Duncan Hines
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Duncan Hines was an American
United States
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 pioneer of restaurant ratings for travelers. He is best known today for the brand of food products that bears his name.
Hines was born in Bowling Green
Bowling Green, Kentucky
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, Kentucky
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. Working as a traveling salesman
Vendor (supply chain)
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 for a Chicago
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 printer, by age 55 in 1935, Hines had eaten a lot of good and bad meals on the road all across the US. At this time in the United States, there was no interstate highway system
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 and only a few chain restaurants, except for those in large, populated areas.
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