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The story of world-changing innovations that turned ice cream from an inconvenient delicacy to America's favorite sweet treat.

The Food That Built America: Snack Sized

Sticks and Cones

A struggling cola company reinvents business practices and goes head to head against its rival.

Kings of Pop

The story of how an impatient cook created one of America's most iconic foods, leading to the invention of the first-ever fast food chain.

A Burger Is Born

The story of how two salty rivals ended up creating the biggest snack food company in the world and how their bold innovations forever changed America's taste for chips.

When Frito Met Lay

The story of how an eccentric man who sold chicken at a gas station founded the largest chicken empire in the world and became an icon in the process.

11 Herbs and Spices

The story of how a BBQ drive-in became a worldwide phenomenon, with a logo that is now more recognizable than the holy cross, and the innovations that have driven its success and changed the way the world eats.

The Golden Arches

The story behind the biggest burger battle of all time and how one underdog flame-broiled its own path with one innovation after another.

Flame Broiled Battle

This is the story behind the largest candy company in the world, complete with family feuds, corporate espionage, and brilliant innovations that changed the world.

To the Milky Way and Beyond

The story of how the hot dog went from one of America's most feared foods to a national sensation; from wieners to whales, one ambitious man in Coney Island built an empire.

Dog Eat Dog

A pizza empire starts two brothers from Michigan, who transform pizza from a little-known dish to a national franchise.

Making the Hut

This is the shocking story of the most iconic cereal brand in the world, starting with an accidental discovery at a sanitarium, through a major rivalry, and countless innovations that changed breakfast forever.

Breaking Breakfast

How a simple dairy farm turned into one of the world's most iconic candy companies.

The Chocolate Factory

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