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Main bakery in Thomasville, Georgia. In 1919, brothers William Howard and Joseph Hampton Flowers opened Flowers Baking Company in Thomasville, Georgia. [4] They made their first acquisition, of Tally Maid bakery, in 1937, and in 1942, became the sixth bakery in the U.S. to franchise Quality Bakers of America’s Sunbeam brand and Little Miss Sunbeam for its white bread.
Del Monte Foods is one of the largest producers, distributors and marketers of branded processed food for the U.S. retail market, generating approximately $1.73 billion of annual sales. [6] Its portfolio of brands includes Del Monte, S&W, Contadina, College Inn, Kitchen Basics, Joyba, and Take Root.
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Mills B. Lane had begun at Citizens Bank as a vice president and director in 1891. In 1901, Lane became president of Citizens Bank. In 1906, Lane and his associates purchased Southern Bank of Georgia enabling them to merge the two banks as the new C&S Bank. [4] The newly merged banks were officially named the Citizens and Southern Bank of Georgia.
Shakers were among the earliest commercial producers of garden seeds; the first seeds sold in paper packets were produced by the Watervliet Shakers in Colonie, New York. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Until 1924, US farmers received seed from the federal government's extensive free seed program that distributed millions of packages of seed annually.
The Bank of the State of Georgia [1] was organized in Atlanta on April 1, 1873. The founders were Francis M. Coker (who served as president), Lemuel P. Grant, developer Thomas G. Healey, and future mayor Robert F. Maddox. The bank was liquidated in May 1917.
In 1874, the Georgia Department of Agriculture was established. The department regulates food , fiber , and the agricultural workforce in the state. [ 1 ] It also works to promote and protect agriculture.