Durkee (food business)

Durkee is an American brand of spices, marinades, and powdered sauce mixes [1] that is owned by B&G Foods. Durkee Famous Foods was established by Eugene R. Durkee in 1851.[2]

Durkee
A jar of Durkee meat tenderizer (contains bromelain)
OwnerB&G Foods
Introduced1851 (1851)
E.R. Durkee & Company (1891 etching)

The company has a major production facility in Ankeny, Iowa.[2] There was also a large Durkee factory in Elmhurst, Queens, New York.[3]

Since the 1980s the company has had a series of owners,[4] and in 2016 it was sold by ACH Food Companies, a subsidiary of Associated British Foods, to B&G Foods.[5]

The company's Durkee Sauce is sold at Court Street Grocers in Brooklyn and served on their Turkey + Durkee sandwich in the "mustardy, vinegary, mayonnaise-based" sauce concoction.[1]

References
  1. "Durkee Sauce: What Made This Mustard And Mayo Condiment Famous?". Huffington Post. 28 January 2013.
  2. "About". Durkee Foodservice.
  3. "DURKEE FACTORY, Elmhurst". Forgotten New York. 2009-09-30.
  4. "Durkee Famous Foods was sold for $120 million". Los Angeles Times. 1986-08-20.
  5. Shropshire, Corilyn (2016-09-21). "Jolly Green Giant picks up Durkee, Spice Islands for $365 million". chicagotribune.com.


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