What is Swanson?
'''Swanson''' is a brand of [[TV dinner]]s, [[broth]]s and canned [[poultry]] made for the [[Hong Kong]] and [[North America]]n markets. It was founded in [[Omaha, Nebraska]], where it invented the frozen dinner. The TV dinner business is owned by [[Pinnacle Foods]]. The broth business is owned by the [[Campbell Soup Company]]. The Swanson Company's first frozen dinner was a [[turkey (food)|turkey]] dinner. The company later added [[beef]] and [[chicken]] dinners. With over half of [[United States|American]] households having [[televisions]], the Swanson brothers called their frozen meals ''TV dinners''. [[Category:American food companies]] {{food-stub}}