Private company
Standard Brands
American foods company
Standard Brands was a packaged foods company, formed in 1929 by J. P. Morgan & Co. with the merger of: Fleischmann Company Royal Baking Powder Company E. W. Gillett Company of Canada (1929) - Toronto-based baking goods company (maker of Magic Baking Powder) founded by P. W. Gillett in 1852 Widlar Food Products Company Chase & Sanborn Coffee Company By 1940, it was the number-two brand of packaged goods after General Foods.2 It ceased to exist in 1981.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersNew York City1
See how the biggest companies compare on our leaderboards
Standard Brands was a packaged foods company, formed in 1929 by J. P. Morgan & Co. with the merger of: Fleischmann Company Royal Baking Powder Company E. W. Gillett Company of Canada (1929) - Toronto-based baking goods company (maker of Magic Baking Powder) founded by P. W. Gillett in 1852 Widlar Food Products Company Chase & Sanborn Coffee Company By 1940, it was the number-two brand of packaged goods after General Foods.2
Timeline
Links
- WikipediaStandard Brands
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ7598189
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataStandard Brands on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaStandard Brands on Wikipedia