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Nabisco
By: Cristina Castro
1. Nabisco was formed in 1898 when the American Biscuit Company merged with the New York Biscuit Company
Works Cited
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabisco
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/890719/Nabisco
http://inventors.about.com/od/foodrelatedinventions/a/Nabisco.htm
Fun Facts Continued
16. Nabisco Company used to be called National Biscuit Company
17. Animal – shaped cookies have been around since the early 1800s in Europe
18. Every hour, Nabisco’s factory in New Jersey makes 300,000 animal crackers, which ends up being around 40 million boxes a year
Fun Facts
19. Nabisco’s factory in New Jersey is the only factory in America that makes animal crackers
20. As of now, rabbits have never found their way into a box of animal crackers made by Nabisco
11. Nabisco cookies are the 3 top selling commercial cookies in the U.S.
12.The Oreo, the best – selling cookie of the 20th century, was developed and introduced by the American company Nabisco, in 1912
13. July 9th is National Sugar Cookie Day
14. December 4th is National Cookie Day
15.The U.S. leads the world as the biggest cookie bakers and eaters, spending more than $550 million annually on Oreos alone
9. Later, Nabisco added Planters Peanuts
10. Nabisco products are branded as Kraft in some other countries
2. The founders were Adolphus Green and William More
Products
8. Its first products included Chips Ahoy!, Oreos, Ritz Cracker and Wheat Thins
History
3. It was founded in New Jersey
4. Nabisco's plant in Chicago is the largest baker in the world
5. Nabisco employs more than
1, 500 workers
7. The first use of “Nabisco” was in a cracker brand first produced by National Biscuit Company in 1901
6. Nabisco produces 320 million pounds of snack foods annually