Brendan's Popcorn

By aap6df
  • Jan 1, 1492

    Columbus

    recives popcorn from the Native Americans

  • First Thanksgiving

    The first Thanksgiving includes bowlfuls of popped popcorn brought by Native Americans

  • Colonial women

    Colonial Women from Boston to the Carolinas make the first breakfast cereal by pouring milk and sugar over popped popcorn

  • Popcorn is introduced

    Popcorn is introduced to Sac County, Iowa farmers

  • The American Company

    The Popcorn company, makers of Jolly Time popcorn is born

  • The majority of popcorn

    popcorn is sold in bulk. Local vendors operate popcorn wagons

  • Jolly Times Radio Program

    Genreal Jolly Time and his popcorn colonels," makes popcorn

  • 25th birthday

    Jolly Time is named the world's largest Pop Corn Producer

  • With one Decade

    Jolly Time cans increases more than six-fold to 5000,000.

  • Authur Godfrey on CBS

    On his popular CBS radio show

  • Jolly Time Enters the realm

  • Wrede Smith, Cloid grandson

  • Jolly Time Sales in pounds

    Jolly time sales in pounds more than double and quadruple

  • The nationally known weight watchers franch

  • Jolly Time's first microwave popcorn

    Jolly Time's first microwave popcorn launches

  • Popcorn ranks in the top of 5%

    Popcorn ranks in the top of 5% fastest growing snack

  • Americans eat 12.9 billion quarts of popcorn

    Popcorn annually, or 52 quarts

  • Jolly Time Introduces American's Best

    the first nationally distributed

  • Jolly Time Continues to devlop

    Jolly time continues to develop as many as 500 hybrids