According to sociologist Erving Goffman, a powerful agent of socialization is total institution. He coined this term to refer to a place in which people are cut off from the rest of society and where they come under almost total control of the officials who are in charge.
In the Western U.S. and Texas, Breyers ice cream is sometimes confused with Dreyer's ice cream. While Henry Breyer founded Breyers in 1908 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, William Dreyer and Joseph Edy co-founded their ice cream company, Edy's Grand Ice Cream, in 1928 in Oakland, California.
Ralston Purina originated in St. Louis in 1894. Itâs store brand foods business, Ralcorp Holdings, who manufactures food products like Post Cereal and Ry-Krisp Bread, is still headquartered here, as well as the Purina pet food brand. The Drury Hotels were founded in St. Louis. Build-A-Bearâs first store was in the St. Louis Galleria and is headquartered here. Brown Shoe Company, who owns Famous Footwear and whose brands include Naturalizer and Buster Brown to name a few, was created here, with headquarters located in Clayton.