an american food corporation . 1 2 3 overview edit it was started in 1933 by jaquelin h. hume and her brother bill hume as a dehydration processing plant in vacaville california . 1 3 in the 1950s they established a potato processing plant in blackfoot idaho whereby potato powder could be turned into mashed potatoes by adding boiling water . 1 this technique was used by brands such as potato pearls golden grill classic casserole and savory series . 1 in 1986 they invented the same technique for beans for brands such as santiago refried beans and later santiago black beans and santiago quick start chili . 1 the company holds forty patents for food production . 1 the company is led by jaquelin s sons william j. hume and george h. hume . 1 it is headquartered in walnut creek california . 2 3 references edit a b c d e f g official website our history a b yahoo a b c bloomberg businessweek external links edit official website this food and or confectionery corporation or company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title basic american foods & oldid 728478557 categories companies established in 1933companies based in contra costa county californiafood and drink in the san francisco bay areafood company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 5 july 2016 at 18 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view