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Hellmann’s has been in business for over 120 years, originating in 1903 when German immigrant Richard Hellmann opened his delicatessen in New York City. He began selling his signature mayonnaise in 1905, with the product becoming widely popular by 1913, when he started mass-producing it.
Hellmann opens a NYC deli on Columbus Ave selling his wife’s homemade mayo recipe.
1913: The mayo’s success allows them to build a factory, transitioning from deli to commercial product.
1916: The business is officially incorporated as Richard Hellmann, Inc.
1927: The company is acquired by Postum Foods (later Best Foods).
2000: Unilever acquires the brand, which is now the world’s number one mayonnaise.
While the brand celebrates its early 1900s roots, it has officially held a massive market presence for over a century, expanding nationwide in the 1920s and internationally by 1961.