company historic sign at the c.f. sauer spices factory industry food products spices extracts founder c.f. sauer headquarters richmond virginia products sauer s vanilla extract duke s mayonnaise . owner john cameron sauer website http www.cfsauer.com the c.f. sauer company is a cooking products business that makes extracts and other food products . it was founded in 1887 by c.f. sauer in richmond virginia where it maintains its headquarters . history edit the c.f. sauer company was founded on october 13 1887 . 1 title choice recipes sauer s famous flavoring extracts ca 1915 . source vcu alma in 1929 sauer purchased duke s products company and thus entered the mayonnaise industry . the recipe for duke s mayonnaise has not been altered since it went into production in 1917 . in the 1950s and 1960s c.f. sauer co. introduced gold medal spices and purchased dean foods a margarine company . in recent decades the company also purchased bama brand mayonnaise and spice hunter brand exotic spices . it was the first spice company to use plastic containers . 2 their condiment facility is located in mauldin south carolina southeast of greenville . they acquired pleasants hardware in 1989 . however on december 28th 2015 the c.f. sauer company informed the employees of pleasants hardware that they were no longer interested in owning hardware stores . c.f. sauer then sold a number of pleasants smaller stores to a do it best group in virginia beach and gave the remaining 100 employees in the flagship store sixty days notice required by law according to the warn act that they would soon be unemployed . and thus on february 27 2016 the original pleasants hardware closed its doors for the last time after 100 years in business ... to make way for a whole foods grocery store . in 2011 c.f. sauer co. sold its dean foods division to a subsidiary of bunge limited . 3 headquarters and sign edit the present company headquarters building and main factory was opened in 1911 on west broad street at its intersection with hermitage road in richmond virginia helping to spur development in that area of the city . 2 in 2011 it was listed as a contributing structure to the west broad street industrial and commercial historic district on the national register of historic places . 2 adjacent to the main headquarters building is a large advertising sign dating to the early 20th century illuminated and animated with incandescent light bulbs for sauer s vanilla extract . 2 in the 1960s the sign was relocated to 2018 west broad street from an adjacent building demolished for road expansion . 2 it is itself listed as contributing object to the historic district . 2 references edit company history . c.f. sauer website . retrieved 13 august 2011 . a b c d e f west broad street industrial and commercial historic district pdf . virginia department of historic resources . retrieved 6 september 2011 . hazard carol 13 august 2011 . c.f. sauer sells margarine plant in henrico . richmond times dispatch . retrieved 13 august 2011 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title c. f. sauer company & oldid 731796061 categories food manufacturers of the united statescompanies based in richmond virginiacompanies established in 18871887 establishments in the united states 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 27 july 2016 at 15 42 . 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