Thomas, Gerry

Thomas, Gerry
▪ 2006
Gerald Ehrmann Thomas 
      American marketer (b. Feb. 17, 1922, Seward, Neb.—d. July 18, 2005, Phoenix, Ariz.), while working for the C.A. Swanson & Sons frozen-food company, developed the TV dinner, utilizing multicompartment aluminum trays as a means of packaging the meals. The dinners were introduced in 1954, and 10 million were sold in their first year on the national market.

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