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Clarence Birdseye and the Frozen Food Industry (1920s-1950s)

Clarence Birdseye and the Frozen Food Industry (1920s-1950s)

  1. Birdseye observes rapid freezing in Labrador

    Labels: Clarence Birdseye, Labrador

  2. Birdseye forms Birdseye Seafood, Inc.

    Labels: Birdseye Seafood, Clarence Birdseye

  3. General Seafoods Corporation launches in Gloucester

    Labels: General Seafoods, Gloucester MA

  4. Birdseye develops the double-plate quick-freezing method

    Labels: double-plate method, quick-freezing

  5. Postum and Goldman Sachs buy Birdseye’s company and patents

    Labels: Postum Company, Goldman Sachs

  7. Birdseye receives key quick-freezing patent (US 1,773,079)

    Labels: US Patent, Clarence Birdseye

  8. General Foods expands Birds Eye frozen-food marketing

    Labels: General Foods, Birds Eye

  9. Frozen-food distribution grows through World War II-era demand

    Labels: World War, frozen-food industry

  10. Industry trade group forms to coordinate frozen-food distribution

    Labels: National Frozen, industry association

  11. Frozen orange juice concentrate enters the consumer market

    Labels: frozen orange, consumer product

  12. Birdseye receives the IFT Babcock Award

    Labels: Institute of, Babcock Award

  13. Swanson popularizes the “TV dinner” frozen-meal format

    Labels: Swanson, TV dinner

  14. Birdseye dies as frozen foods become mainstream

    Labels: Clarence Birdseye, 1956 death