The Twinkie: A Symbol of American Pride What really is the twinkie? Many Americans might say that it is a wonderful, godly snack food that they always have room on their shelves for, but does anyone actually know its true meaning to our country? 500 million twinkies are created annually, and people love to eat this delicious snack food every day, yet barely anyone knows about the twinkie’s vast history and significance (The History of the Twinkie). From the creation of the twinkie through today, it has been a symbol of American history and still continues to be. The twinkie was introduced by James A. Dewar in 1933; it was introduced at the Continental Baking Company in Indianapolis (SV;SV) (The History of the Twinkie). At the time, James …show more content…
It was very useful because it had allowed for all of the poor citizens of the U.S. to purchase a cheap, flavorful snack so they wouldn’t starve to death (The History of the Twinkie). Soon after their creation came World War II. This war was actually the birthplace of the twinkie we know today. The twinkie was filled with original banana cream at the beginning of the war. Because of the high use of bananas during this time, they had begun to be rationed, and they needed to find a new type of filling for the twinkie (The History of the Twinkie). They had come up with the idea to use the easily attainable vanilla for their cream. The use of vanilla had sold twice the amount of twinkies that were selling with banana cream. The company decided to leave their twinkies this way, and to this day they are still filled with vanilla (The History of the Twinkie). The twinkie rose to a major popularity again in 1950, when it was featured on the popular Howdy Doody Show. Twinkie the Kid was the name of the character that was shown. Kids loved this character, and the sight of him made them crave a twinkie (The History of the Twinkie). Later in the ‘60’s, fears were arising about the threat of a nuclear attack from Cuba. People had begun to build numerous bomb shelters, and had stocked up on a lot of twinkies and put them in these shelters because they were thought of having very long
In 1928, the perfect recipe for bubble gum was invented by Walter Diemer. Prior to Walter’s discovery, there were many attempts to create bubble gum. There were bubble gum recipes before Walter’s, but the gum was way too wet and couldn’t keep a form. Being an accountant
Mildred Day and Malitta Jensen had a problem. Often times amazing things can happen when people can find a solution to a problem. These homemakers were leaders of a Campfire Girls group. They needed the girls to make something that they could sell to raise funds for activities. The year was 1939 and these two busy ladies came up with Rice Krispie treats. They have truly become a world wide treat.
Wallach, Jennifer Jensen; Wallach, Jennifer Jensen (2012-11-21). How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture (American Ways Series) (Kindle Locations 755-756). Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Kindle Edition.
The Oscar Mayer team decided to come up with a product that is known today as Lunchables. Lunchables became a popular product due to the fact it was convenient. The convenience of Lunchables was due to the fact that it was a chilled prepared food. The original Lunchables contained red meat, cheese, crackers, a napkin and a juice. Since the Lunchables gained a lot of attention the producers of Lunchables decided to add various different kinds of Lunchables. Lunchables varied from pizza, hamburgers, hot dogs and more. The new kinds of Lunchables also included sugary drinks and desert such as cookies and or candy. Researchers studied the Lunchables and deemed them a disaster. They stated that Lunchables co...
of Philip Morris, said “People could point to these things and say, ‘They’ve got too much sugar, they’ve got too much salt […] well, that’s what the consumer wants, and we’re not putting a gun to their head to eat it. That’s what they want.” (Moss 267) However, consumers are being unconsciously forced to fund food industries that produce junk food. Companies devote much of their time and effort into manipulating us to purchase their products. For instance, Kraft’s first Lunchables campaign aimed for an audience of mothers who had far too much to do to make time to put together their own lunch for their kids. Then, they steered their advertisements to target an even more vulnerable pool of people; kids. This reeled in even more consumers because it allowed kids to be in control of what they wanted to eat, as Bob Eckert, the C.E.O. of Kraft in 1999, said, “Lunchables aren’t about lunch. It’s about kids being able to put together what they want to eat, anytime, anywhere” (Moss 268). While parents are innocently purchasing Lunchables to save time or to satisfy the wishes of their children, companies are formulating more deceiving marketing plans, further studying the psychology of customers, and conducting an excessive quantity of charts and graphs to produce a new and addictive
When the Great Depression hit, he lost many customers, so he had to work on smaller items. These items included miniature models of stepladders and ironing boards, and this, inspired him to make toys. In 1932, Ole Kirk’s shop started to produce wood toys like wooden pull toys, piggy banks, pull toys, cars and trucks, and houses. At first, he didn’t make too much money since it was during the Great Depression. Did you know that farmers traded food for some of his toys? He also made yo-yos, which was a big fad until it became un-popular. Instead of getting rid of the leftover yo-yos, he used them for wheels for cars and trucks. Later on his son Godtfred started to work for him.
With such an obsession with sweet foods, there is an obvious desire for an explanation of how such a once unknown substance took center stage on everybody's snack, dessert, and candy list. That's where Sidney W. Mintz comes into play. He decided to write this book Sweetness and Power, and from the looks of all the sources he used to substantiate his ideas and data, it seems that he is not the first person to find the role that sugar plays in modern society important. By analyzing who Mintz's audience is meant to be, what goals he has in writing this book, what structure his book incorporates, what type, or types, of history he represents within the book, what kind of sources he uses, and what important information and conclusions he presents, we can come to better understand Mintz's views and research of the role of sugar in history, and how much it really affects our lives as we know them.
Schlosser, Eric. Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2001. Print.
The essay Junking Junk Food written by Judith Warner, brings to the audiences attention the wicked problem of how there has been a decline in Americans health. Warner’s information speaks loudly about being forced into a healthy lifestyle by the Obama administration. The Obama administration tried to enforce a healthy lifestyle among the citizens by focusing on the youth and taking away sugar options for them. Warner, puts her voice into this by mentioning the system during the world war when the soldiers had to eat overseas so there was less food consumption in America, which helped stop over consumption of food. Back then food was also much healthier thought, with less hormones, chemicals and less options of fast food. Again making it easier
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Steve Jobs and Steven Wozniak had been friends since high school, and they both were very interested in electronics. After they both dropped of school, both of them end up in a profession related to electronics. Jobs got a job at Atari, and Wozniak at HP. Wozniak had been the initial designer for the very first Apple computer. Jobs had an eye for the future and convinced Wozniak that they should sell the computer. Soon enough on April 1, 1976, Apple had begun. In the beginning people did not take Apple very seriously. In 1977 however Apple introduced the Apple II, that when the company took off. The introduction of the Apple II opened doors for the company. It was the first computer with a hard plastic outer shell, it also was the first computer that had color graphics. The Apple II was basically the start of the company. Another thing that boosted the company in 1978 was the Apple Disk II, which was just an easy, inexpensive floppy drive. With all the sales rising, the companies numbers began to rise as well. In 1980 Apple had a few thousand employees. 1980 was also the year Apple released its latest computer the Apple III. It was in 1979 when Jobs and a few engineers began working on ...
...rch 5, 1975, in a carport in Menlo Park. Wozniak had been fiddling in workstation plan for quite a while when, in 1976, he outlined what might turn into the Apple I. Hobbyists finished not consider the Apple I exceptionally important, and Apple completed not start to take off until 1977, when the Apple II appeared at a nearby workstation exchange show. With the increment in deals, on the other hand, came an expansion in organization size, and by 1980, when the Apple III was discharged. In 1981, things got a bit more troublesome, Because of the plane accident that Wozniak got into. In promptly 1983, Jobs started to court John Sculley, then president of Pepsi-Cola. In April, he was fruitful, and Scully got to be president and CEO of Apple. In spite of the fact that a fruitful business person, it soon got clear that Sculley finished not know much about the PC business.
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Since going public in 2000, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts has posted strong growth in same-store sales each quarter, with a consistency that would make most competitors envious. According to the Krispy Kreme’s most recent quarter, which ended August 3, 2003, it posted an 11.3 percents rise in system wide same-store sales, including 15.6 percents growth at company operated units (Peters, 2003). From the financial report of second quarter in 2003, it could foretell there would be more earnings growth in the future as long as Krispy Kreme finds more new markets in which to launch doughnut shops. Its average weekly sales are in large determined by newly opened stores. This also demonstrates that the doughnuts specialist’s soaring results and rise to the top echelon of industry performers can be attributed to successful expansion.
two well-known items of food. When I first saw the commercial I was about eleven years old and I just had to have the item. I’m almost positive that I went to Burger King the day after I saw the commercial.