[4] In 2006, the company was named Pizza Manufacturer of the Year by Snack Food and Wholesale Bakery magazine.[8] In 2010 the company was purchased from Brynwood Partners by Centerview Partners LLC.
Wish-Bone salad dressing. Wish-Bone is an American brand of salad dressing.
The original dressing was based on a recipe served at the Wish-Bone restaurant in Kansas City, Missouri, founded by ex-soldier Phillip Sollomi in 1945. The brand was acquired by Lipton, part of the Unilever portfolio, in 1958, and was manufactured in the Kansas City area.[1] In 2013, Pinnacle Foods acquired Wish-Bone from Unilever.[2] Varieties[edit] ¹ Indicates Kosher varieties.