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Richard Hellmann (born June 22, 1876, in Schönebegk, Prussia, now Vetschau, Germany; died February 3, 1971, in New York City) was a German businessman who founded Hellmann's.
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Richard C. Hellmann (22 June 1876 to 2 February 1971) is the man who created Hellmann’s Mayonnaise. He was born about 60 miles south of Berlin in Vetschau, Spreewald, Germany. His parents were Hermann and Emma Palm Hellmann. Hermann was a sadler. Richard went to school until the age of 14, when he become an apprentice at a food market in Vetschau (...
[Ed: spellings of Hellmann as “Hellman” were left unaltered in any direct quotes.] “A yacht owned by Richard Hellman (sic) sank near Bayside today after an explosion aboard. Two men were injured and taken to hospital at Flushing, Long Island.” — Sinks After Explosion. Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. 2 July 1929. Page 4. “She was so ni...
Most newspapers and publications of the time referred to him, in both editorial copy and advertisements, as “Hellman” with just one “n.”
Note re children: Andrew J. Smith writes that Hellmann had one child with Margaret, a daughter named Margaret, and four children with Nina. Heidi Dahms-Foster, a granddaughter, says two children with Margaret — “he and his wife and daughter Margaret (they later had another child, my Uncle Bob)” — and three children with Nina: “he married my grandmo...
Learn how Richard Hellmann created the first blue ribbon mayonnaise in New York City in 1903 and how his legacy lives on as America's #1 selling mayo. Discover how Hellmann's innovates with new products, packaging, and campaigns to reduce food waste and plastic use.
Hellmann's and Best Foods are American brand names that are used for the same line of mayonnaise, ketchup, mustard, sauce, salad dressing, condiments and other food products. They have been owned by the British multinational company Unilever since 2000.
Feb 4, 1971 · RYE, N. Y., Feb. 3—Richard Hellmann, founder of the mayonnaise company that has made his name familiar for more than half a century, died last night in a Greenwich, Conn nursing home after a...
At just fourteen, young Richard Hellmann was already fostering a love of food as an apprentice at his local food market. But it wasn’t until he moved to New York that he found true success.
May 15, 2013 · Hellmann’s got its start when a German immigrant, Richard Hellmann, began selling his wife’s version at his deli in New York in 1905.
