Thursday, September 18, 2008

La Choy

La Choy is a brand name of canned and prepackaged Chinese food ingredients. The brand is currently owned by ConAgra Foods.

La Choy was founded in 1922 by Dr. Ilhan New , later founder of in Korea and Wally Smith, from the University of Michigan. The first product, canned bean sprouts, was originally sold in Smith's Detroit grocery store.

The longtime commercial jingle included the slogan "LaChoy makes Chinese foods swing American", .

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