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McKee Foods Corporation is a privately held United States
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 company headquartered in Collegedale
Collegedale, Tennessee

Collegedale is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, Tennessee, United States. The population was 6,514 at the 2000 census.Collegedale is a suburb of Chattanooga, Tennessee and is part of the Chattanooga, TN–Georgia Chattanooga metropolitan area....
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ittle Debbie products are primarily cookie- and cake-based dessert snacks. They come in dozens of varieties, including the top-selling Swiss Cake Rolls, Nutty Bars, and Oatmeal Cream Pies. Little Debbie products are available in most discount, grocery, and convenience stores, both in boxes and individual wrappings. The brand Little Debbie is better known than its parent company.






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McKee Foods Corporation is a privately held United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 company headquartered in Collegedale
Collegedale, Tennessee

Collegedale is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, Tennessee, United States. The population was 6,514 at the 2000 census.Collegedale is a suburb of Chattanooga, Tennessee and is part of the Chattanooga, TN–Georgia Chattanooga metropolitan area....
, Tennessee
Tennessee

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Little Debbie

Little Debbie products are primarily cookie- and cake-based dessert snacks. They come in dozens of varieties, including the top-selling Swiss Cake Rolls, Nutty Bars, and Oatmeal Cream Pies. Little Debbie products are available in most discount, grocery, and convenience stores, both in boxes and individual wrappings. The brand Little Debbie is better known than its parent company. In the 1960s, company founders O.D. and Ruth McKee decided to name a product after one of their grandchildren - four year old Debbie. The original image of Debbie used on packaging and advertising was based on a black and white photo. Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
 artist Fred W. Hunt
Fred W. Hunt

Fred W. Hunt is a native Floridian of Cherokee descent. He paints the flora of South Florida in watercolors, and is also a sculptor. Fred also paints in oils and is considered a Regional Treasure of South Florida....
 did the original color artwork based on a photo O.D. had in his pocket, of Little Debbie with a pony. In discussing what he wanted for a logo he pulled out her small photo and said, "Something like this." Minor changes were made to the logo in 1987.

The Little Debbie brand sponsors the Wood Brothers #21 Ford Fusion
Ford Fusion

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 in the NASCAR
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 Sprint Cup Series, and will switch to the #47 JTG Daugherty Racing
JTG Daugherty Racing

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 team in 2009 season
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Sunbelt

Sunbelt Logo
Sunbelt products include a variety of granola bars and cereals
Breakfast cereal

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. The Sunbelt brand pioneered the chewy granola bar.

Trivia

  • In the "Marge Gamer
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    " episode of "The Simpsons
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    ", Homer listed Hezbollah
    Hezbollah

    Hezbollah is a Shi'a Islamic political and paramilitary organisation based in Lebanon. It is a significant force in Politics of Lebanon, providing social services, which operate schools, hospitals, and agricultural services for thousands of Lebanese Shiites....
     ownership of Little Debbies as an example of internet conspiracies
    Cabal

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  • Internet comedians Rhett and Link
    Rhett and Link

    Rhett and Link are the comedy duo of Rhett McLaughlin and Link Neal. They are known for their large collection of videos on the World Wide Web....
     have a song on their album entitled "Little Debbie (An Ode)", in which they sing about using Little Debbie products for non-food related purposes to get them out of tough situations. (ie, "Little did I know that the cream filling doubled as Neosporin
    Neosporin

    Neosporin is the product name of an antibiotic ointment produced by Pfizer used in the prevention of infection and speeding the healing of wounds....
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  • Debra McKee-Fowler (the little girl on the cartons) currently lives in Collegedale,Tennessee, with (metallurgist) husband and former classmate, Randy Fowler.


  • There is a Little Debbie factory located in the small town of Gentry, Arkansas. There is also a Little Debbie factory located in Stuarts Draft, Virginia.


  • North Carolina rockabilly band Southern Culture on the Skids
    Southern Culture on the Skids

    Southern Culture on the Skids, also sometimes known as SCOTS, is an American Rock music band that was formed in 1983 in music in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, North Carolina....
     makes reference to Little Debbie and their product, 'Oatmeal Pies' in their 1995 song "Camel Walk". "The way you eat that Oatmeal Pie, makes me just wanna die" and "Little Debbie, Little Debbie, I'm a comin' on home baby". The band has also been known to throw various Little Debbie snack cakes into the crowd while performing.


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