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Charles William Post (October 26, 1854 – May 9, 1914) was an American innovator, breakfast cereal and foods manufacturer and a pioneer in the prepared-food industry. He was the founder of what is now Post Consumer Brands .
May 9, 2024 · C.W. Post (born October 26, 1854, Springfield, Illinois, U.S.—died May 9, 1914, Santa Barbara, California) was an American manufacturer noted for his development of breakfast cereals. Post grew up in Illinois.
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The company, founded in 1895 by C. W. Post, owns a large portfolio of cereal brands that include Bran Flakes, Honey Bunches of Oats, Golden Crisp, Grape-Nuts, Honeycomb, Oreo O's, Pebbles, and Waffle Crisp, among others.
C.W. Post makes his first batch of Postum, a cereal beverage, in a barn in Battle Creek, starting the Postum Cereal Company. 1897 Postum Cereal Company Introduces Iconic Grape-Nuts Cereal
Aug 2, 2019 · Among the most successful was C. W. Post, a one-time patient at the Battle Creek Sanitarium who adapted Kellogg’s cereal recipe into his own mass-produced version, Grape-Nuts, to tremendous...
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Charles William Post (1854 – 1914) was a trailblazer in the manufacture and marketing of breakfast cereal products. During the early twentieth century he used his wealth to influence a variety of campaigns that held his interest, including anti-union activism.
A pioneer in the manufacture and mass marketing of breakfast cereals and other consumer products, Charles William Post (1854-1914) attempted to use his wealth to affect various aspects of early 20th-century American life.
