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Durkee
A jar of Durkee meat tenderizer (contains bromelain)
OwnerB&G Foods
Introduced1851 (1851)
E.R. Durkee & Company (1891 etching)

Durkee is an American brand of spices, marinades, and powdered sauce mixes owned by B&G Foods.[1] Durkee Famous Foods was established by Eugene R. Durkee in 1851.[2]

History

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Durkee's was established by Eugene R. Durkee, the founder of E. R. Durkee & Co. Spice dealers in Buffalo, New York, in 1857. By 1917, the company had built a four-story industrial structure in Elmhurst, Queens.[3][4] Durkee became the largest factory and employer in Elmhurst, with over 300 employees, primarily women. E.R. Durkee died in 1926, leaving everything to his daughters.[5]

Upon its purchase as a division of Glidden Co. in 1929, it became Durkee's Famous Foods. In 1967, Glidden merged with SCM Corp (formerly Smith-Corona company) and Durkee became the Glidden-Durkee Division of SCM.[3][5]

Since the 1980s the company has had a series of owners,[6] starting with the sale of SCM to Hanson Trust, PLC in 1986 before it was absorbed into a larger-food processing conglomerate, ACH Food Companies, a subsidiary of Associated British Foods, which ultimately sold it to B&G Foods in 2016.[7] That acquisition included the company's major production and distribution facility in Ankeny, Iowa that was originally the home of Tone Brothers Spices when it was owned by Rykoff Sexton.[2] The Elmhurst building had been renovated in 2007 to become the Elmhurst Educational Campus, hosting three separate high schools.[8]

The company's distinctive "mustardy, vinegary, mayonnaise-based" Durkee Sauce is sold at Court Street Grocers in Brooklyn and served on their Turkey + Durkee sandwich.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Durkee Sauce: What Made This Mustard And Mayo Condiment Famous?". Huffington Post. 28 January 2013.
  2. ^ a b "About". Durkee Foodservice.
  3. ^ a b "DURKEE FACTORY, Elmhurst". Forgotten New York. 2009-09-30.
  4. ^ "The history of Durkee Famous Sauce, a forgotten vintage luxury with modern condiment shelf appeal". Salon. 2021-04-11. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  5. ^ a b Lockhart, Bill; Serr, Carol; Lindsey, Bill; Schriever, Beau (2015). "E.R. Durkee & Co. – and the Misunderstood Durkee Bottles" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2020-05-10.
  6. ^ "Durkee Famous Foods was sold for $120 million". Los Angeles Times. 1986-08-20.
  7. ^ Shropshire, Corilyn (2016-09-21). "Jolly Green Giant picks up Durkee, Spice Islands for $365 million". chicagotribune.com.
  8. ^ "DURKEE SPICE FACTORY | Historic Districts Council's Six to Celebrate". 6tocelebrate.org. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
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