food industry founded westminster massachusetts united states 1828 headquarters rutland vermont united states products crackers oyster crackers website www.westminstercrackers.com the westminster cracker company is a new england based company established in westminster massachusetts in 1828 . 1 the original building which is depicted in its product labeling still presently stands in the center of westminster 2 although it has not been used for manufacturing for decades . the company is now based in rutland vermont . 3 contents 1 history 2 oyster cracker 3 see also 4 references 5 external links history edit westminster cracker company was owned by the dawley family for more than 100 years . dawley & shepard inc. headed by president david dawley sold its breading factory where to the pillsbury company in 1982 . citation needed the rights to make westminster crackers were retained by peter dawley who started a new westminster cracker company in rutland in 1988 . 4 historically the most famous cracker was the common cracker that filled cracker barrel country stores in new england according to whom . the company makes other types of crackers but the most popular contemporary product is the oyster cracker which is served by restaurants throughout the united states . oyster cracker edit the westminster cracker co. is best known for its oyster crackers according to whom . the crackers are made from the original 1828 recipe . citation needed see also edit companies portal food portal new england portal references edit westminster reconnaissance report pdf . p. 2 . archived from the original pdf on 2013 05 23 . retrieved 2009 06 02 . westminster cracker factor westminster ma company description . highbeam business . retrieved 28 october 2013 . schmidt joe may 2008 . business snapshot pdf . vermont business magazine . 36 5 . retrieved 2009 06 02 . external links edit official website about westminster crackers retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title westminster cracker company & oldid 738982018 categories food and drink companies of the united statesbrand name crackerscompanies based in vermontrutland vermontwestminster massachusetts1828 establishments in massachusettsfood and drink companies established in 1828hidden categories vague or ambiguous geographic scope from april 2013all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from april 2013all articles with specifically marked weasel worded phrasesarticles with specifically marked weasel worded phrases from april 2013articles with specifically marked weasel worded phrases from december 2013articles with unsourced statements from november 2009 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 12 september 2016 at 03 10 . 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