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{{Short description|American bread company}}
{{Primary sources|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox company
{{Infobox company
| name = Roman Meal Company
| name = Roman Meal Company
| logo = [[Image:RMlogo2.jpg|200px]]
| logo = RMlogo2.jpg
| logo_size = 200px
| type = Whole Grain Bread, Cereal & Snack Bars
| type = Whole Grain Bread, Cereal & Snack Bars
| hq_location_city = Fargo, North Dakota
| hq_location_city = Fargo, North Dakota
| foundation = 1912
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1912}}
| location_country = United States
| location_country = United States
| homepage = http://www.romanmealinternational.com/
| homepage = https://www.flowersfoods.com/
}}
}}


'''Roman Meal Company''' is an [[United States|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 bar]]s.
'''Roman Meal Company''' was an American [[bread]] company with headquarters in [[Fargo, North Dakota]]. Founded in [[Tacoma, Washington]], in 1912, the company focused on [[whole-grain]] products, including bread, hot [[cereal]], and [[snack bar]]s.


==History==
==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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.romanmealinternational.com/about/our-story/| title = Roman Meal Wasn't Built in a Day | publisher = Roman Meal Company| accessdate = 6 June 2017}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.romanmealinternational.com/about/our-history/| title = Our History | publisher = Roman Meal Company| accessdate = 7 June 2017}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Xgu7AAAAIAAJ&q=Roman+meal+bread&dq=Roman+meal+bread&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiBxoTMkKzUAhUEwVQKHQhHA8QQ6AEIOTAG/| title = International Directory of Company Histories | publisher = St. James Press | page 331 to 333}}</ref><br />
The Roman Meal Company was founded on the principles that [[Canada|Canadian]] physician Robert Jackson believed to have been the components of the healthful regimen of [[Roman army|Roman soldiers]], who purportedly consumed two pounds of wheat or rye in their daily rations.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://oddbooks.co.uk/oddbooks/jackson.html | title = How to Be Always Well | publisher = Od Books | accessdate = 7 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.insidetoronto.com/news-story/5606680-stories-from-rouge-park-valley-halla-the-house-of-roman-meal-bread-and-dr-robert-g-jackson/| title = STORIES FROM ROUGE PARK: Valley Halla, the house of Roman Meal bread and Dr. Robert G. Jackson | publisher = InsideToronto.com| accessdate = 7 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.thoughtco.com/did-roman-soldiers-eat-meat-120634 | title = Did Roman Soldiers Eat Meat? | publisher = ThoughtCo. | accessdate = 7 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/hints-tips/bread-making/the-history-of-bread | title = The History of Bread | publisher = Doves Farm | accessdate = 7 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.romanmealinternational.com/about/our-story/| title = Roman Meal Wasn't Built in a Day | publisher = Roman Meal Company| accessdate = 6 June 2017}}</ref> Jackson's first product was a hot mixed-grain breakfast cereal called Dr. Jackson's Roman Health Meal. In 1927, Tacoma master baker William Matthaei, whose family had been in the baking business in Germany since 1686, purchased the company. Matthaei added bread to the Roman Meal company product roster, and it continues to be a major focus of the family-owned company.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.romanmealinternational.com/about/our-history/| title = Our History | publisher = Roman Meal Company| accessdate = 7 June 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Xgu7AAAAIAAJ&q=Roman+meal+bread| title = International Directory of Company Histories | publisher = St. James Press | page = 331 to 333}}</ref> The North American rights to the Roman Meal trademark for bread, buns, rolls were sold to [[Flowers Foods]] in early 2015.<ref name="BakingBizFlowers">{{cite web | url = http://www.bakingbusiness.com/articles/news_home/Business/2015/02/Flowers_acquires_Roman_Meal_tr.aspx?ID={3478368E-1FD8-4CCE-84F5-834CFBC9B250}&cck=1| title = Flowers acquires Roman Meal trademark in North America | publisher = bakingbusiness.com| accessdate = 6 June 2017}}</ref>


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==US-Based Licensees==
The rights to the Roman Meal Trademark for bread, buns & rolls in North America was sold to Flowers Foods in early 2015..<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.bakingbusiness.com/articles/news_home/Business/2015/02/Flowers_acquires_Roman_Meal_tr.aspx?ID={3478368E-1FD8-4CCE-84F5-834CFBC9B250}&cck=1| title = Flowers acquires Roman Meal trademark in North America | publisher = bakingbusiness.com| accessdate = 6 June 2017}}</ref>
'''Flowers Foods:''' Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Mexico, United States (All states except Hawaii), United States territories (All territories except Guam)
<ref name="BakingBizFlowers" />


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'''Love’s Bakery:''' Hawaii
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==US Territory Licensees==
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Love’s Bakery, Hawaii USA<br />
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American Bakery, Guam USA


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'''American Bakery:''' Guam
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==International Licensees==

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==International licensees==
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Okiko Co. Ltd., Japan<br />
Okiko Co. Ltd., Japan<br />
Pasco Shikishima Corporation, Japan<br />
Pasco Shikishima Corporation, Japan<br />
Takaki Bakery CO., Ltd.,Japan<br />
[[Takaki Bakery]] Co., Ltd., Japan<br />
Nichiryo Co., Ltd., Japan<br />
Nichiryo Co., Ltd., Japan<br />
[[Yamazaki Baking]], Japan<br />
[[Yamazaki Baking]] Co., Ltd., Japan<br />
Ryoyu Co., Ltd., Japan<br />
Ryoyu Co., Ltd., Japan<br />
[[SPC Group]], Korea <br />
[[SPC Group]], Korea <br />
[[The Garden Company Limited]], Hong Kong<br />
[[The Garden Company Limited]], Hong Kong<br />
President Bakery PCL., Thailand<br />
President Bakery PCL., Thailand


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File:RomanMealJapan.jpg|Roman Meal Bread produced by [[Takaki Bakery]] in Japan.
File:RomanMealJapan.jpg|Roman Meal Bread produced by [[Takaki Bakery]] in Japan.
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[[File:Yamazaki 12 Grain Bread|thumb|Yamazaki 12 Grain Bread]]
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.romanmealinternational.com/}}
* {{Official website|https://www.flowersfoods.com/}}


[[Category:Food and drink companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Food and drink companies of the United States]]

Latest revision as of 14:22, 5 April 2023

Roman Meal Company
Company typeWhole Grain Bread, Cereal & Snack Bars
Founded1912; 112 years ago (1912)
Headquarters
Fargo, North Dakota
,
United States
Websitehttps://www.flowersfoods.com/

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

History

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The Roman Meal Company was founded on the principles that Canadian physician Robert Jackson believed to have been the components of the healthful regimen of Roman soldiers, who purportedly consumed two pounds of wheat or rye in their daily rations.[1][2][3][4][5] Jackson's first product was a hot mixed-grain breakfast cereal called Dr. Jackson's Roman Health Meal. In 1927, Tacoma master baker William Matthaei, whose family had been in the baking business in Germany since 1686, purchased the company. Matthaei added bread to the Roman Meal company product roster, and it continues to be a major focus of the family-owned company.[6][7] The North American rights to the Roman Meal trademark for bread, buns, rolls were sold to Flowers Foods in early 2015.[8]

US-Based Licensees

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Flowers Foods: Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Mexico, United States (All states except Hawaii), United States territories (All territories except Guam) [8]

Love’s Bakery: Hawaii

American Bakery: Guam

International licensees

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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

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References

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  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. ^ a b "Flowers acquires Roman Meal trademark in North America". bakingbusiness.com. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
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