Food - Cookies
PAINTED ROADSIDE ADVERTISEMENTS - Index of Brands
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| Tournay (Tarbes; France); VII.1998 |
Brussels (Belgium); VI.1998; pict. A. Guët |
South of Béthune (France);
V.1998; pict. A. Guët |
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| Biscuits Brossard | Chocolat
biscuits confiseries Victoria |
Biscuits Geslot-Voreux |
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In 1846, Jean-Romain LEFÈVRE and his wife Isabelle UTILE start a pastry shop in Nantes. Fourteen years later, both names were joined in the LEFÈVRE-UTILE brand name. | From about 1900 on, the initials LU
became the company's mark.
Musée de la Publicité in Paris gives more detail on the logo-history: LU - Evolution of the LU Logo |
| Paris la Chapelle (France); X.1998;
pict. A. Guët |
Paris, Rue des Poissoniers (France),
January 1999; pict. M. Guët |
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LU LU exiger (= ask for) PETIT-BEURRE Lefèvre Utile Nantes |
The cookie: straight from the box: crisp with toasted edges. |
The double LU is just visible behind the St-Raphaël layer. As far as I can see Nantes is not mentionned. |
| Mers-les-Bains (80 France); VIII.2003; pict. M.T. Weal |
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| PETIT-BEURRE exiger marque? LU LU Lefèvre Utile |
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Mantecadas y Hojaldres
Dulma - 1916 Dulces La Mallorquina Confiterias The company (already third generation of the same family) started in 1916 as a confectionery with small workplace. The company is firmly rooted in Astorga and finds inspiration in the old recipes of the region. The company's site at www.astorga.com/dulma (also in English) shows
the miracles they can do with everyday ingredients like flour, butter and eggs.
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| Fins (59, France); VI.2001; pict. A. Guët | Mâcon (France), June 2000;
pict. M. Chartier |
Limonest (RN6, France), April 2000;
pict. M. Herz |
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Biscuits Pernot
Part of a wall with a nice Vichy ad and two old Shell paintings. |
les bons
Biscuits Pernot
or Good cookies Pernot The last line Quality products probably belongs to an older layer. Notice the M on the older layer. It's a Mobylette ad. |
a horizontal
Biscuits Pernot
Only the brand name stayed. Observe the very special drawing of the B and the P on all walls. |
| Sas de Penelas (Orense, Spain), VII.1999 | Tlacochahuya (Mexico), V.2004; pict. M. Chartier |
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| Bica Pazo
Bica is a cake of the Tierra de Trivés. The dessert has its own festival A festa da Bica (or La fiesta de la Bica) at the end of July. The same region has also a Festa do Chorizo in winter. |
Gamesa ® - cookies
The precursor of Gamesa was born in 1921 when three brothers Alberto, Ignacio and Manuel Santos González buy an existing pasta and cookie business in Monterrey and name it LYSA. The business grows, takes some other companies in and in 1948 becomes the Galletera Mexicana, S.A. The brand in 1990 becomes part of the great PepsiCo family. |
| Tonnay (Charente, France); III.2001; pict. M. Chartier |
Sénarpont (76, France);
pict. J. Darry |
Sénarpont (76, France);
pict. J. Darry |
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| Biscottes Darry | Roger Darry (a name with Irish roots) was born in 1912 in the northern part of France. He started his business in Pierrecourt in 1935 and stayed there until 1968. | Then Pelletier took the company over and continued until 1983. At the time of writing (2003) the founder of the Darry brand lives retired in the south of France. |
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| Archives J. Darry
Information and pictures kindly supplied by John Darry. Plans exist to create a dedicated website. |
Archives J. Darry | Archives J. Darry |
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