How did Smucker's get started?

Answer by  CEEFORINA (784)

In 1897, in Orrville, Ohio, Jerome Monroe Smucker began a pressed cider business. Later, he branched out into prepared apple butter,sold from the back of a horse-drawn wagon.

Answer by  LaTriciaCharles (7)

In 1897 Jerome Monroe Smucker first pressed cider at a mill he opened These apple were the fruit of the trees that was planted by Mr John Chapman 19th century.

Answer by  esquibelly (24)

As time tells us, recipes are invented everyday. Someone puts 2 or more ingredients together, tries it, likes it, and shares. When the sharing becomes so popular, word of mouth spreads like wildfire. The originator gets the idea to sell a product. The demand grows. And thus legends like Smucker's are born.

Answer by  kph0329 (637)

Jerome Monroe Smucker began the company in 1897, in Orrville, Ohio. Smucker purchased a cider mill and began pressing apples to make apple butter, and the rest is history.