Orville Redenbacher Quotes

"Most of the competition was into bulk popcorn because of the major increases in the Drive-In Theatre Outlets."
- Orville Redenbacher
(Related: Competition, Theatre)

"We made more money feeding molasses, urea, and corn cobs to cattle than we ever did feeding dent corn."
- Orville Redenbacher
(Related: Money)

"We got to know the competition very well. In the '50s popcorn made a big growth in sales. Our main push was to produce the best quality and sell in quality retail outlets."
- Orville Redenbacher
(Related: Quality, Growth, Competition, Sales)

"We dried continuously day and night. We had no efficient way to do it, so we built this new popcorn plant."
- Orville Redenbacher
(Related: Day, Night)

"In the Depression we had to divert corn acreage."
- Orville Redenbacher
(Related: Depression)

"I opened an office in Terre Haute, established eight of them, and became one of the eight county agents."
- Orville Redenbacher
(Related: Office)

"I moved to Princeton, Indiana, and became a professional Farm Manager for that Princeton Farms."
- Orville Redenbacher
(Related: Manager)

"I had popcorn all over the place, so I decided I might as well be in the Processing Business."
- Orville Redenbacher
(Related: Business)

"Every once in a while, someone will mail me a single popcorn kernel that didn't pop. I'll get out a fresh kernel, tape it to a piece of paper and mail it back to them."
- Orville Redenbacher
(Related: Mail, Will)

"It proved easier to buy the farm to get the mineral rights than to buy the coal rights alone."
- Orville Redenbacher
(Related: Rights)

"The cobs were delivered to a big pile. We were one of the first to feed corn cobs to cattle."
- Orville Redenbacher
(Related: First)