Duke's Mayonnaise

Duke's Mayonnaise is a condiment created by Eugenia Duke[2] in Greenville, South Carolina, in 1917.[3][4] It is the third-largest mayonnaise brand in the United States behind Hellmann's and Kraft.

Duke's Mayonnaise
The former Duke's Mayonnaise factory in Greenville, South Carolina. It is currently known as the Wyche Pavilion.[1]

Early in its history, its popularity was largely limited to the South.[5] It is used in regional favorites such as tomato sandwiches, cole slaw, deviled eggs, pimento cheese, and potato salad.[6][7][8] Duke's Mayonnaise contains more egg yolks than other mayonnaise products and no added sugar.

In 1929, the C.F. Sauer Company in Richmond, Virginia purchased the Duke's products, and Duke's Mayonnaise became the company's flagship product.[9]

By 2017, Duke's Mayonnaise was available throughout the United States, as well as in New Zealand, Australia and the Middle East. In 2017, Sauer announced that it was also starting sales to Latin America.[9]

In 2019, Falfurrias Capital Partners acquired C.F. Sauer and the Duke's brand.[10] Also in 2019, Duke Foods went to court seeking a restraining order trying to "keep former executive Wyatt Howard from using the purloined paperwork to help a competitor." The paperwork referred to included "recipes, formulas, pricing information and other proprietary trade secrets [downloaded] to his personal email account when he was fired in May."[11]

See also

References
  1. Peace Center returns with plans to enclose the Wyche Pavilion along the Reedy River. GreenvilleOnline. Retrieved 2019 June 30.
  2. "3 great make-it-yourself mayonnaise recipes: Cooking Creole". NOLA.com. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  3. McElveen, Katie (2005). "Made in South Carolina". hdl:10827/11939. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. Orchant, Rebecca (September 30, 2013). "Dukes Mayo Is The South's Favorite and Maybe the Best". Huffington Post. Retrieved March 25, 2015.
  5. "Duke's Mayonnaise: The Southern Spread with a Cult Following",The Washington Post, November 5, 2013.
  6. Severson, Kim (14 April 2015). "There's No Mayonnaise Like My Mayonnaise". The New York Times. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  7. "Duke's Mayo: An Obsession". Southern Living. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  8. Lucas, Jill Warren (April 15, 2014). "Emily Wallace on the life and legacy of Eugenia Duke, creator of Duke's Mayonnaise". INDY Week. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  9. Zullo, Robert. "100 years of Duke's Mayonnaise: the South's favorite spread celebrates a century". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  10. Gilligan, Gregory (August 2, 2019). "N.C.-based private equity firm completes acquisition of C.F. Sauer's food business". Richmond Times-Dispatch. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
  11. Wren, David (August 5, 2019). "Secret recipes of Duke's mayonnaise founder were stolen, SC lawsuit claims". The Post and Courier. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
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