It takes bold visionaries risking everything to create some of the most recognizable brands on the planet. The Food That Built America, based on the hit documentary series from The HISTORY® Channel, tells the extraordinary true stories of industry titans like Henry Heinz, Milton Hershey, the Kellogg brothers and Ray Kroc, who revolutionized the food industry and transformed American life and culture in the process.
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EscucharNowadays, grocery stores and gas stations are filled with Little Debbie products. In the 1950s, though,...
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EscucharPost-World War Two, a food entrepreneur sees promise in a new business. In 1948, William Rosenberg notices...
Escuchar150 years ago, German immigrants in the Midwest write the history of beer in America. A recently shipwrecked...
EscucharSixty years ago, sandwiches were finger food, not a whole meal, and certainly not sold as fast food....
EscucharIn the 1950s, one of the biggest companies in the world - Procter and Gamble - decides to enter the...
EscucharNabisco, the most popular cookie company, is born when an ill-fated partnership leads Adolphus Green...
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EscucharWilliam Wrigley, whose name will later adorn sports stadiums and buildings, first stumbles upon a new...
EscucharAt the turn of the 20th century, James Kraft challenges thousands of years of cheese-making tradition...
EscucharIn the 1950s, two Florida visionaries start Insta-Burger King, a burger stand that will become Ray Kroc...
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EscucharDuring the Great Depression, a Kentucky businessman named Harlan Sanders started selling fried chicken...
EscucharWith his iconic milk chocolate bar, Milton Hershey transformed an exotic luxury into an affordable indulgence...
EscucharIn different corners of the country in the 1930s, ambitious entrepreneurs Charles Elmer Doolin and Herman...
EscucharIn 1905, an 11-year-old boy named Frank Epperson left a stirring stick in a cup of soda out in the cold...
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