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Carla Vernón
Carla Vernón () is an American businesswoman. She is the chief executive officer (CEO) of The Honest Company. She previously held executive positions at Amazon and was General Mills division president of Natural and Organic Foods. Early life and education Vernón's father immigrated from Panama to New Orleans, Louisiana in 1958. Her mother, Cynthia, is a graduate of Xavier University of Louisiana, where she met Vernón's father. She raised Carla and her brother, Tony, in Western New York state. Her mother worked as a high school math and science teacher and her father as a math professor and administrator for the State University of New York system. Her mother took her to the 1978 women's march for the Equal Rights Amendment. Vernón studied ballet and had her first partnering dance class at the age of 9, as a summer school student of Arthur Mitchell who was a former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. Vernón majored in ecology and biology during her undergraduate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial Colleges, fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. The institution moved to Newark, New Jersey, Newark in 1747 and then to its Mercer County, New Jersey, Mercer County campus in Princeton nine years later. It officially became a university in 1896 and was subsequently renamed Princeton University. The university is governed by the Trustees of Princeton University and has an endowment of $37.7 billion, the largest List of colleges and universities in the United States by endowment, endowment per student in the United States. Princeton provides undergraduate education, undergraduate and graduate education, graduate instruction in the hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company. Léon Barzin was the company's first music director. City Ballet grew out of earlier troupes: the Producing Company of the School of American Ballet, 1934; the American Ballet, 1935, and Ballet Caravan, 1936, which merged into American Ballet, American Ballet Caravan, 1941; and directly from the Ballet Society, 1946. History In a 1946 letter, Kirstein stated, "The only justification I have is to enable Balanchine to do exactly what he wants to do in the way he wants to do it."Alastair Macaulay, "A Paragon of the Arts, as Both Man and Titan" (review of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fiber One
Fiber One (marketed as Fibre One in the United Kingdom) is a brand of high-fiber breakfast cereal, packaged nutritional bars, and baked food products owned by General Mills. Originally released as a breakfast cereal in 1985, it directly competes with Kellogg’s All-Bran. History Fiber One was first introduced in 1985 solely as a breakfast cereal, resembling the shape and texture of the already released All-Bran Original cereal from Kellogg’s. General Mills released a second version of the cereal called “Fiber One Honey Clusters” in 2005. This cereal more resembled Post’s Honey Bunches Of Oats. The first line of Fiber One breakfast bars were then released in 2007. This was followed with an expansion of the brand, with yogurt, muffin and pancake mixes, and pastries being introduced under the brand. In January 2014, General Mills released a high-protein granola version of the cereal under the name “Fiber One Protein”. This spin-off version of the cereal came in ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nature Valley
Nature Valley is an American brand of snack bars owned by General Mills. They produce a variety of cereal bars and granola bars. Common bars include: 'Oats and Honey', 'Fruit and Nut', and 'Peanut'. Their selection can be categorized as crunchy bars, protein bar Protein bars are convenience food that contain a high proportion of protein relative to carbohydrates and fats. Despite the label focusing on protein, many mass-marketed protein bars contain more added sugar than some desserts like cookies or ...s, fruit and nut bars, and various nut bars. History Nature Valley first launched with a granola cereal, but after realizing that their product could not be eaten outside and on the go, they introduced its granola bar in 1973. The brand later introduced more types of granola bars such as: crunchy, chewy, clusters, nut, yogurt coated and protein packed. References External linksNature Valley Granola Bars [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoplait
Yoplait ( , ) is a French dessert company and the world's largest franchise brand of yogurt. It is fully owned by the French dairy cooperative Sodiaal since 2021. In North America, the Canadian subsidiary was taken over by Sodiaal in 2025. The American subsidiary is to be taken over by the French group Lactalis. History In 1964, 100,000 French farmers agreed to merge six regional dairy cooperatives in order to more efficiently market their products at the national level. On 25 September 1965, the Yoplait brand was launched as a new national brand, as a portmanteau of the brands of two member cooperatives, Yola and Coplait. The company's logo is a six-petaled flower designed by Philippe Morlighem, each petal representing one of the six main cooperatives' founders. A redesigned logo, which has been slowly rolled out since the late 2000s, uses a flower with only five petals. On 18 May 2011, General Mills announced it had agreed to purchase a controlling 51% interest in the bran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
