Contains two Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies tin tie packages. Each package contained 13 ounces of cookies.

Contains two Best-o-bics cellophane packages. The packages contained 13 and 15 ounces of assorted cookies.

Contains three Chocolate Nut Cookies tin tie packages. The package contained 15 1/4 ounces of cookies.

Contains five and eight ounce tin tie biscuit packages. Includes Peanut Butter Chip Cookies, Fudge Chip Cookies, Chocolate Chip Cookies, Sugar Cookies and French Cremes Cookies.

Contains four tin tie biscuit packages. Includes Fudge Chip Cookies, Malted Milk Creme Cookies, Chocolate Nut Cookies, and Peanut Crunch Cookies. The packages range in size from 15 to 16 ounces.

Series consists of price pages for biscuits and candy products. Price pages list products, product code number, universal product code (UPC), item code number, package weight, case weight, cubic feet per case, net price delivered to stores and warehouses, and were used by sales personnel. The lists are organized chronologically and then by region: Lakehead and West, East of Lakehead, Newfoundland, and Quebec. New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island regions are also included.

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 two colour photographs and 12 negatives. The photographs and negatives are staff in their offices at the Kitchener head office.

Four large buttons featuring the "cookie jar" logo, used by Dare Foods Limited in the 1970's and 1980's. Also includes seven buttons featuring a logo similar to the cartouche logo used by Dare Foods Limited in the 1990's. However, the logo featured on these buttons noticeably includes a distinct gold or yellow outline and bears some resemblance to the current shield logo that was introduced by Dare Foods Limited in 2004.

Contains one audio reel. The audio reel was recorded at 9:30.

File consists of financial statement for Dare Foods Limited and its subsidiary company Dare Foods (Candy Division) Limited and Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Limited for the year 1970 prepared by Thorne, Gunn, Helliwell & Christenson.

A signature plate with a single signature used for cheque signing. The signature is for Dare.

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.

Contains 44 colour photographs of cookie products, and samples of tin tie packages.

Contains one film reel that includes Dare Foods Limited television advertisements "Farm," "Treasure Island," "Alice and Wonderland," and "Dare Dans L'Air."

Contains 71 colour photographs documenting the production of the Dare Foods Limited television advertisement "Alice in Wonderland."

Contains four colour photographs documenting the production of the Dare Foods Limited television advertisement "Treasure Island."

Contains three colour photographs. The photographs are images of two men standing in front of a biscuit display, a man shaking C.M. Dare's hand at an awards ceremony, and three people standing in front of a rock decorated with aboriginal art in Australia.

Contains two black and white photographs. The photographs are images of new GMC Dare delivery trucks.

Contains one film reel that includes Dare Foods Limited television advertisements "Chocolate Chip," and "Variety." The reel includes four versions of "Chocolate Chip" and three versions of "Variety." Each version is either 30 or 60 seconds each in length. A note inside the original film canister lists Reef, "Celebration Bathroom." Two versions of "Celebration Bathroom" are listed one 30 seconds and the other 60 seconds in length.

File consists of an agreement of purchase and sale between Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Limited and Dare Fooods Limited.

File consists of financial statement for Dare Foods Limited and its subsidiary company Dare Foods (Candy Division) Limited and Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Limited for the year 1971 prepared by Thorne, Gunn, Helliwell & Christenson.

Contains material relating to the joint purchase of Dairy Maid Chocolates Limited by Dare Foods Limited and Dare Foods (Candy Division) Limited. File includes legal agreements, accounts, bill of sale, correspondence, memoranda, lists of equipment, copies of the joint offer by Dare Foods Limited and Dare Foods (Candy Division) Limited to the shareholders of Dairy Maid Chocolates Limited.

Contains copies of candy formulas from May 1972.

Contains correspondence relating to the purchase of Dairy Maid Chocolates Limited by Dare Foods Limited including the contract between Dairy Maid Chocolates Limited and St. Lawrence Sugar. File includes correspondence between William M. Thom, Executive Vice-President, Dare Foods Limited, and lawyers, accountants and St. Lawrence Sugar. File also includes two tax assessments as per company estimate and a remittance form and a list of equipment.

Contains material relating to Dairy Maid Chocolates plant, Toronto. Includes a short list of staff, notes on plant visit, production, and machinery and includes two floor plans.

File consists of material relating to the 1972 strike at the Dare Foods Limited biscuit plant in Kitchener, including the return of employees to work after the strike and the court case between the company and several employees regarding a breach of injunction. Includes newspaper clippings, internal and external correspondence and memoranda, notices and press releases from the company, a notice of motion and the decision regarding the court case (photocopies), photographs, reports and data on the numbers of employees returned to work, etc.

File consists of materials created and accumulated by Dare relating to the strike of 1972-1974. Includes primarily clippings, as well as handbills posted to employees, one item of correspondence to employees, a press release, a poster requesting support for Dare, a Christmas poster, and a recipe sheet with home recipes for Dare products.

Press clippings, correspondence and legal documents accumulated by Dare Foods Limited during the course of the 1972 strike.

File consists of financial statement for Dare Foods Limited and its subsidiary company Dare Foods (Candy Division) Limited for the year 1972 prepared by Thorne, Gunn & Co. Manuscipt note on cover reads "NB: Not the combined statements; therefore not complete. Use last year columns on the 1973 consolidated statement."

File consists of materials created and accumulated by Dare Foods during the course of the 1972 strike. Note that materials in this file are restricted.

File consists of clippings documenting the 1972 strike at Dare Foods.

Contains correspondence sent to John Worthington from Separator Engineering Ltd., Scarboro, regarding a candy moulding starch drying operation.

Contains correspondence relating to the purchase of Dairy Maid Chocolates Limited by Dare Foods Limited including the contract between Dairy Maid Chocolates Limited and St. Lawrence Sugar. File includes correspondence between William M. Thom, Executive Vice-President, Dare Foods Limited, and lawyers, accountants and St. Lawrence Sugar. Includes copies of contracts, accounts, and correspondence relating to employees.

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.

Contains price lists for grocery packs, Family Pack, peg top, fantop, bulk, penny goods, and pre-priced licorice candy 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.

File consists of financial statement for Dare Foods Limited and its subsidiary company Dare Foods (Candy Division) Limited and Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Limited for the year 1973 prepared by Thorne, Gunn & Co.

File consists of one photocopy from Ontario Reports 1973 Vol.1 of the case proceedings of Dare v. Gill et al. that followed the 1972 strike.

File consists of one photograph of Dare employees Larry Dietz and Bev Dean.

Contains Halloween 1974 Production Schedule, 1974 Christmas Production forecast, Non production employees salaried February 28, 1975.

Contains the Analysis of marketing and sales department by G. M. Brock, November 11, 1974, copy three of three. The report has an index and is divided into the following tabs: Organization Chart, Control, Delegation of Authority, Communication in the Marketing Department, Attitudes of Key Individuals, Surrey Operation, Organizational Strengths, Organization Objectives, Recommendations on Organizational Changes, Evaluation of Human Resources, Appendix 1 – Existing Job Descriptions, Appendix 2 – Draft Job Descriptions, Appendix 3 – Objectives, and Standards of Performance in Marketing Management.

Contains price lists for biscuits, tin tie and bulk products sold East of Lakehead, Lakehead and West. Price lists describe products, package weight, case weight, cubic feet per case, and net price delivered to stores.

File consists of financial statement for Dare Foods Limited and its subsidiary company Dare Foods (Candy Division) Limited and Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Limited for the year 1974 prepared by Thorne, Riddell & Co.

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 production forms for ju-jubes approved January 1, 1975. Includes formula and procedure for mixing.

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 one colour photograph of three Dare staff standing in front of a display of Dare products. The display appears to be at an exhibition.

Contains one issue of Dare Cookie News 1, no. 1 (summer 1975).

Contains notes including an index on regular lines made on the Mogul, and includes formulas.

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 10 colour slides. The slides are images of staff sitting at their desks at the Kitchener head office. One slide is an image of two cars parked outside the head office.

File consists of supplementary letters patent to Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Limited confirming the alteration of capital provided by the corporation's by-law no. 11. File also includes by-law no. 11 and a copy of a letter to the Minister of Consumer and Corporate Affairs in Ottawa from Thorne Riddell & Co., chartered accountants, regarding the by-law.

File consists of a comparative financial study of 11 biscuit companies, including Dare.

File consists of financial statement for Dare Foods Limited and its subsidiary company Dare Foods (Candy Division) Limited and Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Limited for the year 1975 prepared by Thorne, Riddell & Co.

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 six Chocolate Fudge Cookies tin tie packages. The packages contained 16 and 32 ounces of chocolate sandwich cookies.

Series consists of two issues of Dare Cookie News, the Dare Foods Limited internal newspaper publication on cookies.

File consists of a certificate of continuance and the articles of continuance for Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Limited, under the Canada Business Corporations Act.

File consists of one photograph of a display of 200 cases of Dare cookies at Steinburgs in Montreal.

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 an estimate for the cost of a biscuit oven for the Kitchener plant. The estimate was prepared by Canadian Baker Perkins Limited.

Contains one Tea Tyme Cookies tin tie package. The package contained 15 ounces of cookies.

Contains one Digestive Biscuits tin tie package. The package contained one pound of cookies.

Contains one Country Cookies tin tie package. The package contained 14.1 ounces of four cookie varieties.

Contains samples of cookie tin tie packages.

Contains candy and biscuit brochures. The brochures were originally in a binder and are separated by two dividers.

Contains price lists for Bake Shoppe, Bake Shoppe bulk, and bulk cookies sold East of Lakehead, Lakehead and West, in Quebec and Newfoundland. Price lists describe products, package count, case weight, and net price delivered to stores and warehouses.

Contains one audio cassette. The audio cassette contains French Pack Road Show (Folies Brock) in French. The other side contains an explanation of the new logo and biscuit packaging design in 1975. The explanation appears to have accompanied a slide show.

Contains one double-sided sign. The sign is red and white and is in the shape of the Dare logo [ca. 1976]. The sign was most likely used in a store display.

Series consists of one issue of Dare Candy News 1, no. 1 (spring 1976), the Dare Foods Limited internal newspaper publication on candy.

Consists of one issue of Dare Candy News 1, no. 1 (spring 1976).

File consists of financial statement for Dare Foods Limited and its subsidiary company Dare Foods (Candy Division) Limited and Dare Foods (Biscuit Division) Limited for the year 1976 prepared by Thorne, Riddell & Co.

Contains four Maple Leaf Creme Cookies tin tie packages. Includes 12.3, 14 and 16 ounce packages.

Contains two Lunchtime Cookies tin tie packages. Each Lunchtime Cookies package contained 32 ounces of assorted home-style cookies.

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.

Series consists of signs that were used in store displays.

Contains one issue of Dare Cookie News 2, no. 1 (spring 1976).

Contains one double-sided sign. The sign is red and white and is in the shape of the Dare logo [ca. 1976]. The sign was most likely used in a store display.

File consists of eight photographs of a banquet given in honour of Rhea [unknown last name].

Contains three Cookie Tyme cellophane packages. Each package contained one pound of sandwich creme cookies.

Contains one Swiss Creme Cookies tin tie package. The package contained one pound of cookies. Swiss Creme Cookies were discontinued in 1979.

Contains one Almond Crisp Cookies tin tie package. The package contained 13 ounces of cookies.

Contains four Cinnamon Danish Cookies packages. Each tin tie package contained one pound of cookies. Each boxboard package contained 14.1 ounces of cookies.

Contains one videocassette that consists of television advertisements. The videocassette includes the following 12 spots: "Dare Devils," "Time Out,” “Ingredient,” “Dare Delicious,” “Opera,” “Jason,” “Tough Boss,” “Lost Boy,” “Dad’s Cookies,” and “Peak Freen.” The advertisements were produced between 1976-1979 and 1982.

Contains 22 colour slides. The slides are images of staff at an awards ceremony, interior of a plant, groups of staff, staff at the Christmas luncheon, store displays, store logos, the exterior of the Surrey plant, the Dare Bears van.

Contains five Coconut Creme Cookies packages. Includes 14.1 and 14.5 ounce tin tie packages and 14.1 and 15.9 ounce boxboard boxes.

Contains typewritten lists of packaging editions including dates, and samples of packaging.

Contains two Maple Leaf Cremes cellophane, one Maple Leaf Creme Cookies tin tie, and one Maple Sugar Creme tin tie packages. The [ca. 1961] package contained one pound or 28 biscuits and is orange, bronze and white in colour. The [1977] package contained eight-and-a-half ounces and is red, white, brown, and bronze in colour. File also contains a Maple Sugar Creme cookie tin tie package that contained one pound of cookies. The Maple Sugar Creme packages preceeded the Maple Leaf Creme packages and also contained one pound of cookies.

Contains price pages for fantop candy range sold East of Lakehead, Lakehead and West, and in Newfoundland. Price lists describe product weight, size, and net price delivered to stores.

Contains price lists for bulk, pegtop, fantop candy ranges and confectionery wholesaler range sold East of Lakehead, Lakehead and West, and in Newfoundland. Price lists describe product weight, and a breakdown of net price delivered to stores per kilogram, per case, and per approximate pound.

Contains a ledger with “Kambly” written in the front. Ledger contains 1st to 10th period accounting, and accounts receivable.

Contains one colour poster advertising Dare Foods Limited schoolhouse promotion. The promotion consisted of customers filling out ballots to win a free cardboard schoolhouse playhouse for children.

Contains one film reel of Dare Foods Limited television advertisements. The film consists of two identical versions of "Dare Delicious," [EN] and two identical versions of "Opera," [FR]. Each film is 30 seconds in length and features white actors.

The Dare Delicious films feature a jingle with the same name. They include shots of children eating and stacking towers of cookies, hands taking cookies off of a serving plate, a tuba player, and a butler holding a plate of cookies. The films end with a child taking a bite of a cookie and stating: "Dare delicious."

The Opera films feature a French version of the Dare Delicious jingle. They include an opera starring two children singing as another child, dressed as a villain in a cape and hat, tries to steal cookies being watched by an audience eating Dare cookies. The films end with the child actors smiling at the camera and stating: "Les bons gagnent tout le temps."

Contains one film reel of the Dare Foods Limited television advertisement "Dare Delicious."

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 product brochures, posters, advertisements, and promotions for candy products. Includes three colour photographs.

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

Contains one film reel of the Dare Foods Limited television advertisement "Ingredients."

Contains price lists for nickel candy and penny goods sold East of Lakehead, Lakehead and West, and in Newfoundland. Price lists describe products, case weight, cubic feet per case, and net price delivered to wholesalers' 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.