which it had acquired in 1987, to form the "Kraft General Foods" division. The cereal brands of Nabisco were acquired in 1993. In 1995, Kraft General Foods was reorganized and renamed "Kraft Foods". On November 15, 2007, Kraft announced it would spin off Post Cereals and merge that business with Ralcorp Holdings. That merger was completed August 4, 2008, at which time the official name of the company became Post Foods, LLC. Timeline of selected later events 1953 - General Foods acquired Perkins Products Company, maker of Kool-Aid. 1957 - The company introduced Tang, which became available nationally two years later. 1959 - General Foods acquires Hostess Food Products. 1964 - General Foods introduced Maxim, the first American brand of freeze-dried coffee. 1968 - General Foods buys the Burger Chef fast-food chain. 1969 - General Foods buys Rax Restaurants. 1971 - General Foods acquired the maker of Gevalia. 1978 - General Foods sells Rax Restaurants to Rac. 1981 - General Foods acquires Oscar Mayer & Company. 1990 - General Foods merged into Kraft Foods Inc. 2012 - Kraft Foods Inc. renamed itself Mondelez International and spun out Kraft Foods into a separate company 2015 - Kraft Foods merges with H.J. Heinz Company, formed Kraft Heinz. 2015 - Mondelez International merged its coffee division with Douwe Egberts, formed JDE Peet's which now owns former General Foods' international coffee brands. See also 800 Westchester Avenue (former headquarters) References Food manufacturers of the United States Breakfast cereal companies Companies based in Battle Creek, Michigan Defunct companies based in Michigan Companies based in Westchester County, New York Defunct companies based in New York (state) American companies established in 1929 Food and drink companies established in 1929 Food and drink companies disestablished in 1995 1929 establishments in Michigan 1995 disestablishments in New York (state) Altria Group subsidiaries General Foods Kraft Foods brands Former components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average