Campbell Soup Recipes Biography
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In 1869, Ulysses S. Grant was sworn into the Presidency and the last stake was driven into the transcontinental railroad. That same year, two men — a fruit merchant named Joseph Campbell and an icebox manufacturer named Abraham Anderson — shook hands in Camden, New Jersey, to form a business that would one day become one of the most recognized in the world and serve as a symbol of Americana: Campbell Soup Company. Originally called the Joseph A. Campbell Preserve Company, the business produced canned tomatoes, vegetables, jellies, soups, condiments, and minced meats. In 1897, a major milestone occurred when Arthur Dorrance, the general manager of the company, reluctantly hired his 24-year-old nephew to join the company. Dr. John T. Dorrance, a chemist who had trained in Europe, was so determined to join Campbell that he agreed to pay for laboratory equipment out of his own pocket and accept a token salary of just $7.50 per week.
Dr. Dorrance quickly made his mark on history with the invention of condensed soup in 1897. By eliminating the water in canned soup, he lowered the costs for packaging, shipping, and storage. This made it possible to offer a 10-ounce can of Campbell’s condensed soup for a dime, versus more than 30 cents for a typical 32-ounce can of soup. The idea became so hot with Americans that in 1922, the company formally adopted "Soup" as its middle name.
Advertising helped trumpet the benefits of soup to consumers and contributed to the success. In 1904, the cherubic Campbell Kids were introduced in a series of trolley car advertisements, as a way to appeal to working mothers. Around this same time, the first magazine print ad boasted 21 varieties, each selling for a dime. In the 1930’s, Campbell entered into radio sponsorship, using the familiar "M’m! M’m! Good!" jingle to captivate listeners. When television made its way to American homes in the 1950’s, Campbell introduced TV commercials, and some 40 years later, the Campbell Kids were found dancing to rap songs on the small screen. Today, Campbell remains one of the leading advertisers in the US.
Many familiar aspects of the Campbell’s brand are rooted in history. In 1898, a company executive named Herberton Williams attended the traditional football game between rivals Cornell University and the University of Pennsylvania. For Williams, the game was nearly as exciting as Cornell’s brilliant new red and white uniforms. Unable to shake the striking image they made on the football field that day, he convinced the company to adopt the colors as their own by changing the labels on cans of Campbell’s Soups.
The idea to use condensed soup in recipes originated in a cookbook entitled "Helps for the Hostess" that was published in 1916. After the Second World War, Campbell’s home economists cooked up recipes like "Green Bean Casserole" and "Glorified Chicken" that fed scores of baby boomers and became classic dishes that live on today. In fact, cooking with soup remains so popular that Americans use more than 440 million cans each year in a variety of easy-to-prepare recipes. Campbell’s Soup ranks behind only meat/poultry, pasta, and seasonings/spices as the ingredient most often used to prepare dinner each evening.
The idea to use condensed soup in recipes originated in a cookbook entitled "Helps for the Hostess" that was published in 1916. After the Second World War, Campbell’s home economists cooked up recipes like "Green Bean Casserole" and "Glorified Chicken" that fed scores of baby boomers and became classic dishes that live on today. In fact, cooking with soup remains so popular that Americans use more than 440 million cans each year in a variety of easy-to-prepare recipes. Campbell’s Soup ranks behind only meat/poultry, pasta, and seasonings/spices as the ingredient most often used to prepare dinner each evening.
Some of the most popular varieties of Campbell’s Soups have been enjoyed by generations of soup lovers: Tomato was introduced in 1897, while Cream of Mushroom and Chicken Noodle first appeared in 1934. Combined, Americans consume approximately 2.5 billion bowls of these three soups alone each year.
But the company has evolved to fit a changing marketplace also. The condensed line has been expanded to include contemporary varieties like Cream of Broccoli, Double Noodle, and Creamy Chicken Noodle. And the company now offers a line of Healthy Request Soups that combines great taste with less sodium, cholesterol, fat, and calories. Today, Campbell markets almost every type of soup imaginable, from "Chunky" to "Home Cookin’” to “Simply Home” Ready-to-Serve Soups.
The number of brand names under the Campbell banner has also grown, and now includes such well-known products as Pepperidge Farm breads, cookies, and crackers, Franco-American gravies and pastas, V8 vegetable juices, Swanson broths, and Godiva Chocolates.
The way those products have been marketed also goes deep into American history. Celebrities from Ronald Reagan and Johnny Carson to Jimmy Stewart, Orson Welles, Helen Hayes, Donna Reed, Robin Leach, George Burns, and Gracie Allen have served as spokespeople for various Campbell products.
Generations of Americans have grown up on Campbell-sponsored programming including Lassie, Peter Pan, and the famous Campbell Playhouse radio series. In addition to "M’m! M’m! Good!", other Campbell taglines have found their way into popular culture including: "Wow! I could’ve had a V8!" "Uh-oh SpaghettiOs" and "Pepperidge Farm Remembers.”
Today, the Campbell name stretches to China, Australia, Argentina, and beyond. Campbell products are available in practically every country in the world. While many of the products Americans know are offered internationally, regional varieties like Watercress and Duck-Gizzard Soup in China and a Cream of Chili Poblano soup in Mexico, have been introduced to respond to cultural differences. Even though the Company’s foods have found their way into homes thousands of miles from the Camden, New Jersey headquarters, they still bear the name of the man who made his mark selling soup from a horse-drawn wagon -- Joseph Campbell.
1869:
Joseph Campbell, a fruit merchant, and Abraham Anderson, a tin ice box manufacturer, form a partnership to can tomatoes, vegetables, jellies, condiments, and minced meats in Camden, New Jersey. Initially, each can is made by hand, one at a time. The firm is best known for its giant beefsteak tomatoes, each large enough, it is advertised, to fill a single can.
1876:
The company is awarded a medal for quality at the Centennial Exposition. The two partners disagree about the future of the successful company, with Campbell promoting rapid expansion and Anderson opting for slow and gradual growth. Though the two remain friends, they decide to dissolve the partnership and Campbell purchases Anderson’s share of the company. Arthur Dorrance (a wealthy timber and flour merchant) and Joseph Campbell form a new company, Joseph Campbell & Company.
1891
The company’s name changes to Joseph Campbell Preserve Company and incorporates in New Jersey ten years later. Their best known product is "Beefsteak Ketchup," a sauce far different from what we call ketchup today. It is a strongly flavored sauce (cinnamon, mace, cloves, black pepper, mustard, and vinegar) made with a number of different bases: walnut, mushroom, anchovy, lobster, soy, and oyster. At the time, it is considered a kitchen staple.
1893
The United States Supreme Court designates the tomato as a vegetable for trade purposes, though it is technically a fruit.
1894
Arthur Dorrance succeeds Joseph Campbell as President; Campbell retires and dies in 1900, ending the association of the Campbell family with the company.
1895
The Joseph Campbell Preserve Company markets ready-to-serve beefsteak tomato soup. An advertising committee is formed and a hundred large signs promoting the company are erected in Philadelphia, New York, and St. Louis.
1897
Arthur Dorrance reluctantly agrees to hire his 24-year-old nephew, Dr. John T. Dorrance, as a company chemist at a token wage of just $7.50 a week, using his own laboratory equipment. Dr. Dorrance develops the formula for commercially condensed soups. By removing the water, the volume of a can of soup is reduced from 32 ounces to approximately 10 ounces, and the price lowered from about 34 cents to a dime. The five original varieties are Tomato, Consommé, Vegetable, Chicken, and Oxtail. Tomato still ranks as one of the top ten selling dry grocery items in U.S. supermarkets today.
Dr. Dorrance finds he must induce the public to eat soup and convince buyers that his inexpensive, condensed soup is also high quality, so he takes to the road offering tastes. The soups are an almost instant success, manufactured at a rate of ten cases per week. Dorrance undertakes the difficult task of convincing housewives to buy canned soup instead of making their own at home by showing them that Campbell’s soups are terrific, inexpensive, and incredibly time-saving. They are not compared with homemade soups; they are something slightly different with a taste all their own.
1898
A company executive attends the annual Cornell-Penn football game and is so taken with Cornell's brilliant new red and white uniforms he convinces Campbell to use the colors on soup labels, which is the single most successful promotional decision Campbell has ever made.
Thanks to the success of the condensed soups in the red-and-white cans, the company is profitable for the first time in many years and Dr. John Dorrance receives a "hefty" increase in salary to $9.00 a week.
1899
Advertising is still relatively rare in the US, so John Dorrance takes a tentative risk and places the first advertising on New York City streetcars, increasing sales in New York by 100%. The first ads include a jingle promoting soup and a large illustration of a red-and-white can of Campbell’s soup.
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