Contains seven issues of The Manufacturing Confectioner, published monthly by The Manufacturing Confectioner Publishing Company, Chicago. The file consists of The Manufacturing Confectioner 34, no. 1 (January 1954), no. 6 (June 1954), and no. 12 (November 1954); 35, no. 5 (May 1955), and no. 8 (August 1955). The file also contains The Manufacturing Confectioner jointly published with International Confectioner 36, no. 3 (March 1956) and 37, no. 4 (April 1957). Includes articles and advertisements on packaging, equipment, advertising techniques, formulas, retail, and products.

Contains correspondence between Ronald L. Panton of The Spooner Machinery Company Limited and Jack Russell and C.M. Dare regarding the purchase of a Sandvik Steel Band Oven with Terminal Length for biscuit manufacturing. File includes price listing, specifications, tender, and 5 sheets of technical drawings of the biscuit plant, biscuit oven, and zone control cubicle.

Contains correspondence inviting C.M. Dare on a European tour of biscuit factories, regarding chocolate mould, and regarding Spooner machinery. File also includes advertisements in English and German from Alex Groot of Alex Groot Reg’d, an importer of and manufacturers’ agent for machinery and equipment used in chocolate, confectionary, biscuit and bakery industries. A recipe for the manufacturing of milk and dark chocolates as per sample “Holsatia” from Alex Groot is also included.

Contains material relating to the financial situation and sale of Sunbeam Shoes Limited. File consists of correspondence, shareholders' meeting agenda, accounts, and production forecast.

Contains documents pertaining to the sale of shares of The Almer Company Limited, owner of 99% of shares of Sunbeam, from Dare Foods Limited. File includes the agenda, agreements, Certificates of Status, Certificates of Incumbency, other certificates, resolutions, resignations, guarantees, correspondence, debenture, affidavit, financing statement, minutes, cheques, promissory notes, and share certificates.

Contains one Dare's Sweet Cream Sodas boxboard package. The box is yellow with black, orange and red colourings. The box contained a net weight of six ounces of sweet cream sodas, salted. The sodas were made by The Dare Company Limited. The box was used to hold cookie cutters.

Contains one Dare's Delicious boxboard package for biscuits. The box held 14 biscuits or more.

Contains one Dare's Cocoanut Cremes boxboard package. The box is yellow with red writing and contained seven ounces or more of biscuits.

Contains one Carolinas cellophane package. The package contained 40 biscuits.

Contains Cookie Jar packages. The Cookie Jar was a 32 ounce or 17.6 ounce package containing 4, 6 or 8 varieties of assorted cookies.

Contains 14 Chocolate Chip Cookies tin tie packages. File includes 8 ounce, 14.1 ounce, 16 ounce, and 32 ounce packages.

Contains one Florida Cremes cellophane package. The package contained 35 lemon and orange flavoured biscuits. The writing on the package is in orange, yellow, white and bronze.

Contains one Swirls cellophane package. Swirls were lemon flavoured biscuits. The package contained one pound of biscuits.

Contains two Chocoroons cellophane packages. Chocoroons were coconut and chocolate chip biscuits. Each package contained 24 biscuits.

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

Contains eight Sugar Cookies tin tie packages. The packages contained 8, 10, 15, and 15 1/4 ounce of cookies.

Contains two Jelly Sponge cellophane packages. The [ca. 1960] package contained one pound of biscuits. The [ca. 197-] package contained 13 ounces of biscuits.

Contains two Lemon Chiffon cookie packages. The [ca. 1960] package is a cellophane package. The [ca. 1976] is a tin tie package that contained 15.9 ounces of cookies.

Contains two Canadian Teas cellophane packages. Each package includes an ingredient list and contained one pound or 48 biscuits.

Contains one Country Assortment tin tie package. The Country Assortment package contained one pound of plain and sandwich cookies.

Contains one Grannie Cookies tin tie package. Grannie cookies were made with currants. The package contained 15 ounces of cookies.

Contains one King Size 1 1/4 pound cellophane package. The package is purple, red, bronze, and white in colour.

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 three Maple Walnut Cookies packages. Each package contained 13 ounces of cookies.

Contains two Chalet Cremes tin tie packages. Each package contained 16 ounces of creme topped cookies.

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 six Cabaret boxboard packages. Included are two Cabaret 7 ounce boxes from [ca. 1982], one Cabaret 7 ounce box from [ca. 1990], and three Cabaret 4.6 ounce boxes from 1998.

Contains two Harvest from the Rain Forest Cookies tin tie packages. The Harvest from the Rain Forest Cookies contained cashews and brazil nuts. Each package contained 10.6 ounces of cookies.

Contains three Simple Pleasures Ginger Spice boxboard packages. Each box contained 12.3 ounces of cookies.

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.

Contains candy and cookie product brochures, and 10 colour photographs of cookie products.

Contains four tin tie biscuit packages. Includes Nut Supreme Hazelnut & Chocolate Chip Cookies, Oatmeal Supreme Cookies, Tea Tyme Cookies, and Brown Sugar Home Style Cookies. The packages range in size from 14.1 to 16 ounces.

Contains four tin tie biscuit packages. Includes Apple Strudel Cookies, Cartwheels Cookies, Grannie Cookies, and Shortbread Cookies. Packages range in size from 14 to 16 ounces. The Apple Strudel package has a note on it stating that the product was discontinued in 1980.

Holiday candy and seasonal brochures, and six colour photographs of store displays. Also included are six colour photographs advertising the new Dare tote bag and popular recloseable fan-top bag, and a price list for Halloween candy from 1970.

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 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.

Consists of promotions aimed at rewarding sales personnel. File contains memoranda and announcements advertising sales promotions for sales personnel. The most outstanding sales person was awarded an all expenses paid vacation. File also includes a program for the Dare Christmas Party at Leisure Lodge in 1960.

Contains one sales manual separated by the following dividers:

• Introduction,
• Product Knowledge,
• Communications,
• Policies,
• Procedures,
• Account Classification,
• Merchandising,
• Selling Aids,
• Dare Selling Formula,
• Sales Promotion Information,
• Selling Seasonal Products,
• Distribution,
• Cars,
• Territory Management, and
• The Ultimate Goal.

Contains one Standard Procedure Manual, Branch Warehouse. The manual includes many procedures and is divided into the following tabs:

• Branch Weekly Report Procedure,
• Branch Ordering Procedure,
• Freight Allowance Procedure,
• Branch Warehouse Safety Procedure,
• Code Date Control Procedure,
• Finished Product Protection Procedure,
• Warehouse Sanitation Procedure,
• Vehicle Sanitation Procedure,
• Vehicle Security Procedure,
• Warehouse Security Procedure,
• Purchasing Policy, Purchasing Procedure,
• Capital Expenditure Procedure,
• Personnel Procedure,
• Hiring Procedure - Hourly Employees,
• Direct Route Sales Procedure,
• Position Descriptions.

The manuals were used by warehouse staff who reported to regional and district sales managers. Several procedures are missing.

Contains one Food Service Division sales manual revised January 15, 1988. The manual contains three tabs: Policies, Price Pages, and Promotions. However, there are records only in the Policies section. The manual includes 16 sales policies for Food Service or Foodservice personnel and customers.

Contains one sales manager's policy and procedures manual. The manual includes policies and forms and is divided by tabs.

Contains planning records documenting the National Sales Meeting in Banff, 1989. The file consists of records divided by the following tabs: Overall Costs, Rooms, Flights, Ground Transport, Meals, Recreation, Meetings, and Distribution. However, the Meals, Rooms, and Distribution tabs do not contain any documents. File includes several notes of gratitude from sales employees. These records belonged to "Gary."

Contains planning records for the National Sales Meeting in Banff. File is divided by the following tabs: Overall Costs, Rooms, Flights, Transport, Meals, Recreation, Meetings, and Entertainment. Correspondence, memoranda, faxes, lists of flights and travel arrangements, lists of activities and participants, agendas, and copies of speeches and award presentations are also included. These records belonged to "Lyn."

Contains one scrapbook style photograph album documenting the National Sales Meeting held in Banff, 1989. The album includes copies of correspondence and 82 colour snapshots of Dare Foods Limited employees participating in conference activities, meals, and receptions.

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

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 photographs and explanations of winning and honourable mention displays from all regions, memoranda and advertisement to all Dare sales personnel advertising the contest, and photographs of a party. Winning sales personnel were awarded a trip to San Francisco.

Consists of one audio reel. A business card is enclosed in the reel box for Norm Taylor, Local Sales Manager of 1280 CHIQ Radio, Hamilton, Ontario.

Contains one audio reel of an audition for CHNO Sudbury, Ontario, sponsored by Dare Foods Limited.

Contains one videocassette recording of Dare Foods Limited television commercials "Tree House," "Meadow," "Hansel & Gretel," and "Ingredient." All the commercials were produced in 1966 except for "Ingredient" which was produced in 1977.

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.

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

Includes one videocassette recording of the Dare Foods Limited television advertisement "Dare Bears."

Contains one videocassette of Keebler television advertisements. The videocassette includes two advertisements both 60 seconds each in length.

Contains one videocassette of Dare Foods Limited television advertisements. The videocassette includes six spots “Reporter,” “Say When,” Brussells,” “Party is Tomorrow,” “Elfin Loaves,” and “Man up at Night.”

Contains one videocassette recording of the Dare Foods Limited television advertisement "Black Forest Belmont." The videocassette consists of 8 spots, each 15 seconds in length. There are five advertisements in English and three in French.

Contains one videocassette recording of the Dare Foods Limited television advertisement "Anything Goes." The videocassette contains two versions of "Anything Goes."

Contains one videocassette recording of Dare Foods Limited promotional material for the XVIIth Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, February 12 to 27, 1994.

Contains one videocassette recording of the Dare Foods Limited television advertisement "Soft Spot." The advertisement promotes Real Fruit Gummies.

Contains one videocassette recording of the Dare Foods Limited television advertisement for Breton crackers used in Japan. The Breton cracker product was under license as "Moringa Digestives." The advertisement played off the popularity in Japan of Anne of Green Gables.

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 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 price lists for speciality candy items and products including Golden Brittle, Super Pops, bulk Sweet N’ Lite sold East of Lakehead, Lakehead and West, in Ontario, and Newfoundland. Price lists describe products, package weight, case weight, cubic feet of case, and net price delivered to stores and warehouses. Products are listed in categories of packaging type.

Contains price lists for Easter candy sold East of Lakehead, Lakehead and West, in Newfoundland. Price lists describe products, package weight, case weight, cubic foot of case, and net price delivered to stores and warehouses. Products are listed in categories of packaging type.

Photograph of employees and a horse drawn delivery sleigh, stacked with boxes, outside of the C.H. Doerr & Co. Biscuit & Confectionery Works buildings.

Photograph of the exterior of the C.H. Doerr & Co. Confectionery Works building. A man in a suit and hat is standing in the front doorway and a driver is visible standing on a horse drawn cart piled with boxes at the side of the building.

Photograph of John Doerr sitting in the driver's seat of the Doerr's Candies delivery car in front of The Gettas Restaurant on May 1, 1916.

Photograph of C.H. Doerr sitting at his desk, legs crossed and a piece of paper in hand. Dressed in a suit and tie, he is posed looking off camera.

Contains nine colour photographs, two colour slides, a list of the people and their positions in a photograph of the delegates to the first annual sales convention in 1948, a letter and story written by Orpha Kinzie, a copy of the song "King of the Shelf" written by Roy K. Downey and Tom Willoughby, a copy of the score for the song "Dare Cookies" written by Greg Adams and Peter Proudman and Eric Robertson. The photographs and negatives are images of the filming of a television commercial, biscuit products, store displays and the advertisement for the 1976 Pinto contest. The negatives are images of a staff convention.

Contains two black and white photographs of Dare's biscuit displays. File also includes a clipping of The Dare Company Limited, Dare's Biscuits letterhead, 1957.

Contains one black and white photograph. The photograph is an image of the exterior of the Silver Tip Warehouse in Moncton, New Brunswick.

Contains two colour photographs of the Montreal sales meeting and party. One photograph is an image of Don Hamilton, winner of the coloured television set, at the party.

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.

Contains 20 colour slides. The slides are images of Ontario store logos including A&P, No Frills, National Grocers, LOEB IGA, Knechtel, Shoppers Drug Mart, Mr. Grocer, Zehrs, Food City, Dominion, Mann's EMA Foods, IGA Foods, and Loblaws.

Contains two black and white photographs of the Dare Foods candy division plant in Hamilton.

Contains two colour photographs and 25 negatives. The photographs and negatives are images of a staff banquet.

Contains 18 colour slides. The slides are images of staff at special events. A slide of the exterior of a building, and a slide of a Dare Bears Back to School promotional sign are also included. Several of the slides are labelled.

Contains 61 colour photographs of store and contest displays.

Contains eight colour slides. The slides are images of staff, staff at the national sales meeting in Banff, a store display of Sun-Maid raisin cookies that was entered into a contest, and the exterior of a Sobeys store.

Contains two colour photographs. The photographs are images of the exterior of London Drugs in St. Albert, Alberta.

Contains 14 colour negatives. The negatives are images of the exterior and back of a manufacturing plant. A Dare Foods Limited truck is parked at a loading dock. One negative is an image of a rock.

Contains seven colour photographs. The photographs are images of people presenting and accepting awards at a banquet.

Contains three colour photographs. The photographs are images of two men receiving awards and a man receiving a cake.

Contains one colour slide. The slide is an image of Bob Wilson, Oliver Luckhart and Graham Dare.

Contains 19 colour negatives. The negatives are images of a baseball game and a staff meeting.

Contains one colour photograph of the Toronto Plant Golden Bear Award. The award was presented to the plant for outstanding performance in quality, productivity, sanitation and house keeping. In 1991 the Toronto plant received the award for 2nd quarter best budget performance, best overall performance in the 3rd quarter, best overall performance in the 4th quarter, and plant of the year.

Contains two colour negatives and a slide of two men at a special Dare Foods Limited event.

Contains 21 colour slides. The slides are images of the 2nd shift staff at the Kitchener plant in the plant and at meetings.

Contains one black and white photograph and one colour slide. The slide and photographs are copies of the C.H. Doerr & Co. Biscuit & Confectionery Works photograph dated 1892, however, the name "Doerr" has been edited on the photograph to "Dare."

Contains two black and white photographs. The photographs are enlargements of the C.H. Doerr & Co. Biscuit & Confectionery Works photograph dated 1892, however, the name "Doerr" has been edited on the photograph to "Dare."

Contains one colour slide. The slide is an image of the mailing label on a wooden box that reads "C.H. Doerr & Co., Wholesale Manufacturers of Biscuits and Confectionery, Berlin, Ontario." The label is damaged.

Contains 14 colour slides. The slides are images of Quebec in their offices and at social functions.

A pin created by Dare Foods Limited in celebration of the company's centennial anniversary in 1992. The pin features the company's centennial logo used in 1992 which includes Professor Bear of the Dare Bears.

An analog clock with roman numerals on the clock face and the following engraving: Girl Guides of Canada / Dare / Partners in Success / Bryan Dare. Also includes a built-in photograph frame that holds one 5" x 7" picture. The clock and photograph frame feature a hinge-open design so that the piece could sit on a desktop or similar flat surface.

In 2002, Dare Foods Limited was chosen as the executive supplier of cookies for the Girl Guides of Canada. It is likely that the clock and photograph frame were created to commemorate this new partnership.

Contains two colour photographs of Professor Bear. The first photograph is an image of Professor Bear and the Nestle Quick Bear standing beside the CKCO TV, CFCA FM, CKKW AM sign on King Street in Kitchener across from the Grand River Hospital. The second photograph is an image of Professor Bear standing beside the Cambridge Memorial Hospital sign.

Contains 27 colour photographs. The photographs are images of staff socializing and eating at the Kitchener plant annual staff BBQ.

Contains three colour photographs. The photographs are images of Dare Foods Limited staff at an event at the Chateau Montebello.