The Food That Built America

Let Them Eat Snack Cake

Jun 29, 2022 · 22 min · Season 2 · 32.7 MB
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Nowadays, grocery stores and gas stations are filled with Little Debbie products. In the 1950s, though, snack cakes were just gaining popularity, when a Chattanooga couple took a risk, scrapping big pies in favor of debut snack cakes instead. their company, Little Debbie, now dominates 54% of the snack cake industry with over $890 million in sales.