Pepperidge Farm is a bakery and packaged-food company whose story began in 1937, when founder Margaret Rudkin started baking whole-wheat bread in her Connecticut home kitchen. It grew into a multi-category baking business, opening a modern bakery in Norwalk in 1947 and joining Campbell Soup Company in 1961. The company’s heritage includes its breads, distinctive cookies, frozen pastries, and Goldfish crackers.
Cheryl’s CookiesFounded in 1981, Cheryl’s Cookies is an Ohio bakery business known for its buttercream-frosted cutout cookies, made according to original recipes and hand-iced with its signature four-ingredient frosting. It also produces other baked goods and supplies gift assortments through its retail stores, website, wholesale division, and corporate gift services; the company joined the 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Inc. family in 2005.WESTERVILLE, OH
WK Kellogg CoWK Kellogg Co makes ready-to-eat cereal and other trusted food products under a portfolio of established brands. Its cereal heritage traces to W.K. Kellogg’s creation of Corn Flakes in 1894, and the company was founded in 1906 as the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company.LANCASTER, PA
Berger CookiesSince 1835, Berger Cookies has baked Baltimore’s signature soft, cake-like cookies and half cakes from a homemade recipe developed in the 1800s. Its cookies are still hand-dipped in fudge icing, while the bakery’s history includes the DeBaufre family’s purchase of Berger Cookies in 1969 and Charles DeBaufre Jr.’s continued ownership since 1994. The company describes its products as a Baltimore and Mid-Atlantic classic, with distribution focused on keeping them fresh.BALTIMORE, MD
Farmer's PantryFarmer’s Pantry makes hearty baked snacks from American-farm ingredients, best known for cornbread that is sliced and toasted into crisp, never-fried crackers. Founded by Josh Chaitovsky, the Long Island company also supports the National FFA Organization and its work with future farmers and agriculture students.WESTBURY, NY