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First Oreo Sold In Hoboken 100 Years Ago

Happy Birthday to America's favorite cookie.

 

Exactly a hundred years ago, the first ever Oreos were sold in Hoboken. 

But much has changed. Then, a batch of Oreos cost $.30, compared to the rougly $5 you'll pay for a pack of America's most famous cookies in Hoboken today. The cookies were produced on Manhattan and later sold to a grocer by the name of S. C. Theusen, according to a New York Times article on the matter. 

Other awesome food items that first occured in Hoboken include the icecream cone and soft ice cream, according to the Hoboken Historical Museum. 

According to a timeline by the Chicago Tribune, global oreo sales in 2011 were roughly $2 billion spread over more than 100 countries, quite a big shift from the 30 cents a pound from 100 years ago. 

So tell us, how do you eat your Oreo?

Related Topics: oreo cookie

Gabrielle Laporta Colts Neck

7:16 pm on Tuesday, March 6, 2012

I think I'm going to eat 100 oreos in celebration of this!! :)

Gabrielle Laporta,
Colts Neck

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Bob R

8:16 pm on Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Sorry, Biff, there's no booze in that creamy filling. "hic... hic..."

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PeoplePlease

10:03 pm on Tuesday, March 6, 2012

But there is in my Bailey's

warren r cassirer

10:36 am on Wednesday, March 7, 2012

i bet the yuppies in hoboken didnt know that

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Reformerus_Gianticus

4:15 pm on Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Who cares about some 100 year old cookies. I want another crime report! Fights at McDonalds and Crimminal Coercion and bench warrants should be crime du jour for this week. I want variety! :) Just Kidding

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p1ywood

4:22 pm on Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Another area where Hoboken is moving in the wrong direction. A hundred years ago people came here to buy their cookies, now they come here to drink until they lose their cookies.

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Hobbs

9:10 pm on Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Have you seen the lines of people outside of Carlo's ? :-)

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p1ywood

11:27 pm on Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Yes Hobbs, those people really take the cake.

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p1ywood

11:35 pm on Wednesday, March 7, 2012

I also hear the Lemming Meringue pie is a big mover with that crowd.

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Hobbs

11:47 pm on Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Some good double stuff from plywood. :-)

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