A Tribute To my Favorite Cookie!
The O-R-E-O!!
HAPPY 100th BIRTHDAY OREO!!
Oreo is a popular cookie sandwich. The current design consists of a sweet, white filling commonly referred to as 'cream', sandwiched between two circular chocolate or golden cookie pieces.
Over 491 billion Oreo cookies have been sold since they were first introduced, making them the best selling cookie of the 20th century. Its most recent packaging slogan is "Milk's Favorite Cookie".
The company was first founded on March 6, 1912 in Chelsea, New York City. Oreo will be celebrating their 100th anniversary on March 6, 2012.
The Oreo cookie was developed in 1912 at its Chelsea factory in New York City. It was commercialized in order to target the British market, whose biscuits were seen to be too 'ordinary'. Originally, Oreos were mound-shaped and available in two flavors; lemon meringue and cream. In the United States, they were sold for 25 cents a pound in novelty cans with clear glass tops. A newer design for the cookie was introduced in 1916, and as the cream filling was by far the more popular of the two available flavors, They discontinued production of the lemon meringue filling during the 1920s. The modern-day Oreo design was developed in 1952, perhaps by William A. Turnier, to include the company logo.
Oreo is very similar to the Hydrox cookie, which was introduced in 1908, leading to speculation that Oreo obtained the idea from Hydrox. Having lost market share to Oreo for years, Hydrox cookies were withdrawn in 1999.[1]
[1]Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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