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Marjorie Merriweather Post was born in Springfield, Illinois, the daughter and only child of C. W. Post and Ella Letitia Merriweather. At age 27, following her father's death in 1914, she became the owner of the rapidly growing Postum Cereal Company, founded in 1895. She inherited a US$ 20 million fortune. [3]
Post has been accused of stealing several of Kellogg's recipes, including Kellogg's Caramel Coffee Cereal (Post's Postum), Cornflakes (Toasties), and Malted Nuts . [4] [5] In 1895, Post founded Postum Cereal Co., with his first product, Postum cereal beverage. Post's first breakfast cereal premiered in 1897, and he named the product Grape-Nuts ...
General Foods Corporation was a company whose direct predecessor was established in the United States by Charles William (C. W.) Post as the Postum Cereal Company in 1895.. The company changed its name to "General Foods" in 1929, after several corporate acquisitions, by Marjorie Merriweather Post after she inherited the established cereal business from her father, C. W. Post.
Merrill was born in New York City on December 29, 1923, but for many years, her date of birth was given as December 9, 1925. [3] [4] She was the only child of Post Cereals heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post and her second husband, Wall Street stockbroker Edward Francis Hutton, founder of E. F. Hutton & Co. [5] Merrill had two older half-sisters, Adelaide Brevoort Close (July 26, 1908 ...
Eleanor Post Close was born on December 3, 1909, in Greenwich, Connecticut, the second daughter of heiress, socialite and businesswoman Marjorie Merriweather Post (1887–1973) and investment banker Edward Bennett Close.
Post Consumer Brands, LLC (previously Post Cereals and Postum Cereals; also known as simply "Post") is an American consumer packaged goods food manufacturer headquartered in Lakeville, Minnesota. The company, founded in 1895 by C. W. Post , owns a large portfolio of cereal brands that include Bran Flakes , Honey Bunches of Oats , Golden Crisp ...
C.W. Post was a granola-type breakfast cereal introduced in the United States by General Foods in July 1975 (49 years ago) (). [1] It was named after C. W. Post , the founder of the Postum Cereal Company that later became General Foods.
Honey Bunches of Oats is a breakfast cereal owned by Post Holdings and produced by its subsidiary Post Consumer Brands.Created by lifelong Post employee Vernon J. Herzing by mixing several of Post's cereals together and having his daughter taste them, Honey Bunches of Oats was introduced to markets in 1989 after three years of development. [1]