Hellmann's and Best Foods

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Hellmann's
legal form
founding 1913
Seat
Branch food
Website http://www.hellmanns.com/

Advertisement from 1922 for Hellmann's Blue Ribbon Mayonnaise

Hellmann’s is an American sauce manufacturer and best known for Hellmann’s Blue Ribbon Mayonnaise .

history

In 1903 Richard Hellmann bought a deli in New York . Hellmann's Blue Ribbon Mayonnaise was sold for the first time in 1913 . Hellmann's was launched in the UK in 1961 and had a market share of over 50% in the 1980s . In 2000 Hellmann's parent company , Best Foods, was bought by Unilever .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. There's No Mayonnaise Like My Mayonnaise - The New York Times
  2. Hellmann's in the web archive