Nov 28, 2017

In this episode, Jason Hewitt shares the origin of the leading brand of charcoal briquets, Kingsford Charcoal.

From inauspicious beginnings in a forest along Michigan's upper peninsula, this is the story of how E.G. Kingsford advised his wife's prominent cousin to market a line of charcoal fuel, eliminating factory...

Nov 20, 2017

In this episode, Jason Hewitt tells the story behind modern day proverb "When it Rains, it Pours", and how these simple words were integrated into our language. The story uncovers the importance of table salt and the brand that perfected its distribution and manufacture; turning a once-rare, luxury good into a...

Nov 11, 2017

In this episode, Jason Hewitt shares the story behind the largest coffee retailer in the world, Pequod Coffee Tea & Spice Company.  The story covers the origin and rise of the world's largest coffee retailer, from its founding more than forty years ago, and goes on to describe how it became the worldwide brand we know...