The Swanson company then seized this opportunity to launch the TV dinner. Swanson's original frozen TV dinner consisted of a compartmentalized metal tray, an entrée, and two sides -- all for just ...

Frozen dinners are a part of 1950s American iconography ... The TV dinner became a common grocery item thanks to a turkey surplus at the Swanson factory in 1953. With an exorbitant amount of ...

The Swanson family say the idea first arose in ... with Americans consuming an annual average of 72 frozen meals each year, according to statistics released by the American Frozen Food Institute.

Gilbert Swanson inherits his father's frozen turkey company and partners with a food chemist to innovate a revolutionary dinner that Americans can heat up at home. Skip to main content The Food ...