Nabisco (/ n ə ˈ b ɪ s k oʊ /, abbreviated from the earlier name National Biscuit Company) is an American manufacturer of cookies and snacks headquartered in East Hanover, New Jersey. The company is a subsidiary of Illinois -based Mondelēz International .

Jan 15, 2025 · Mondelēz International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MDLZ) is one of the world’s largest snacks companies, empowering people to snack right in over 150 countries.

Jan 31, 2025 · Nabisco, former U.S. snack food and bakery product company. The National Biscuit Company was formed in 1898 when the American Biscuit Company merged with the New York Biscuit Company. Better known as Nabisco, it went on to introduce a number of popular consumer brands such as Oreo cookies (1912) and Ritz crackers (1934).

Nabisco, Inc. is comprised of 6 operating companies—Nabisco Biscuit Company, Specialty Products Company, Planters Company, LifeSavers Company, Food Service Company, Fleischmann’s Company—as well as Nabisco Brands Ltd. (Canada) and Nabisco International.

Jan 2, 2020 · Learn about the history of mega-brand Nabisco, known for its many signature snack foods including Oreos, Honey Maid Grahams, and Ritz crackers.

Sep 12, 2021 · Few companies did more to innovate in the modern mass marketing of groceries than “N.B.C.” with its famous logo and red triangle. But late in the twentieth century, Nabisco went through no less than seven different ownership structures.

Today Nabisco Foods Group (formerly Nabisco Brands, Inc.) is among the world's largest manufacturers of cookies and crackers, featuring such famous brands as Oreo, Fig Newtons, and Premium Saltines. Nabisco Brands was formed in 1981 through a merger of Nabisco and Standard Brands.

Jan 30, 2025 · RJR Nabisco, Inc., former conglomerate corporation formed by the merger in 1985 of R.J. Reynolds Industries, Inc. (a diversified company specializing in tobacco and food products), and Nabisco Brands, Inc., an international manufacturer of snack foods.

R. J. Reynolds Nabisco, Inc., doing business as RJR Nabisco, was an American conglomerate, selling tobacco and food products, headquartered in the Calyon Building in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. [1]

The history of Nabisco starts in 1792, when Pearson & Sons Bakery opened in Massachusetts to make “pilot bread,” a tough and durable biscuit to sustain sailors on long journeys. Then, in 1801, the Josiah Bent Bakery baked their first biscuit other than pilot bread.