30 April 2007

Lance, Inc. in Pensacola, Florida

If you're familiar with the munchies named Toastchee, Cheese on Nipchee, and Captain's Wafers, Lance has undoubtedly helped you fend off a snack attack. Headquartered in Charlotte, NC, the company produces single-serve, multi-pack, and family-sized packages of bakery products and sweet and savory snack foods, including cookies, crackers, nuts, and potato chips. Its products are sold primarily under the Lance, Cape Cod, and Tom's brand names in convenience stores, supermarkets, club superstores, drugstores, restaurants, schools, hospitals, cafes, recreational outlets and vending machines. Lance also produces private-label and branded-label snacks for other manufacturers.

Philip Lance entered the snack food industry with the innovative concept of delivering fresh snacks in convenient single-serve packages in 1913. Originally Lance Packing Co. the name was changed to Lance, Inc. in 1939. Today, the descendants of founder Philip Lance own approximately 23% of Lance.

David H. Jones, Jr. worked as a Lance Salesman for 35 years, from 1947-1982, in Pensacola, FL. His logs show that he serviced most area businesses, including ?.