And PS A Taste of St. Louis' Past As the family story goes, Dad's Original Scotch Oatmeal™ Cookies arrived in California from Scotland around 1900. Shortly thereafter, the parent company began selling rights to the company name, making Dad's Cookie Company one of the country's first franchised businesses. In 1927, one of the company's salesmen passed through St. Louis and visited Carpenter's Ice Cream on Goodfellow Avenue. After sampling the wares, Mr. Carpenter realized the unique flavor of the Scotch Oatmeal Cookie would ideally complement his ice cream so he obtained the franchise for the St. Louis area. As Good Today as Yesterday! Henry Renz Sr., a South St. Louis baker, bought Dad's Cookie Company from Carpenter's Ice Cream in 1938. The Renz bakery at the corner of Louisiana Avenue and Keokuk Street (shown below) became the new home of Dad's Cookie Company where it remains to this day. Henry "Hank" Renz Jr. took over the family operation in 1949 and continued the time-honored methods handed down from his father. In 1988, Dad's Cookie Company passed to yet another generation of the Renz family, the Hastey brothers. Dad's Cookie Company still provides the same old-fashioned service and excellence our customers have enjoyed for 70 years. A visit to our shop is truly a step into the past. Many of our customers recall childhood visits to Dad's Cookie Company with a parent or grandparent. The antique wood, the glass display cases, and the marble counters have remained the same since 1938. We still weigh our cookies on the original bakery scale and wrap them in a brown paper bag tied with white string. Stop by to see us and start a family tradition of your very own. Old Locations Records show that in addition to St. Louis, MO, the Dad's Cookie Company franchise had bakeries in the following North American locations during the 1900s: Detroit, MI 🇺🇸🦅🦬 Los Angeles, CA 🇺🇸🦅🦬 Oakland, CA 🇺🇸🦅🦬 Boston, MA 🇺🇸🦅🦬 Baltimore, MD 🇺🇸🦅🦬 Kansas City, MO 🇺🇸🦅🦬 Cleveland, OH 🇺🇸🦅🦬 Irvington, NJ 🇺🇸🦅🦬 New York City, NY 🇺🇸🦅🦬 Buffalo, NY 🇺🇸🦅🦬 Seattle, WA 🇺🇸🦅🦬 Dallas, TX 🇨🇱⭐️🇺🇸🦅🦬 St. Paul, MN 🇺🇸🦅🦬 St. Petersburg, FL 🇺🇸🦅🦬 Little Rock, AR 🇺🇸🦅🦬 Denver, CO 🇺🇸🦅🦬 Omaha, NE 🇺🇸🦅🦬 Indianapolis, IN 🇺🇸🦅🦬 Memphis, TN 🇺🇸🦅🦬 New Orleans, LA 🇺🇸🦅🦬 Oklahoma City, OK 🇺🇸🦅🦬 Sommerville, MA 🇺🇸🦅🦬 Montreal, Canada 🇨🇦🍁🦦🦫🫎 Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦🍁🦦🦫🫎 To our knowledge, all have either closed or have been bought out by other companies. Dad’s Cookie Company of St. Louis still proudly produces the original recipe Dad's Original Scotch Oatmeal™ Cookies. Dad’s Cookie Jars There have been various versions of Dad’s Cookie Jars™ over the decades. Some were made of glass with a glass or metal/tin lid, some jars were even made of plastic. The jars most widely distributed throughout the years were 1-gallon, 2-gallon, and 3-gallon glass jars. The 3-gallon jars were specially designed with the words PROPERTY OF DAD’S COOKIE CO. molded into the surface in raised lettering. These jars are no longer made, and unfortunately if you own one without a lid, replacement lids are not available anywhere. The smaller 1- and 2-gallon jars usually had a paper label or silk-screened water transfer decal. The labels came in various shapes. The larger 2- gallon jars are the same dimensions as the jars many individuals are familiar with as "pickle jars" on deli shop counters. The 1-gallon jars are the same design, only on a smaller scale. 😊😊😊

And PS St. Paul, Minnesota They originated in St. Paul, Minnesota, but moved to Minneapolis in 1937. In 1968, they moved again, this time to Roseville, Minnesota, where they remain today. In 1954, Old Dutch opened a plant in Winnipeg, Manitoba, to manufacture chips for the Canadian market. 😊😊😊

And PS C.E. Doolin launched “Fritos” in 1932, inspired by a recipe he had purchased from Gustavo Olguin, a Mexican-American restaurant owner in San Antonio, where Doolin had worked as a fry cook. Olguin's “fritos” (the name came from the Spanish word frit, meaning fried) were small fried corn chips made from masa dough. What country is Fritos from? American Fritos is an American brand of corn chips and dipping sauces that was created in 1932 by Charles Elmer Doolin and has been produced since 1961 by the Frito-Lay division of PepsiCo. Where did Frito-Lay chips originate? In 1932, C.E. Doolin entered a small San Antonio cafe and purchased a bag of corn chips. After learning the manufacturer was eager to sell his business, he bought the recipe and started making Fritos corn chips in his mother's kitchen. He sold them from his Model T Ford. Are Fritos from Texas? The Texas State Historical Association can confirm that Fritos were invented in San Antonio in 1932. Credit is given to the Doolin family, which owned the Highland Park Confectionary. Charles Elmer Doolin wanted to add a “salty snack” to the company's line of products and responded to an ad in the San Antonio Express. Where does Fritos corn come from? The corn is then transported from Nebraska - the nation's leading white corn producer - to other facilities across the U.S. where it is used to make products such as chips. The brand is also referred to as Frito-Lay, as both Lay's and Fritos are brands sold by the Frito-Lay company, which has been a wholly owned subsidiary of PepsiCo since 1965. Just in time for your Super Bowl party comes the true origin story of Doritos chips. And yes, Doritos were born at Disneyland. Doritos (the name is Spanish for “little pieces of gold”) were invented at a Mexican restaurant in Frontierland then known as Casa de Fritos. The popularity of FRITOS® corn chips puts this iconic snack in a class of its own. From small towns and family barbecues to parties in the big city, this classic snack is still satisfying fans after more than 80 years. Who owns Fritos? Image of Who owns Fritos? PepsiCo, Inc Frito-Lay/Parent organization re Fritos made by Doritos? Frito-Lay, Inc. The primary snack food brands produced under the Frito-Lay name include Fritos corn chips, Cheetos cheese-flavored snacks, Doritos and Tostitos tortilla chips, Lay's and Ruffles potato chips, Rold Gold pretzels, and Walkers potato crisps (in the UK and Ireland). Who originally made Fritos? Elmer Doolin Elmer Doolin, along with his parents, Charles and Daisy, and his brother, Earl, began the manufacture, sale, and popularization of the corn chips that would later bear the famous name of Fritos. Lay's potato chips didn't show up (in China) until 1997because China bans potato imports, forcing Frito-Lay to start, quite literally, from the ground up, opening two farms to supply big, round, sturdy potatoes short on sugar (to preserve whiteness). Three years after planting its first spud in China. This manufacturer is so well-loved across the globe that it even created a Japanese branch called Japan Frito-Lay. Enjoy goodies like Dragon Potato, Cheetos, and more!

And PS History Mission Statement: We believe that people, our managers, our permanent staff, our temporaries and our students represent the brick and mortar of our company. It is through people producing the finest quality product available, we will continue to forge our future. We will always recognize that our customers are the vital key to our future. We are obligated to our customers to deliver the finest and we have promised to do so in full measure. W.T. Hawkins Ltd. Belleville, Ontario History: Hawkins Cheezies® is synonymous with wholesome goodness. Natural ingredients and real aged cheddar cheese were the impetus in the development of this purely Canadian icon. W.T. Hawkins Ltd. was founded in small town Ontario from a revolutionary idea first created in the United States. The Hawkins success of today is a natural reflection of this family-based business' past. Founding owner, W.T. Hawkins and Jim Marker, who is the actual developer of Cheezies®, had spent years in Chicago in the confectionery industry perfecting their craft. The popularity of the Cheezie brand, a technique of extruding cornmeal into various shapes, cooking them in vegetable shortening and then coating them in aged cheddar cheese, was growing and the expansion of a new enterprise was looming. Hawkins and Marker decided to head north with their product and soon a Canadian tradition was born. Initially located in Tweed, Ontario - a strategic choice to take advantage of the rail lines between Toronto and Montreal - production of the Cheezie grew along with the public's appetite for this unique snack food. Almost a decade of growth occurred before tragedy struck. A fire leveled the factory in 1956 and a move to the present-day location in Belleville was quickly made. Now in its 52nd year, W.T. Hawkins Ltd. is running strong and is still under the watchful eyes of the progeny of W.T Hawkins and the two people who had a huge influence in the company's success from the early years - Jim Marker and Shirley Woodcox. And PS History Mission Statement: We believe that people, our managers, our permanent staff, our temporaries and our students represent the brick and mortar of our company. It is through people producing the finest quality product available, we will continue to forge our future. We will always recognize that our customers are the vital key to our future. We are obligated to our customers to deliver the finest and we have promised to do so in full measure. W.T. Hawkins Ltd. Belleville, Ontario History: Hawkins Cheezies® is synonymous with wholesome goodness. Natural ingredients and real aged cheddar cheese were the impetus in the development of this purely Canadian icon. W.T. Hawkins Ltd. was founded in small town Ontario from a revolutionary idea first created in the United States. The Hawkins success of today is a natural reflection of this family-based business' past. Founding owner, W.T. Hawkins and Jim Marker, who is the actual developer of Cheezies®, had spent years in Chicago in the confectionery industry perfecting their craft. The popularity of the Cheezie brand, a technique of extruding cornmeal into various shapes, cooking them in vegetable shortening and then coating them in aged cheddar cheese, was growing and the expansion of a new enterprise was looming. Hawkins and Marker decided to head north with their product and soon a Canadian tradition was born. Initially located in Tweed, Ontario - a strategic choice to take advantage of the rail lines between Toronto and Montreal - production of the Cheezie grew along with the public's appetite for this unique snack food. Almost a decade of growth occurred before tragedy struck. A fire leveled the factory in 1956 and a move to the present-day location in Belleville was quickly made. Now in its 52nd year, W.T. Hawkins Ltd. is running strong and is still under the watchful eyes of the progeny of W.T Hawkins and the two people who had a huge influence in the company's success from the early years - Jim Marker and Shirley Woodcox. 😊😊😊