Roman Meal Company was an American
bread
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company with headquarters in
Fargo, North Dakota
Fargo (Help:IPA/English, /ˈfɑɹɡoʊ/) is a city in and the county seat of Cass County, North Dakota, Cass County, North Dakota, United States. According to the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, its population was 125,990, making it the ...
. Founded in
Tacoma, Washington
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, in 1912, the company focused on
whole-grain products, including bread, hot
cereal
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, and
snack bar
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Description
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s.
History
The Roman Meal Company was founded on the principles that
Canadian
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physician Robert Jackson believed to have been the components of the healthful regimen of
Roman soldiers, who purportedly consumed two pounds of wheat or rye in their daily rations. Jackson's first product was a hot mixed-grain breakfast cereal called Dr. Jackson's Roman Health Meal. In 1927, Tacoma master baker William Matthaei, whose family had been in the baking business in Germany since 1686, purchased the company. Matthaei added bread to the Roman Meal company product roster, and it continues to be a major focus of the family-owned company.
The North American rights to the Roman Meal trademark for bread, buns, rolls were sold to
Flowers Foods
Flowers Foods, headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia, is a producer and marketer of packed bakery food. The company operates 47 bakeries producing bread, buns, rolls, snack cakes, pastries, and tortillas. Flowers Foods' products are sold reg ...
in early 2015.
US-Based Licensees
Flowers Foods: Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Mexico, United States (All states except Hawaii), United States territories (All territories except Guam)
Love’s Bakery: Hawaii
American Bakery: Guam
International licensees
Roman Meal bread is baked locally and distributed in Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Hong Kong.
Okiko Co. Ltd., Japan
Pasco Shikishima Corporation, Japan
Takaki Bakery
is a Japanese bakery based in Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first company of the Andersen Institute of Bread and Life group of companies.
History
The original bakery was founded in Hijiyama-Hon-machi, Hiroshima by Mr. and Mrs. Takaki in Augu ...
Co., Ltd., Japan
Nichiryo Co., Ltd., Japan
Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd., Japan
Ryoyu Co., Ltd., Japan
SPC Group
SPC Group is a South Korean food company based in Seoul that manufactures food, bread and confectionery products. Sangmidang, the precursor of Samlip General Food was founded in 1945, and the group was launched in 2004. SPC Group is one of the ...
, Korea
The Garden Company Limited, Hong Kong
President Bakery PCL., Thailand
File:RomanMealJapan.jpg, Roman Meal Bread produced by Takaki Bakery
is a Japanese bakery based in Hiroshima, Japan. It was the first company of the Andersen Institute of Bread and Life group of companies.
History
The original bakery was founded in Hijiyama-Hon-machi, Hiroshima by Mr. and Mrs. Takaki in Augu ...
in Japan.
See also
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Graham bread
Graham bread is a name for whole wheat bread that was inspired by the teachings of famous health reformer Sylvester Graham.
History
Sylvester Graham was a 19th-century health reformer who argued that a vegetarian diet, anchored by bread that wa ...
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Whole wheat bread
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://www.flowersfoods.com/
Food and drink companies of the United States
American companies established in 1912
Food and drink companies established in 1912