However, traditional face-to-face gatherings have been threatened by the cultural shift of what constitutes 'social time.' Kingsford addressed this cultural shift by highlighting the social benefits ...
When Ford closed the auto plant in 1951, a group of local businessmen purchased the chemical plant and renamed it Kingsford Charcoal. It continued operation in Kingsford until 1961 and is now a ...
Yet Ford Co. would shut down that plant in 1951, with Kingsford Chemical Co. — which took over production of the famous charcoal briquettes ... remain “somewhat blue collar” in the ...