Orville Redenbacher Quotations

The quality sold in the amusement business did not measure up, and that is how we got into the package business with our superior product.

Most of the competition was into bulk popcorn because of the major increases in the Drive-In Theatre Outlets.

The cobs were delivered to a big pile. We were one of the first to feed corn cobs to cattle.

It proved easier to buy the farm to get the mineral rights than to buy the coal rights alone.

We dried continuously day and night. We had no efficient way to do it, so we built this new popcorn plant.

I had popcorn all over the place, so I decided I might as well be in the Processing Business.

I moved to Princeton, Indiana, and became a professional Farm Manager for that Princeton Farms.

It was necessary to have an even depth of corn on the top compared to the sides, so the air would not take the easiest route and not evenly dry the stored corn.

In the Depression we had to divert corn acreage.

We got to know the competition very well. In the '50s popcorn made a big growth in sales. Our main push was to produce the best quality and sell in quality retail outlets.