Which corporation acquired Clarence Birdseye's patents and company interests in 1929 to scale the operation?
Answer
General Foods Corporation
Although Clarence Birdseye initially founded the General Seafoods Corporation, which eventually evolved into the Birds Eye Frosted Foods Corporation, the critical scaling phase required massive capital and an established distribution network that Birdseye's original company lacked. In 1929, Birdseye sold his patents and the core interests of his company to General Foods Corporation. General Foods possessed the financial resources and existing infrastructure necessary to invest heavily in centralized quick-freezing plants across the United States and to establish a national distribution system, ultimately leading to Birds Eye products being sold nationwide by 1939.
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