A. Schilling & Company
| Industry | Foodstuffs |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1881 in San Francisco, California, USA |
| Founder |
|
| Defunct | 1947 |
| Fate | Acquired by McCormick & Company |
| Headquarters |
A. Schilling & Company was an American foodstuffs company founded in San Francisco, California, in 1881 by August Schilling and George F. Volkmann, a pair 27 year-old Bremen, Germany emigres.[1] It dealt in coffee, tea, baking powder, extracts, and spices and was acquired by McCormick & Company in 1947 and merged into McCormick's business as its Western Division.[2][3][4]
The 1906 San Francisco earthquake destroyed the company's factory and office, which was quickly rebuilt afterwards.[5]
McCormick continued to use the Schilling name until the 1990s, with the last product containers marked as Schilling produced in 2002; all of McCormick's products have been made under that name nationwide since. Between November 1991 and February 1992, McCormick/Schilling hosted a recipe contest in which contestants must use "at least two spices, seasonings and/or extracts, excluding salt and pepper".[6] The Schilling and McCormick brands dominated the seasoning industry.[7]
References
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- ^ Philip Auerswald (2 April 2012). The Coming Prosperity: How Entrepreneurs Are Transforming the Global Economy. Oxford University Press. pp. 179–. ISBN 978-0-19-993084-5.
- ^ Glass Packer. Ogden-Watney publishers, Incorporated. 1947.
- ^ William Harrison Ukers (1935). All about tea. The Tea and coffee trade journal company. pp. 272–.
- ^ Johnson Publishing Company (December 1991). Ebony. Johnson Publishing Company. pp. 104–. ISSN 0012-9011.
- ^ Editorial Board (2017-12-28). "Johnny's, Nalley's, others gave Tacoma flavor". The News Tribune. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
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