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Stock Code GFC02 |
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Certificate for 100 shares of
common stock in this food conglomerate, dated
14th May 1965. Issued to Parness & Co., with the printed
signatures of Charles G Mortimer, Chairman, C W Cook, President,
together with that of the company secretary. Ornate green
border with imprint of company seal. Vignette of two females holding
disc with company's initials. Certificate size is 20.5
cm high x 30.5 cm wide.
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Company History
General Foods Corporation was a company established under
that name by Marjorie Merriweather Post in 1929. It was previously known as
Postum Cereal Company. General Foods, formerly shorthand for the General
Foods Corporation, is now a brand of Kraft Foods.
TImeline:
- 1953 - General Foods acquired Perkins Products Company,
maker of Kool-Aid.
- 1957 - The company introduced Tang, which became
available nationally two years later.
- 1964 - General Foods introduced Maxim, the first
American brand of freeze-dried coffee.
- 1968 - General Foods makes its ill-advised purchase of
the Burger Chef fast-food chain.
- 1969 - General Foods buys Rax Restaurants.
- 1971 - General Foods acquired the maker of Gevalia.
- 1978 - General Foods sells Rax Restaurants to Rac.
- 1981 - General Foods acquired Oscar Mayer & Company.
- 1985 - General Foods was acquired by Philip Morris for
$5.6 billion, the largest non-oil acquisition ever; four years later
(1989), after the even larger acquisition of Kraft Foods, Philip Morris
combines the two into a company called Kraft General Foods.
- 1995 - Kraft General Foods became Kraft Foods, and
General Foods became a brand.
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