My mom grew up in rural New York State in the 1960s. She says that nearly every meal her mother cooked used a can of Campbell’s soup as a sauce base. Was that common at the time? If so, how did the Campbell company become so dominant in the market? | AskHistorians Archive Observer

My mom grew up in rural New York State in the 1960s. She says that nearly every meal her mother cooked used a can of Campbell’s soup as a sauce base. Was that common at the time? If so, how did the Campbell company become so dominant in the market?

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Here is an excellent comment from /u/Cenodoxus on the somewhat broader topic of post-WWII convenience cuisine:

https://np.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5ky5d9/there_are_a_number_of_articles_on_the_internet/dbscumy/