Every year around this time Leo Peters ('grandpa') gets mentioned again. Here's a new one "How Butterball Is Getting a Turkey on Your Table for Zoom Thanksgiving | " "In 1951, food-industry researcher and entrepreneur Leo Peters was casting about for a name for the Grand Rapids, Michigan, company he had formed to develop a yellower margarine and heartier turkey breed. Stumbling on the Butterball trademark, which worked for both sides of his business, Peters bought up the rights. But a few years later, he decided his future lay solely in butter, and in the late 1950s, he leased (and later sold) the name Butterball to meat manufacturer Swift for its turkey business, marking the beginning of Butterball turkey appearing in supermarkets. (Peters retained the right to use the name Butterball for his thriving butter business, Butterball Farms, which to this day
sells actual balls of butter, among other items.)
Since then, the Butterball ..."
