President Andrew Cretors talks about importance of concession industry

C. Cretors and Company is planning a gala celebration of its 125th anniversary in business as a Chicago owned and run company. The event will be held on May 20, 2010 at the Museum of Science & Industry. Company president Andrew Cretors says the gala event celebrates Chicago history and his companys role in the birth of the modern billion dollar concession industry.

Cretors has led the concession industry in introducing innovations to the expanding entertainment industry over the last 60 years, including continuous flow high volume industrial machines producing up to 5,000 pounds of popcorn per hour. Other innovations include thermostatically controlled popcorn kettles, automatic pumps, internal heating systems, and automated popcorn machines.

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