BEN & JERRY'S-- Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield opened their first ice cream store in 1978 inside a former gas station in Burlington, Vermont. The public immediately took a liking to their quality ice cream as well as the groovy, countercultural vibe. They were bought out by Unilever in 2000. Both are REAL and 57.
MRS. FIELDS-- Debbie Fields opened her first cookie shop in Palo Alto, California, in 1977. She, too, is REAL and at age 52 living in Memphis.
CHEF BOYARDEE-- Hector Boiardi was an Italian immigrant living in New York and working at some high class hotels. He moved to Cleveland and opened his own place in 1924. Customers loved his spaghetti and sauce and started asking for takeout portions. He filled milk bottles with the sauce then sent uncooked spaghetti and cheese. In 1926, he started Chef Boiardi Food Products Co.. In 1928, he changed the company name to Chef Boy-ar-dee so Americans could pronounce the name better.
He died in 1985 at the age of 87. His company is now part of ConAgra Foods. REAL.
Who'd Have Known? --Cooter
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