In 1937 at age forty, Margaret Rudkin began this business in her kitchen.
Pepperidge Farm
Campbell Soup
Betty Crocker
Del Monte
Pepperidge Farm. Looking for ways to raise money after her husband was injured and unable to work for six months, Rudkin began baking and selling bread that was free of additives. In 1960, with annual sales of $32 million, Rudkin and her husband sold Pepperidge Farm to Campbell Soup.