McKee Foods Corporation is a privately held United States company headquartered in Collegedale, Tennessee. They are the makers of the popular Little Debbie and Sunbelt snacks.
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Brands
Little Debbie
Little Debbie products are primarily cookie and cake based dessert snacks. They come in dozens of varieties, of which the best-selling is the Swiss Cake Roll.[1] Little Debbie products are available in most large discount stores, grocery stores, and convenience stores. Individually wrapped snacks are also very popular. The brand Little Debbie is better known than its parent company. In the 1960s, company founders O.D. and Ruth McKee decided to name a product after one of their grandchildren - four year old Debbie. The original image of Debbie used on packaging and advertising was based on a black and white photo. Atlanta, Georgia artist, Fred W. Hunt did the original color artwork based on a photo O.D. had in his pocket, of Little Debbie with a pony. In discussing what he wanted for a logo he pulled out her small photo and said "something like this". Minor changes were made to the logo in 1987. The Little Debbie brand now sponsors Ken Schrader's #21 Ford Fusion in NASCAR.
Sunbelt
Sunbelt products include a variety of granola bars and cereals. The Sunbelt brand pioneered the chewy granola bar.
Trivia
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- On a recent episode of the Simpsons, Homer claimed Little Debbies was owned by Hezbollah.
- McKee Foods is run by members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Because advertising is considered a form of business, and they believe that they should not do business on their day of rest, the company chooses to have the NASCAR team it sponsors cover up all logos from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday.[2]
- Internet comedians Rhett and Link have a song on their album I'm Sorry, What Was That entitled "Little Debbie (An Ode)", in which they sing about using Little Debbie products for non-food related purposes to get them out of tough situations. (ie, "Little did I know that the cream filling doubled as Neosporin.")
- Deborah McKee (the little girl on the cartons) currently lives in Tennessee.
- There is a Little Debbie factory located in the small town of Gentry, Arkansas.
- Andrew Muller currently holds the record for the most consecutive little debbies eaten in a single hour.
References
- ^ Official FAQ for Little Debbie
- ^ Jayski's Silly Season Page, #21 News; accessed 9 October 2006
