Pepperidge
Encouraged by her family and her son’s doctor, she begins a small business out of her kitchen selling her “Pepperidge Farm” bread to local grocers.
Pepperidge Farm was founded in 1937 by Margaret Rudkin, who named the brand after her family’s property in Fairfield, Connecticut, which in turn was named for the pepperidge tree, Nyssa sylvatica.
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Margaret Rudkin began baking bread in 1937 for her youngest son Mark who had asthma and was allergic to most commercially processed foods.
Margaret Rudkin, a Connecticut housewife and mother of three young children, discovers one of her sons has an allergy to commercial breads that contain preservatives and artificial ingredients.
During a trip to Belgium, Margaret Rudkin discovers delicious and delicate cookies produced by the Delacre Company in Brussels.
So in 1937, she begins experimenting with baking her own preservative-free bread for her ailing son ultimately perfecting a delicious whole-wheat loaf that contained only natural ingredients.
Its products include Milano, Dark Chocolate and Nantucket cookies, Goldfish crackers, and varieties of bread.
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There are 170 calories in the Pepperidge Farm Tahiti Cookies.
Golden, flaky dessert bundles hold a sweet surprise of cinnamon-and-maple scented banana.
In 1961 she sold the business to the Campbell Soup Company and became the first woman to serve on the board.
Pepperidge Farm moves into the frozen food business with the acquisition of the Black Horse Pastry Company, manufacturers of delicate and flaky homemade frozen pastries.
Margaret Rudkin discovers the snack cracker on a trip to Switzerland and returns with the recipe.
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Campbell Soup Company, one of the largest and most highly respected food companies in North America, acquires Pepperidge Farm in 1961.
Her husband Henry, a Wall Street broker, began taking loaves of bread with him to New York to be sold in specialty stores.
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Nostalgic “Pepperidge Farm Remembers” ads run on television, radio, and in print throughout this time period.
