Jan 31, 2022
The Ballad of Schwan's Frozen Pizza
My girlfriend Sarah joins to talk about frozen food, a surprising amount of corporate espionage, and the private company that has a ~70% likelihood of supplying your public school's pizza: Schwan's! The school lunch contract biz is more intense than you'd think. Please follow @BustedBizBureau everywhere!
* Marvin M. Schwan, John Radzilowski, Immigrant Entrepreneurship 2018
* Schwan, Marvin in front of an original ice cream truck, ca. 1977
* Ketchup as a Vegetable: Condiments and the Politics of School Lunch in Reagan’s America, Amy Bentley, Gastronomica 2021
* Judge Allows Lawsuit to Proceed in $870 Million Schwan Heir Case, AP News 1996
* MARK SCHWAN AND PAUL SCHWAN VS LAWRENCE BURDGOF ET. AL, APPEAL FROM SECOND JUDICIAL COURT, MINNEHHAHA COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA
* Corporate Spies: The Pizza Plot, Adam L. Penenberg and Marc Barry, NYT 2000
* UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA Schwan’s IP, LLC, and Schwan’s Consumer Brands North America, Inc VS Kraft Pizza Company
* Potato politics, with a pizza side, David Rogers, Politico 2011
* Washington pizza sauce fight has deep Minnesota ties, Brett Neely, MPRNews 2011
* Leading School Food Supplier, Schwan’s Food Service, Serves Up Industry’s First Portfolio of Products to Meet Proposed USDA School Meal Rules, BusinessWire 2011
* City Schools’ Food Program Struggles with Pizza Problems, City Limits 2016
* Schwan's Co. v. Cai 12-2-2021