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by Answers101 on March 14th, 2006

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Who was the founder of Post cereals?

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  • by Alatea on March 15th, 2006

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    Cereal Magnate C. W. Post in 1880 with his family in Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois. It eventually became General Mills. Daughter Marjorie was the only child of Ella Merriweather and Charles William (C.W.) Post and heir to the fortune.

    Edit - http://www.posttexas.com/CWPostHHistory.htm
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    Post Cereals, formerly Postum Cereals was founded by C. W. Post. It began in 1895 with the first Postum, a "cereal beverage", developed by Post in Battle Creek, Michigan. The first cereal, Grape-Nuts was developed in 1897.

    The Postum Cereals company, after acquiring Jell-O gelatin in 1925, Baker's chocolate in 1927, Maxwell House coffee in 1928, and other food brands, changed its name to General Foods Corporation in 1929. General Foods was acquired by Philip Morris Companies in 1985. In 1989, Philip Morris merged General Foods with Kraft Foods, which it had acquired in 1987 to form the Kraft General Foods division. The cereal brands of Nabisco were acquired in 1993. In 1995, Kraft General Foods was reorganized and renamed Kraft Foods, which currently owns the Post Cereals brands.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postum_Cereal_Company

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