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Reuben Mattus was a Polish-born New York businessman who created the Haagen Dazs ice cream formula in 1959. He devised the Danish-sounding name of the product at his kitchen table, reciting nonsensical words aloud until he found a unique and original name he liked. He wanted it to sound Danish as a tribute to Denmark’s admirable treatment of Jews during World War II. •Brothers-in-law Burt Baskin and Irv Robbins each owned ice cream parlors in Glendale, California, and following their service in World War II, made the decision to merge their two businesses. Baskin and Robbins was born in 1945 and has grown to more than 6,700 locations around the world. It was their idea that there should be a different flavor for every day of the month and devised their “31 flavors” slogan from this concept. Since 1945, the company has introduced more than 1,000 assorted flavors. The career of Sean “Diddy” Combs got its start in a Baskin-Robbins commercial when he was just two years old. • Although thousands of creative flavors have been introduced by various vendors over the years, vanilla still takes the prize as the most popular flavor in America, followed closely by chocolate chip mint and cookies-and-cream.
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It seems there’s an observance of some kind for nearly everyone. The third week of July is National Baby Food Week, so this week Tidbits is looking into the history of this common item. • Swiss pharmacist Henri Nestlé is credited as the inventor of the first artificial infant food in 1867. At the request of a friend whose infant could not nurse naturally or digest fresh cow’s milk, Nestlé created a mixture of malted wheat and sweetened condensed milk. He was soon selling 500,000 boxes of Nestlé’s Milk Food annually. By the late 1880s, there were several brands for parents to choose from, mostly grain mixtures that were to be mixed with milk. • A small canning company opened in rural Michigan in 1901, packaging peas, beans, and fruits. The Fremont Canning Company was owned and operated by the Frank Gerber family. After years of effort, by 1917, the company finally reached annual sales exceeding $1 million. In 1927, Frank’s son Daniel was the assistant manager of the company and father to a new baby daughter. When the family pediatrician advised Daniel and his wife Dorothy to cook, mash, and strain solid foods for baby Sally, Dorothy suggested that the canning company look into producing foods for babies. In 1928, the company introduced strained peas, prunes, carrots, and spinach. Close to 600,000 cans were sold the first year. • Gerber’s ad campaign for their new products featured a contest to find the perfect baby face to represent the company. Many elaborate oil paintings were submitted, but it was a simple charcoal sketch submitted by Dorothy Hope Smith that was chosen in 1931. The face of Smith’s tiny neighbor in Westport, Connecticut is one recognized by generations around the world. • When a nationwide poll queried participants as to the identity of the Gerber baby, guesses included movie icons Humphrey Bogart and Elizabeth Taylor and politicians Richard Nixon and Bob Dole. Many believed it was Sally Gerber. The baby’s identity was kept secret until 1978, when it was revealed that the Gerber trademark was actually Ann Turner Cook, daughter of a cartoonist. Today, 86-year-old Ann is a retired schoolteacher who resides in Florida and is a published author of mysteries. • In 1938, the Gerber company established a customer relations department to address consumers’ questions. Little 10-year-old Sally Gerber was the first customer representative, answering each letter individually, a duty she continued even after she became senior vicepresident of the company. • In 1941, the Gerber Company was producing one million cans of baby food every week. They abandoned the production of all adult products and began manufacturing only baby food, leading to their famous advertising slogan “Babies are our business…our only business.” Gerber now controls over 80% of the nation’s baby food market. • Every July the community of Fremont, Michigan, population 4,500 booms to more than 125,000 as they host the National Baby Food Festival. Famous as the home of Gerber Products, the town celebrates for five days with a beautiful baby photo contest, parades, bubble gum blowing contests, and adult baby food eating contests. The county chaplain presides over a Blessing of the Babies ceremony as part of the festivities.
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