Walter Baker & Company

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chocolate manufacturer food company historic company

Walter Baker & Company is a historic American chocolate manufacturer known for producing baking chocolate and cocoa products since the 18th century.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Walter Baker (chocolate manufacturer)	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	chocolate manufacturer ⓘ food company ⓘ historic company ⓘ
acquiredBy	General Foods NERFINISHED ⓘ Kraft Foods NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedIn	Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
brand	Baker’s Chocolate NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	18th-century establishments in Massachusetts ⓘ American chocolate companies ⓘ Food and drink companies based in Massachusetts ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
earliestActivity	late 18th century ⓘ
facility	Walter Baker Chocolate Factory NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	James Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ John Hannon NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBrandContinuity	Baker’s baking chocolate products ⓘ
hasHeritage	New England industrial history ⓘ
hasHistoricDistrict	Walter Baker Chocolate Factory Historic District NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLogo	La Belle Chocolatière NERFINISHED ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Dorchester, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ Milton, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	among the first commercial chocolate producers in the United States ⓘ
inception	1765 ⓘ
industry	chocolate ⓘ food processing ⓘ
locatedInTimePeriod	18th century ⓘ 19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ
market	home baking ⓘ professional baking ⓘ
namedAfter	Walter Baker NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor	being one of the oldest chocolate brands in the United States ⓘ early mass production of baking chocolate ⓘ
product	baking chocolate ⓘ chocolate bars ⓘ cocoa ⓘ cocoa powder ⓘ sweetened chocolate ⓘ unsweetened chocolate ⓘ
regionServed	North America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
specializesIn	baking chocolate and cocoa products ⓘ
successor	Baker’s brand ⓘ
usesMarketingImage	La Belle Chocolatière NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Walter Baker → hasNameInCommonWith → Walter Baker & Company ⓘ

subject surface form: Walter Baker (Australian politician)

this entity surface form: Walter Baker (chocolate manufacturer)

Walter Baker → nameMayReferTo → Walter Baker & Company ⓘ

this entity surface form: Walter Baker (chocolate manufacturer)

Walter Baker → notableFor → Walter Baker & Company ⓘ

subject surface form: Walter Baker (chocolate manufacturer)