By the early 1940s, the idea of dinners ... food sales. So Vlasic used the 45th anniversary of C.A. Swanson and Sons as a ...

Dinner in plastic serving tray with salisbury steak, corn, and mashed potatoes, next to a remote - Hillwoman2/Getty Images ...

A new form of entertainment and a wandering trainload of frozen turkey triggered a convenience food boom ... airline meals “Strato-Plates,” Swanson introduced America to its “TV dinner ...