Quaker Oats Company

The Quaker Oats Company is an American food division business headquarted in Chicago. Quaker's products include, oatmeal, cereal, and granola bars. Since 2001, Quaker Oats Company is owned by PepsiCo, Inc..

 History 
Quaker Oats was founded in 1901 as the four oat mills merged:

 The Quaker Mill Company of Ravenna, Ohio 
 A cereal mill in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
 The German Mills American Oatmeal Company
 The Rob Lewis & Co. American Oats and Barley Oatmeal Corporation. 

In 1969 Quaker got Fisher-Price, a toy business. Fisher-Price stopped being owned by Quaker in 1991.

In 1983, Quaker bought Stokely-Van Camp, Incorporated. The company makes Gatorade.

In 1994, Quaker bought Snapple for $1.7 billion. Quaker sold it to Triarc in 1997 for $300 million.

In August 2001, Quaker was bought out by Pepsico because Pepsi wanted to own Gatorade and be in the sports beverage market. 

Since the late 1980s, actor Wilford Brimley has appeared in television commercials.

United States Brands
The brands in the United States:
Breakfast cereals
Cap'n Crunch
Life 
Quisp
Mother's Natural Foods
Quaker 100% Natural Granola
Kretschmer Wheat Germ
Muffets 
Quaker Oatmeal Squares
Quaker Toasted Oatmeal
Quaker Oh's
King Vitamin
Quaker Corn Bran
Quaker Oat Bran
Quaker Puffed Rice
Quaker Puffed Wheat
Other breakfast foods
Quaker Oatmeal 
Quaker Oatmeal To Go 
Quaker Grits 
Aunt Jemima Syrups and Mixes 
Quaker Breakfast Cookies 
Quaker Instant Oatmeal 
Snacks
Quaker Crispy Minis (Rice Chips and Rice Cakes)
Quakes Rice Snacks
Quaker Soy Crisps
Quaker Snack Bars
Chewy Granola Bars
Quaker Mini Delights
Mixes
Quaker Tortilla Mix
Rice-A-Roni
Pasta Roni
Near East Food Products
Drinks
Gatorade
Milk Chillers

United Kingdom Brands
The brands in the United Kingdom:
Hot cereals
Quaker Oats
Oatso Simple
Scott's Porage Oats
Scott's So Easy
Pawridge
Ready to eat cereal
Harvest Crunch
Cereal bars
Oat Bars 
Snacks
Snack-a-Jack bags
Snack-a-Jack Jumbos

Notes

Other websites
 QuakerOats Company Website 
  Quaker Oats Company from the Summit Memory Project
 The Lafayette Quaker Oatmeal Festival 
 Quaker Oats Page on PepsiCo UK & Ireland 
 Story about the radioactivity experiments 
 Quaker Oats Company Canada 

Category:1901 establishments in the United States
Category:1900s establishments in Illinois
Category:American food companies
Category:Companies based in Chicago