Betty Cronin, Swanson’s bacteriologist, helped the meals succeed with her research into how to heat the meat and vegetables at the same time while killing food-borne germs. “Eating off a tray ...

In the fall of 1953, the frozen-food company of C.A. Swanson & Sons of Omaha, Nebraska, was left with what must be a record in turkey leftovers: ten railroad cars packed with 520,000 pounds of turkey.

"You can make a really good full meal using frozen products out of components in a way that saves time without sacrificing health." Back in 1954, when the Swanson TV dinner was first sold in ...

But the family sold Swanson-branded food products to Campbell's in 1955. Details about how much Patricia Swanson inherited have not been made public. In late March 2021, social media users shared ...

The illustrator Koren Shadmi chronicles the half-baked history of the once beloved Swanson meal-in-a-tray. Text and Illustrations by Koren Shadmi Sara Bonisteel contributed reporting. Follow New ...

Swanson's original TV dinner has become an iconic image of Americana. Gravy-covered slices of turkey sat on a bed of cornbread dressing (or is it stuffing?) in a partitioned aluminum tray, sides ...