Nabisco

Nabisco
Formerly
  • National Biscuit Company (1898–1971)
  • Nabisco (1971–1985)
  • RJR Nabisco (1985–1999)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryFood
Predecessor
    • New York Biscuit Company
    • Kennedy Biscuit Company
    • Pearson & Sons Bakery
    • Josiah Bent Bakery
    • American Biscuit and Manufacturing Company
    • Richmond Steam Bakery
FoundedJune 19, 1898 (1898-06-19)
Chicago, Illinois[1]
Founders
Headquarters
East Hanover Township, New Jersey
,
United States
ProductsCookies, crackers, candy, chocolate
Brands
Parent
Websitesnackworks.com[a]

Nabisco (/nəˈbɪsk/, abbreviated from the earlier name National Biscuit Company) is an American manufacturer of cookies and snacks headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey. The company is a subsidiary of Illinois-based Mondelēz International.[2]

Nabisco's 1,800,000-square-foot (170,000 m2) plant in Chicago is the largest bakery in the world,[3] employing more than 1,200[3] workers and producing around 320 million pounds (150 million kilograms) of snack foods annually. Its products include Chips Ahoy!, Belvita, Oreo cookies, Ritz Crackers, Teddy Grahams, Triscuit crackers, Fig Newtons, and Wheat Thins for the United States, United Kingdom, Mexico, Bolivia, Venezuela, and other parts of South America.

All Nabisco cookie or cracker products are branded Christie in Canada, after Canadian baker William Mellis Christie. Christie's flagship bakery in Toronto was demolished after Mondelēz shut it down in 2013.[4] Nabisco opened corporate offices as the National Biscuit Company in the Home Insurance Building in the Chicago Loop in 1898, the world's first skyscraper.[5]

  1. ^ "National Biscuit Co".
  2. ^ Katz, Marilyn (August 5, 2015). "As Nabisco Ships 600 Jobs out of Chicago to Mexico, Maybe It's Time to Give up Oreos". Huffington Post. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Bruno, Audrey (August 14, 2015). "Nabisco Has Begun Moving Its Factories to Mexico". delish. Retrieved November 11, 2015.
  4. ^ Peter Kenter (November 24, 2017). "Goodbye to Mr. Christie's flagship bakery". Daily Commercial News. Retrieved July 12, 2023.
  5. ^ "City of Chicago". City of Chicago. Retrieved March 26, 2015.


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