Westminster Cracker Company
The Westminster Cracker Company is a New England-based company established in 1828 in Westminster, Massachusetts.[1] The original building, which is depicted in their product labling, still stands as of 2012 in the center of Westminister [2] though it has not been used for manufacturing for decades.
History
Owned by the Dawley family for more than 100 years, Dawley & Shepard, Inc. with David Dawley as President sold its breading factory[where?] to Pillsbury in 1982.[citation needed] The rights to make Westminster Crackers were retained by Peter Dawley who started a new Westminster Cracker company in Rutland in 1988.[3] Historically, the most famous cracker was the common cracker that filled cracker barrels in New England country stores[according to whom?]. Other crackers are made by the company, but the most popular contemporary product is the oyster cracker which is served by restaurants throughout the United States.
Oyster cracker
The Westminster Cracker Co. is mainly known for its oyster crackers. The crackers are made from an original 1828 recipe,[citation needed] and are puffy[vague].
See also
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References
- ^ "WESTMINSTER RECONNAISSANCE REPORT" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-06-02.
- ^ http://ulocal.wcvb.com/_Westminster-Cracker-Factor-Westminster-MA/photo/18165911/61862.html
- ^ Schmidt, Joe (May 2008). "Business Snapshot" (PDF). Vermont Business Magazine. 36 (5). Retrieved 2009-06-02.