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General
Foods Corporation
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No
longer traded in public |
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Company
Description |
Processed
f ood manufacturer with wide range of products
such as cereal, dessert, coffee and frozen
foods. |
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Dividend |
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DRIP |
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DPP |
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Perk |
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Transfer
Agent |
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Investor
Relation |
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Headquarter |
800
Westchester Avenue |
Rye
Brook, NY 10573 |
United
States |
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Fiscal
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Founded |
In
1895 by C.W. Post as Postum Cereal Company,
which became General Foods in 1929 |
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Original
IPO |
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Split
History |
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More
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Trivia |
* The
companies that were acquired by General
Foods (then known as Postum Cereal Company)
includes: Jell-O Companies (Jell-O), Igleheart
Brothers, Inc. (Swans Down cake flour),
Richard Hellmann, Inc. (Blue Ribbon Mayonnaise),
and Cheek-Neel Coffee Company (Maxwell House
coffee) |
* C.W.
Post learned the method of making corn flake
cereal at holistic sanitarium operated by
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg (inventor of corn
flake cereal and brother of W.K. Kellogg
(founder of Kellogg Company)) |
The
company was acquired by Philip
Morris in 1985, then became a part of
Kraft
Foods. |
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