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Kool-Aid® got its start in this town
This man’s family moved to southwest Nebraska during the
late 1800s and early 1900s, where he experimented with homemade
concoctions in his mother’s kitchen. His father opened up a General
Store in Hendley, Nebraska where this man became entranced with a new
dessert mix introduced to him by a childhood friend (and future wife).
The powdered dessert came in six delicious flavors and was called
Jell-O®. It was at this it time the inventor sent away for a kit called
"How to Become a Manufacturer." During the following years, He
graduated from high school, published a weekly newspaper, did job
printing, served as postmaster and set up a mail order business to
market the numerous products he had invented.
In 1918, this man married his childhood sweetheart, and
developed "Nix-O-Tine", a remedy to kick the tobacco habit. By 1920,
the demand for this and other products was so great, the couple moved
to Hastings, NE because of better rail service for shipping purposes.
Another product that was proving to be popular was a concentrated drink
mix called Fruit Smack. Fruit Smack, like Jell-O®, came in six
delicious flavors. The four-ounce bottle made enough for a family at an
affordable price. Shipping the bottles proved to be costly and breakage
was becoming a problem as well. In 1927, a method of removing the
liquid from Fruit Smack was developed so the remaining powder could be
re-packaged in envelopes under a new name to be called Kool-Ade. (Later
the spelling was changed to Kool-Aid)
The product sold for $ .10 a packet and was first sold to
wholesale grocery, candy and other markets by mail order in six
flavors; strawberry, cherry, lemon-lime, grape, orange and raspberry.
In 1929, Kool-Aid® was distributed nation-wide to grocery stores by
food brokers.
By 1931, the demand for Kool-Aid® was so strong, other items
were dropped so the company could concentrate solely on Kool-Aid®. The
entire production was moved to Chicago for more efficient distribution,
to be closer to supplies and to be able to expand even further if
necessary.
During the Great Depression, the price was cut in half to
just $ .05 a packet. Kool-Aid® stands ran by young entrepreneurs sprung
up across the country. While the youngsters consumed most of the
profits, it was something they enjoyed. After the war, the demand for
Kool-Aid® was so great that the factory had to expand and by 1950, 300
production workers produced nearly a million packets of Kool-Aid® each
day.
In 1953 the couple sold Kool-Aid® to General Foods, who
introduced the popular Smiling Face Pitcher in print advertisements.
Root Beer and Lemonade flavors were added to the original six flavors
in 1955 and pre-sweetened Kool-Aid® was developed in 1964 and
redeveloped in 1970. Kraft Foods acquired General Foods and became the
new owners of Kool-Aid®.
You are looking for the name of this man, whose
internationally known product we all enjoy.
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