BUSINESSES

BUSH BROTHERS
CHESTNUT HILL - 1897
A.J. Bush started his modest cannery. Bush Brothers & Company is now in it’s fifth generation of ownership.

LODGE CAST IRON
SOUTH PITTSBURGH - 1896
Joseph Lodge started Blacklock Foundry. When the factory burned in 1910, the company rebuilt and changed its name to Lodge Cast Iron.

ERNEST HOLMES
TOW TRUCK - PATENTED 1916
Ernest Holmes worked in Chattanooga as a mechanic when he invented the tow truck. He was president of the company until his death in 1945.

DEMPSTER DUMPSTER
KNOXVILLE - 1935
A long-time construction worker, George Dempster, invented the first portable bin that could be lifted and dropped from a truck.

GOO GOO CLUSTERS
NASHVILLE - 1912
America’s first combination candy bar was invented. It consisted of more than just one principal ingredient. 20,000+ Goo Goo Clusters are made per hour.

MOON PIE
CHATTANOOGA - 1917
In 1917 a salesman for a Chattanooga Bakery came up with the idea for the Moon Pie when asked for a snack “as big as the moon”. One million pies are shipped a day.

LITTLE DEBBIE
CHATTANOOGA - 1934
O.D. & Ruth McKee bought a failing bakery in Chattanooga. In 1956 they moved to Collegedale. By 1960, they rebranded, and Little Debbie began selling the first family pack of baked goods.

CHRISTIE COOKIES
GERMANTOWN - 1983
Christie Cookies produces roughly 100 million cookies each year. They are a specialty at both American Airlines and DoubleTree Hotels.

JACK DANIEL DISTILLERY
LYNCHBURG - 1866
The first registered distillery in the U.S. Jasper Newton Daniel is the mastermind behind Old No. 7’s taste.

CRACKER BARREL
LEBANON - 1969
Dan W. Evins opened his first restaurant. Fifty two years later in 2021, there are 664 restaurants in 45 states.

ALLEGRO
PARIS - 1977
Italian restaurant owners Dave and Betsy Wilcox moved into full-time marinade making when they created Allegro.

CORKY'S
Corky's was founded by Don Pelts in 1984 and grew from a single BBQ restaurant to an organization with roughly 300 employees and multiple businesses.

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