Key Events in Food Industrialization
Mar 18, 12:26 PM (ET)
By The Associated Press
Some key dates in the industrialization of food:
- 1859 A&P opens first store and goes on to become nation's first grocery chain
- 1886 Cola-Cola goes on sale in Atlanta
- 1911 Crisco introduced
- 1932 Fritos Corn Chips first marketed
- 1940 The first Dairy Queen soft ice cream stand opens
- 1944 U.S. government orders commercial breads be made with enriched flour
- 1953 C.A. Swanson and Sons introduces 98-cent TV Dinner
- 1955 Ray Kroc opens first McDonald's restaurant
- 1967 High-fructose corn syrup commercially developed
- 1975 Consumption of soda surpasses coffee and milk in the United States
- 1981 Lean Cuisine Frozen Dinners introduced
- 1988 Wal-Mart begins selling groceries
- 1988 Kentucky Fried Chicken expands to 7,700 restaurants worldwide
- 2000 Major food industry mergers as Kraft acquires Nabisco and Unilever acquires Best Foods
- 2004 McDonald's phases out Supersize portions
Source: James Tillotson, a business and food policy professor at Tufts' Friedman School of Nutrition.
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