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Podcast: The Market Place Of Ideas
Episode: Justice For Aunt Jemima!!!!
Description: Today we talk about the Pearl Milling Company, formerly known as Aunt Jemima from 1889 to 2021, is a brand of pancake mix, syrup, and other breakfast foods. The original version of the pancake mix for the brand was developed in 1888–1889 by the Pearl Milling Company and was advertised as the first ready-mix cooking product.The Aunt Jemima brand name was discontinued by its current owner, PepsiCo, and the further production of the pancake mix product was rebranded in June 2021 as Pearl Milling Company, the name of the company that originally produced the product.We get into why the name was changed and the...