Contains one Royal Mix 9 1/2 ounce cellophane cookie package. The package is purple, red, white, and bronze in colour.

Contains two Romper Room Cookies tin tie packages. The package is colourful and includes pink, green, blue, brown, yellow, and white. Each package contained one pound of cookies.

Contains three Rio Chocolate Fudge Cookies boxboard packages. Each box contained 14.1 ounces of cookies. The twin pack was introduced in 1981 and a new box was introduced in August 1982.

Contains the master videocassette recording of "Revolution."

Contains one colour photograph of the original band oven before demolition. The band oven was used in the biscuit plant from June 1944 to November 1972.

Documents created or accumulated by Dare Foods Limited related to the company's guidelines, organizational structure, sales and more. Includes parts of reports, drafts of reports, press clippings, historical timelines, and office memos.

Contains three Regal Mallows cellophane biscuit packages. Each package contained 20 biscuits.

Contains one colour photograph. The photograph is an image of Doug Reeve standing beside a sign on the front lawn of the Kitchener head office that reads: "Doug Reeve you're a young looking 65 Happy Birthday."

Contains one videocassette recording of employees at the office in Quebec wishing Carl Dare a happy 75th birthday. Each of the 10 regions submitted a recorded birthday wish for Carl Dare and this is number 6 of 10. These recordings were included in a longer video birthday wish, "Mr. C.M. Dare's 75th birthday."

A copy of Dare Foods Limited's quality policy. The policy was printed on a large mat board likely for display purposes.

Contains a handwritten notebook with notes on pumps.

Photograph of a display of Dare products at a promotional event, newspaper and magazine clippings, and correspondence announcing the formation of Major Foods Limited.

File consists of the first minutes of the C.H. Doerr company. Present were C.H. Doerr, Ralph B. Doerr, Edward Doerr and H. Williams. The first motion is to read the letters patent and organize the company for the commencement of business.

Contains plan by B.C. Electric Co. Ltd., Railway Engineering Department, Proposed Spur to serve Dare Foods Ltd., Holt-Kennedy site, February 9, 1961. Includes revised plan March 22, 1961. Includes a copy of survey of Holt-Kennedy site and a Western Development and Power Limited pamphlet ca. 1960.

Contains an architectural drawing of the proposed manufacturing plant in Vancouver, British Columbia by Barnett & Rieder, architects. Plans of both the exterior and interior of the plant are included.

Contains an 11 page document proposing to expand into British Columbia and includes discussion of the market potential, production possibilities, financial opportunity, personnel, and action taken.

Contains eight colour photographs. The photographs are images of store displays and promotions in honour of the Dare Foods Limited centennial. File also includes a store sign.

Contains one colour photograph. The photograph is an image of the Professor Bear mascot shaking hands with a member of the hockey team outside a large building. The title of the photograph is also supplied in French: "Le professeur Ourson Dare félicite les gagnants de la célèbre 'Coupe Memorial' à Chicoutimi, au Québec."

Contains three signs. The signs are double-sided and include a picture of Professor Bear and his two friends on top of the Dare logo [ca. 1990]. The sign was most likely used in a store display.

Contains H 9 forms that include formulas and production notes for candies produced between 1952 and 1955.

Contains 40 colour photographs of biscuit and candy products, price lists, and product brochures. The price lists are for candy products and include weight, pack size, and list price and are attached to a product brochure.

Contains samples of boxboard, cellophane and tin tie packages, 22 colour photographs of cookie products, colour and black and white photographs of store displays, a coupon, and a brochure for Krispin rye crackers.

Contains 11 colour photographs of products, product brochures and a price list for biscuits and candy.

Contains 74 colour photographs of cookie products divided into tin tie photographs and cellophane photographs. Brochures of candy products are also included.

Contains black and white and colour photographs of biscuit products. File includes photographs of biscuits that were used on packaging, photographs of store displays, and product photographs.

File consists of photographs of various Dare products.

Contains 74 colour photographs of biscuit products. The file includes 19 photographs from a picture book, product photographs, a sign for and a clipping advertising the reusable Dare Lunch Box biscuit packaging.

File consists of product pages showing various products produced by Dare.

Product information sheets for various products including biscuits, crackers, candy, giant frostics, as well as Pepperidge Farm crackers and cookies produced by Dare Foods Limited. The sheets were likely used by sales personnel to advertise products to potential buyers. The sheets include colour images of products, product specifications, and occasionally store display options.

Product information sheets for various products including biscuits, crackers, candy, Bremner Wafers, Grissol fine breads, Loney's soups and bouillons, Robinson ice cream cones, and Breton crackers produced by Dare Foods Limited. Also includes information sheets for Dare food service. The sheets were likely used by sales personnel to advertise products to potential buyers. The sheets include colour images of products, product specifications, and occasionally store display options.

Product information sheets for various products including biscuits, cookies, crackers, candy, and super pops produced by Dare Foods Limited. The sheets were likely used by sales personnel to advertise products to potential buyers. The sheets include colour images of products, product specifications, and occasionally store display options.

Product information sheets for various products including biscuits, crackers, and candy produced by Dare Foods Limited. The sheets were likely used by sales personnel to advertise products to potential buyers. The sheets include colour images of products, product specifications, and occasionally store display options.

Contains product information sheets for cookie, candy and cracker products. The sheets include colour photographs of the products, a description of the product and its package, the package universal product code (UPC), the shipping case code, and the pack number. Letterhead, display signs, copies of the Dare Foods Limited Christmas card [ca. 1996], and an article reprinted from Fancy Food are also included.

Contains product information sheets for cookie, candy, and cracker products. The sheets include colour photographs of the products, a description of the product and its package, the package universal product code (UPC), the shipping case code, and the pack number. Many sheets are bilingual. File also includes 3 colour photographs of Breton cracker products and Bremner Biscuit Company information sheets.

Contains four sheets including Coconut Creme Cookies, Lemon Creme Cookies, Chocolate Chip Cookies, and Chocolate Fudge Cookies packaging. File also includes three copies of a poster advertising the custom products division.

Contains brochures for food service and Christmas biscuit and candy products.

Print advertisements featuring products made by Dare Foods Limited as well as articles discussing marketing and advertising strategies used by Dare Foods Limited. The articles and advertisements were featured in magazines and newsletters including including WiseCracks, Snack Food & Wholesale Bakery, Exchange, Candy Industry, All You Need is Cheese, and Canadian Packaging. Many of the advertisements and articles were clipped from the various publications.

Six print advertisements and one sticker for different varieties of Bremner wafers and crackers. The advertisements and sticker were originally housed in a presentation folder, which is included in the file.

This file also contains one memorandum written by Bryan Dare providing detailed historical information about the history of Bremner Biscuit Company, and its relationship to Dare Foods Limited.

Contains price lists for Two Cent, 5¢ and 10¢ and Specialty Items candy sold East of Lakehead, Lakehead and West, and in Newfoundland. Price lists describe products, number of pieces per box, package weight, case weight, cubic foot of case, and net price delivered to stores and warehouses. Products are listed in categories of packaging type.

A press release issued by Dare Foods Limited regarding Whippet cookies debut in stores across the United States of America. Previously, Whippet cookies were only available for purchase in Canada.

The press release was created in partnership with Carris & Associates. The press release was originally housed in a presentation folder, which is included in the file.

Contains one plaque. The plaque was presented to Dare Foods Limited by the Bank of Montreal. The plaque reads, "Presented to Dare Foods Limited to commemorate their 100th year of business, 1892-1992, Bank of Montreal," and includes the Bank of Montreal crest.

Contains one videocassette recording of the sales representative of the year presentation.

Four recipe or formula books dating from 1938 to 1942 that originally belonged to Dare Foods Limited's predecessor companies including the Paulin-Chambers Company Limited and McCormick's Limited.

The first book is identified on the spine with the word, 'Paulins.' This book contains formulas written between 1938-1939 for a few products which remain in Dare's product line, although the formulas used today are quite different, including those for Ruffles and Normandy (now spelled "Normandie").

The second book is identified on the spine with the word, 'Weston.' This book was likely used in the McCormick plant in London, Ontario, which was owned at the time by George Weston Limited. The recipes in this book were written in 1940.

The third book is identified on the spine with the words, 'English [&] Canada.' This book is likely a compilation of recipes from England and Canada written in and around 1942. Some of the recipes list a name in the top right (e.g. T. Jamieson for "Alsation" biscuits) or refer to their having been made in "King's England." Other recipes are ascribed to "McCormick," "CBF" (a reference to "Cracker Baker," possibly an industry handbook) and "McV & P" (McVitie & Price of Edinburgh, Scotland). At the end of the book there are seven pages of handwritten notes and recipes on the back of McCormick biscuit wrappers.

The fourth book is not identified on the spine however, it contains recipes for fillings, coatings and mixtures written in 1941. Fillings and coatings were applied to cookies after they were baked. Mixtures were packages of assorted biscuits, typically with a different cookie in each row.

This file also includes one memorandum written by Bryan Dare providing detailed historical information about Dare Foods Limited's predecessor companies, recipes, and manufacturing technologies referred to in the books.

Contains lease extracts, list of items for sale, pamphlet advertising auction, copy of Saratoga Products Limited financial statement, and a copy of the offer to purchase Saratoga Products Limited by Carl M. Dare and correspondence.

Contains one Pom-Pom Cremes tin tie package. The package held three dozen or more chocolate sandwich biscuits. The package is red, white, and black in colour.

Contains one Policy and Procedures Manual. The manual is divided into tabs, includes table of contents and page numbers, a memorandum, a performance evaluation sheet, and copies of other forms.

Contains documents pertaining to the Plans Cancellation Act used to cancel the lines dividing lots so that they can become one parcel in New Westminster District. Includes plan of lot, of the South West 1/4 section 31, township 2, New Westminster District and copies of the Plans Cancellation Act Summary Petition under Section 11 and Application for Registration of Fee-simple under the Land Registry Act.

A copy of Dare Foods Limited's plan of profitability accounting from September 1964, possibly prepared by J. Davis.

A copy of Dare Cookie News, volume 1, no. 1 released in 1975. The front page of this volume highlights the pinto promotion, which was launched by Dare Foods Limited in 1975. The promotion involved the give-away of seven Ford Pinto station wagons, the distribution of over 3 million coupons, in-store displays of Dare cookies and the placement of point of purchase advertising material throughout Ontario. The promotion was likely launched to encourage certain supermarket chains to relist Dare products following the strike in 1972.

This file also includes a memorandum written by Bryan Dare providing detailed historical information about the pinto promotion.

Contains an album of colour photographs. The photographs are images of the Dare Foods Limited company picnic held in honour of the company centennial on Sunday June 14, 1992 at Binegman Park in Kitchener.

Contains colour photographs and negatives. The photographs and negatives are images of the Dare Foods Limited company picnic held in honour of the company centennial on Sunday June 14, 1992 at Bingeman Park in Kitchener. File also includes invitations and registration forms.

Contains records pertaining to the reproduction of centennial picnic photographs. File includes lists of employees and the amount of money they owe for reprints, a list of the number of photographs to be reproduced, memoranda, and emails.

File consists of five photographs of employees at work in the Dare Company Limited biscuit plant in Sunnyside, Kitchener. Duplicates are present. Some photographs contain captions on verso: moving trays of cookies into/out of the reel oven; dough forming, near the entrance to the reel oven; filling tins of soda crackers; 1944 - production for Defense Dept.; behind the reel oven.

Contains 33 colour snapshots of in store displays and contest displays including water surfer, back to school, and Christmas.

Contains 73 colour snapshots of in-store displays and contest displays including Haul in the Savings, Radio Cap displays, and Norca Tube displays.

Contains 49 colour snapshots of promotional displays and includes photographs of the Fun and Safety with Fudge, and Back to School display contest winners. File also includes a photocopy of a newspaper advertisement.

Contains 26 colour photographs of products and store displays, brochures, and price sheets.

Contains 39 product and display photographs, brochures, memoranda, price sheets, copies of articles sent to sales representatives, information about promotions, for primarily candy products although biscuit and cracker products are included.

Series consists of photographs of the Dare factories in Kitchener (includes both interior and exterior shots) and photographs of Dare employees. Some photographs were accumulated by William J. Hopp.

Series consists of photographs of Dare Foods Ltd. buildings, processes, and employees.

Photographs of Dare Foods Limited’s head office, potato chip division building and employees.

Series consists of photographs and negatives of Dare employees, products, and locations. Includes photographs of Dare subsidiaries as well.

File consists of permit from the Government of Ontario allowing C.H. Doerr Candy Company to employ women and youths overtime.

Contains correspondence, formulas and pamphlets pertaining to pectin jellies.

Contains one Peanut Butter Cremes cookies 9 1/2 ounce cellophane package. The package is red, orange, bronze, white, and black in colour.

Contains Peanut Butter Chip Cookies packages. The Peanut Butter Chip Cookies were introduced in [ca. 1961] and contained both peanut butter and peanut butter chips. The package includes a photographic image of the cookies. File contains both tin tie and boxboard packages.

Contains a folder labelled A.L. Wild, Private! containing payroll journal sheets for 1956-1957. Folder includes Employee's Tax Deduction Declaration TD1 forms 1954-1957 and a payroll breakdown for the 13th period, 1958.

Contains two Party Pak two-pound tin tie packages. Party Paks contained a variety of sandwich creme cookies. The orange label packages were available in 1977.

Contains one Party Pack 9 ounce cellophane package. The package is red, pink, purple, white, and bronze in colour.

Contains two Panda Chocolate Sandwich Cookies boxboard packages. Each box contained 14.1 ounces of cookies.

Contains one Pancho Peanut Butter Creme Cookies boxboard package. The box contained 400 grams of sandwich cookies.

Contains samples of cellophane and tin tie packages, product brochures, signs, promotions and coupons, advertisements, a Dare Foods Limited corporate policy and history, and 18 colour and 13 black & white photographs of products.

Contains samples of cellophane and tin tie packages, product brochures, signs, promotions and coupons, advertisements, a Dare Foods Limited corporate policy and history, and 18 colour and 13 black & white photographs of products.

Contains one audio cassette. The audio cassette is a recording of a meeting and slide show explaining the changes in Dare product packaging which were required. As a result of the Consumer Packing and Labelling Act passed by the government on March 1, 1974, to be implemented by Dare by March 1, 1976.

Contains one issue of Packaging News 21, no. 3 (July, 1959). The magazine was published quarterly “to give ideas on packaging, merchandising and marketing, and ways in which ‘Cellophane’ and Du Pont Polyethylene film are being utilized in packaging,” by Du Pont Canada.

Series consists of packaging used for Dare biscuits.

Series consists of packaging from various Dare Foods Ltd. products.

Packaging used for various products made by Dare Foods Limited or licensed affiliates.

Contains one audio cassette recording of group 2, 7:00 p.m., recorder #2. The audio cassette was created by Western Michigan Research and is a recording of a group discussion of 12 women led by a host identified as "Fred" on the topic of packaged cookies. The women were informed that they were recorded and observed from a one-way mirror. The discussion consists of the host asking the women questions such as "What do you have at home for people to munch on?" and the women discussing their answers.

Contains one copy of the Big V Drug Stores twenty-fifth anniversary book, _Our twenty-fifth birthday, Big V Drug Stores. The book was presented to Richard Harris, District Sales Manager, Dare Foods Limited, Kitchener, by Mahlon M. Dyer, Executive Vice-President, Big V Pharmacies Co. Limited, London, Ontario. The book includes a letter presenting the book to Richard Harris from Mahlon M. Dyer.

Contains one copy of the Big V Drug Stores twentieth anniversary book, Our Twentieth Anniversary, Big V Drug Stores, 1962-1982.

Contains one videocassette recording of employees at the Ottawa office wishing Carl Dare a happy 75th birthday. Each of the 10 regions submitted a recorded birthday wish for Carl Dare and this is number 4 of 10. These recordings were included in a longer video birthday wish, "Mr. C.M. Dare's 75th birthday."

One copy of an organizational manual for Dare Foods Limited created between 1961 and 1962. The manual outlines the responsibilities and relationships of individuals within the company's management team.

Material related to the operation and history of Dare Foods Limited and its predecessors.

Contains one film reel of the Dare Foods Limited, Kitchener, Ontario, television advertisement "Opera."

Contains records pertaining to the open house and tour of the Dare Foods Limited head office and plant in Kitchener held on October 24, 1992 in honour of the centennial year of Dare Foods Limited. The file consists of descriptions of the different departments and areas in both the head office and plant, and descriptions of machinery that were used by tour guides.

Contains one videocassette recording of the Dare Foods Limited television advertisement "On Its Own." The advertisement promotes Breton crackers.

Contains one videocassette recording of the Dare Foods Limited television advertisement, "On Its Own." The advertisement promotes Breton crackers.

Contains price lists for biscuits, candy, grocery pack, Valentine candy, Easter candy, Halloween candy, Christmas candy, and ranges delivered to Lakehead and West. Price lists describe products, package weight, case weight, and net price delivered to stores and warehouses. File includes delivered store index.

Contains price lists for Valentine candy sold East of Lakehead, Lakehead and West, and in Newfoundland. Price lists record products, package weight, case weight, cubic feet per case, price per pound, and net price delivered to stores and warehouses.

Contains price lists for specialty items, special candy items, Stak-A-Jars, Foley’s Candy range, and Super Pops sold East of Lakehead, Lakehead and West, and in Newfoundland. Price lists describe package weight, case weight, cubic feet of case, and net price delivered to stores and warehouses.

Contains price lists for spring and summer marshmallow candy ranges sold East of Lakehead, Lakehead and West, and in Newfoundland. Price lists describe products, package weight, case weight, cubic feet per case, and net price delivered to stores and warehouses.

Contains price lists for cellophane packaged biscuits sold East of Lakehead, Lakehead and West, and in Newfoundland. The price lists provide a breakdown of prices per pound, kilogram, and case.

Contains price lists for marshmallow, Valentine, Easter, Halloween, Christmas, and chocolate candy ranges sold East of Lakehead, Lakehead and West, and in Newfoundland. Price lists describe products, package weight, case weight, cubic feet per case, and net price delivered to stores and warehouses.

Contains 36 colour photographs of both tin tie and cellophane biscuit packages.

Contains brochures, tin tie biscuit packages, and colour photographs of products and store displays.

Contains price lists for Dare Foods Limited penny candies and Darejubes products sold nationally, East of Lakehead, Newfoundland, and Lakehead and West. Price lists describe products, universal product code (UPC), item codes, pieces per box, net price delivered to stores.

Contains price pages for the pegtop candy range and pegtop confectionery wholesaler range. The pages list product weight, cubic feet of case, and net price of product delivered to stores.

Contains biscuit price lists for tin tie products sold East of Lakehead, Lakehead and West, and in Newfoundland and Quebec. Price lists describe products, package weight, case weight, cubic feet per case, and net price delivered to stores and warehouses.

Contains biscuit price lists for tin tie products sold East of Lakehead, Lakehead and West, and in Newfoundland and Quebec. Price lists describe products, package weight, case weight, cubic feet per case, and net price delivered to stores and warehouses.