30921 Wed Aug 18 20:12:47 -0700 2004 4 1 San Francisco Bay Area 0 134292 Does anyone know a.) where the cornnuts factory in Oakland is and b.) do they give factory tours? that would be the most perfect day to tour the cornnut factory and then go on a brewery tour over at Pyramid in Berkeley. mmmmmmm salty beer Wed Aug 18 20:12:47 -0700 2004 0 Jupiter 1 134297 The company used to be based in Salinas. The plant is now in Fresno, not Oakland. Link: http://www.kraftoperations.com/Facility.asp?FacilityID=76 Wed Aug 18 20:22:21 -0700 2004 134292 0 Melanie Wong 2 134300 woah.... that must have been a REALLY old package of corn nuts i just ate then, cuase it says on the package that the company is in oakland!!!! good thing those suckers can't go stale. Wed Aug 18 20:31:31 -0700 2004 134297 0 jupiter 3 134302 The manufacturer is Kraft Foods. You could ask about factory tours using the form below. Link: http://www.kraftfoods.com/contact_us/cornnuts_contactus.aspx?s=contact_us&m=/contact_us/contact_us_form&referrer=CORNNUTS Wed Aug 18 20:38:51 -0700 2004 134300 0 Robert Lauriston 3 134324 I remember that they were based in Oakland back in the '80s when I was a student at Berkeley. A friend of mine was obsessed with Cornnuts and kept writing them about taking a tour (remember the pre email days?). Whenever we were driving through the area, he'd insist on driving by to savor the smell. They would always send back polite replies to his letters declining his request, citing company policy, and some times they'd even send him a bag of Cornnuts. I think they may have thought he was a child (though he did always type his letters). I had heard they were bought out by Kraft, but I didn't realize they had relocated. I guess the age of the 'nuts you just ate may depend on when this ocurred... I wonder if Anabelle's candies gives tours? I think they're in the East Bay somewhere, and still independently owned... Thu Aug 19 00:13:43 -0700 2004 134300 0 Zach Georgopoulos