History Of Foods

1930  Jiffy biscuit mix, sliced Wonder bread, and Hostess Twinkies are born   

1930  the Brenham Creamery Co. changes its name to Blue Bell Creameries, Inc.   

1930  the average household worked 91 days to buy a year's worth of food and spent 25 percent of household income on food.   

1931  tootsie Pop invented by Sweets Company of America.   

1932  Campbell's introduces its tomato soup   

1932  Hotpoint introduces the single slice toaster   

1932  San Antonio candymaker C. Elmer Doolin buys the recipe for corn chips from a cafe owner. Fritos are born   

1933  Peter Paul Co. markets charcoal gum via Mounds box   

1933  The E. and J. Gallo winery is founded at Modesto, CA, by Ernest Gallo, 24, and his brother Julio, 23   

1934  Farex baby cereal introduced by Glaxo   

1934  Milo drink invented by Thomas Mayne   

1935  early recipe for som tam (green papaya salad) documented in Thailand.   

1935  Presidente beer introduced in honor of Rafael Trujillo   

1936  Howard Johnson's first restaurant opens on Cape Cod   

1936  Quality Street chocolates first made by Mackintosh's   

1936  Stuckey's gets its start when William and Ethel Stuckey open a roadside stand in Georgia selling pecans   

1937  Kraft rolls out Kraft Dinner - a boxed meal that sells for 19 cents   

1937  maltesers introduced in the UK.   

1937  refrigerators are in more than 2 million U.S. households.   

1937  the shopping cart is introduced.   

1938  mrs. Baird's Bakery expands by opening a bakery in Houston and a new facility in Ft. Worth.   

1938  teflon is discovered.   

1939  nestle introduces the world's first instant coffee - Nescafe.   

1939  malta India malt beverage launched.   

1939  nestle Tollhouse Morsels are introduced.   

1940  first McDonald’s opened by McDonald brothers in San Bernardino.   

1940  the first Dairy Queen stand opens in Joliet, Illinois.   

1940  the first McDonald’s hamburger stand opens at a drive-in cinema in the United States.   

1941  south Carolina is the first state to require enrichment of white bread with vitamins and iron.   

1942  neil and Carl Fletcher serve their corny dogs at the State Fair of Texas.   

1942  the Wrigley Co. packs K rations for troops containing canned meat, 4 cigarettes, compressed Graham biscuits, 3 tablets of sugar, and a stick of chewing gum.   

1942  the frozen food industry balloons as producers look for alternatives to metal cans during the war years.   

1942  u.S. consumers hoard coffee, leading to coffee rationing (1 lb every five weeks). Sugar and meat had already been rationed.   

1943  akta-Vite milk flavoring created by George Nicholas.   

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