Roman Meal

Roman Meal Company
Whole Grain Bread, Cereal & Snack Bars
Founded 1912
Headquarters Fargo, North Dakota, United States
Website http://www.romanmealinternational.com/

Roman Meal Company is an American bread company with headquarters in Fargo, North Dakota. Founded in Tacoma, Washington in 1912, the company focuses on whole-grain products, including bread, hot cereal, and snack bars.

History

The Roman Meal Company was founded on the desire of Canadian physician Robert Jackson to emulate what he believed to be the healthy regimen of Roman soldiers, who purportedly consumed two pounds of wheat or rye a day as part of their rations.[1][2][3][4][5] Jackson started the company with a hot mixed-grain breakfast cereal called Dr. Jackson's Roman Health Meal. In 1927, Jackson's company was purchased by Tacoma master baker William Matthaei. Matthaei's family had been in the baking business since the first family bakery was opened in Germany in 1686. Matthaei brought bread into the Roman Meal company mix and it continues to be a major focus for the family-owned company.[6][7]

The rights to the Roman Meal Trademark for bread, buns & rolls in North America was sold to Flowers Foods in early 2015.[8]

US Territory Licensees

Love’s Bakery, Hawaii USA
American Bakery, Guam USA

International Licensees

Roman Meal bread is baked locally and distributed in Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, and Hong Kong.

Okiko Co. Ltd., Japan
Pasco Shikishima Corporation, Japan
Takaki Bakery Co., Ltd., Japan
Nichiryo Co., Ltd., Japan
Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd., Japan
Ryoyu Co., Ltd., Japan
SPC Group, Korea
The Garden Company Limited, Hong Kong
President Bakery PCL., Thailand

See also

References

  1. ↑ "How to Be Always Well". Od Books. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "STORIES FROM ROUGE PARK: Valley Halla, the house of Roman Meal bread and Dr. Robert G. Jackson". InsideToronto.com. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  3. ↑ "Did Roman Soldiers Eat Meat?". ThoughtCo. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "The History of Bread". Doves Farm. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  5. ↑ "Roman Meal Wasn't Built in a Day". Roman Meal Company. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "Our History". Roman Meal Company. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  7. ↑ "International Directory of Company Histories". St. James Press. p. 331 to 333.
  8. ↑ "Flowers acquires Roman Meal trademark in North America". bakingbusiness.com. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
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