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Pepperidge Farm Inc.

is in the Food Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$750.0M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Pepperidge Farm founder Margaret Rudkin was one of the great business leaders of her time. She was born Margaret Fogarty in New York City in 1897, the oldest of five children in a second-generation Irish family. A striking young woman with bright red hair and green eyes, Margaret graduated valedictorian of her high school class, and then spent nine years working in New York before marrying Wall Street Broker Henry Rudkin in 1923.

President
Pat Callaghan
Number of Employees 325
Contact Information

595 Westport Ave

Norwalk, Connecticut 06851-4413

pepperidgefarm....

(203) 846-7000

NAICS Code Commercial Bakeries: 311812

Recent Events

  • Pepperidge Farm Supports Habitat for Humanity and Celebrates Making Holiday Memories at Home with Holiday...

    11/20/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Pepperidge Farm expands Baked Naturals line

    9/09/09 - Joint Venture / Alliance - View Story

  • Pepperidge Farm launches Goldfish Garden Cheddar

    8/27/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Home Plates: Tilapia goes spicy

    8/26/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

News & Analysis

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Pat Callaghan President
Michael Simon Vice President & General Manager, Snacks
Nan Redmond Director, Corp & Brand Communications
Julie Crager Manager, Group Marketing
Brooke Minnich Consultant
Craig W. Rydin Senior Management Positions
Danielle M. Marta
David D. White Food Technologist and National Accounts Executive Chef
Henry Rudkin
Kathy Wilson-Gold
Lynn Burke
Margaret Rudkin
Richard Calladonato Customer Chef
Thomas Frain Customer Executive Chef
Ygnacio Alena Account Chef

Patrick Callaghan was named President-Pepperidge Farm in January 2006. Pepperidge Farm is the U.S. market leader in premium baked goods and snacks. Pat reports to Douglas R. Conant, President and Chief Executive Officer. Pat joined the Pepperidge Farm sales team in 1979. Since then, he has held a variety of increasingly responsible sales and marketing positions focused primarily on bakery products and frozen foods, including Senior Vice President-Strategic Business Development and Senior Vice President and General Manager-Meals and Accompaniments. Pat previously worked with Nabisco for six years in the sales function. Within the industry, Pat serves on the Board of Directors of the American Bakers Association, and he was the Chairman of the Board from 2000 to 2001. He has also been a member of the Board of Trustees of the American Institute of Baking, and a member of the Board of Directors of the Biscuit & Cracker Manufacturing Association. Pat earned his bachelor of science degree from Stonehill College, and his M.B.A. degree from Suffolk University.

Organization Position Status
Campbell Soup Company President, Pepperidge Farm Current
Pepperidge Farm, Inc. President Current
American Bakers Association Board of Directors Current
Pepperidge Farm, Inc. Senior Vice President, Strategic Business Development Former
Pepperidge Farm, Inc. General Manager, Meals and Accompaniments Former
Nabisco Sales Positions Former
American Bakers Association Board Chairman Former
Stonehill College Bachelors Degree Former
Pepperidge Farm, Inc. Sales Team Member Former

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Pepperidge Farm, Inc. Vice President & General Manager, Snacks Current

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Pepperidge Farm, Inc. Director, Corp & Brand Communications Current

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Pepperidge Farm, Inc. Manager, Group Marketing Current

received her physical therapy degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1977. She is owner and President of Work Site Rehabilitation and Consultants, PC and has been working exclusively with industries since 1992. Her company provides onsite physical therapy to industries in Lancaster County and consults with industries in Lancaster, Lebanon, and York counties. She is a national consultant on ergonomics for Pepperidge Farm, an Ergonomic Specialist for Advanced Ergonomics and is a Provider for Functional Capacity Evaluations for Isernhagen Work Systems. She is the only physical therapist in the state of Pennsylvania that is Isernhagen certified in Functional Ergonomics.

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Pepperidge Farm, Inc. Consultant Current

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The Yankee Candle Company CEO Current
Priceline Mortgage Company, LLC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, the Yankee Candle Company, Inc. Current
Pepperidge Farm, Inc. Senior Management Positions Current
The Yankee Candle Company Chairman Current
Fly Cheap Board of Directors Current
Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation Board of Directors Current
Priceline.com Incorporated Board of Directors Current
Priceline Mortgage Company, LLC Board of Directors Current
Funk This Entertainment, LLC Board of Directors Current
Consumer Growth Partners Chairman, CEO, Yankee Candle Company Former
Campbell Soup Company President Former
The Yankee Candle Company Director Former

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Pepperidge Farm, Inc. Current

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Pepperidge Farm, Inc. Food Technologist and National Accounts Executive Chef Current

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Pepperidge Farm, Inc. Current

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Campbellaway From Homeprivacy Current
V8COOLCOOLER.Com Current
V8 Soup Video Current
Physedibles.Com Current
Pepperidge Farm, Inc. Current
Tray Cool Current
Campbell's Entrees Current
Pace Preferred Current
Dallas Dietetic Association President Former
Dietetic Association President Former
American Dietetic Association Co Board of Directors Former

Organization Position Status
Campbell's Entrees Current
V8 Soup Video Current
Campbellaway From Homeprivacy Current
Tray Cool Current
Physedibles.Com Current
Pace Preferred Current
V8COOLCOOLER.Com Current
Pepperidge Farm, Inc. Current
Csfsa Board of Directors Current
Csfsa Member Current
California School Nutrition Association President Former
California School Nutrition Association Foodservice Director Former

Pepperidge Farm founder Margaret Rudkin was one of the great business leaders of her time. She was born Margaret Fogarty in New York City in 1897, the oldest of five children in a second-generation Irish family. A striking young woman with bright red hair and green eyes, Margaret graduated valedictorian of her high school class, and then spent nine years working in New York before marrying Wall Street Broker Henry Rudkin in 1923. Fourteen years later, Margaret was a 40-year-old-mother of three young sons, living in Fairfield, Connecticut on a beautiful property called Pepperidge Farm named for an ancient Pepperidge tree that grew there. The Rudkins had moved into Pepperidge Farm in 1929 the same year as the great Stock Market Crash. The Rudkins faced many challenges during the Great Depression for bread was 10 cents. To convince the reluctant grocer, Margaret sliced up her savory bread and gave him a taste. In an instant, the sale was hers. The grocer not only took all the loaves that she brought, but by the time she arrived back home, he had left a phone message asking for more. "Although I knew nothing of manufacturing, of marketing, of pricing or of making bread in quantities, with that phone call, Pepperidge Farm bread was born," Margaret later said. Henry Rudkin began carrying Margaret's bread with him on the train to Grand Central Terminal to be sold at specialty shops in New York City. And as word about the extraordinary product got around, the tiny company grew. It had no business model, no strategic plan. Margaret just baked the bread by hand in her kitchen, making sure that every loaf was as good as it could be.

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Pepperidge Farm, Inc. Current

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Pepperidge Farm, Inc. Customer Chef Current

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Pepperidge Farm, Inc. Customer Executive Chef Current

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Pepperidge Farm, Inc. Account Chef Current
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