Nestlé in Fulton, New York: How Sweet It Was (American Palate)
Affaires et économie, Etats-Unis (histoire)
Audio avec voix de synthèse, Braille automatisé
Résumé
Devour this delectable, surprising history of one of America’s most beloved confectioners with photos, firsthand accounts, and stories.In 1898, Switzerland’s Nestlé Company was searching for a location to build its first milk processing plant in the United States. Upstate New… York’s bountiful dairy farms sealed the deal for a factory in Fulton. Soon another Swiss company requested space at the factory to produce a confection that had taken Europe by storm: the milk chocolate bar. Over the next century, factory technicians invented classic treats including the Nestlé Crunch Bar, Toll House Morsels, and Nestlé Quik. With 1,500 workers churning out a million pounds of candy per day, Fulton became known as the city that smelled like chocolate. In this lively, photo-filled biography, Jim Farfaglia recounts the delectable history of Nestlé in Fulton, New York.