wff_ng_7 wrote:
> "Dee Dee" > wrote:
>> Thanks for the infomation. Looks like good prices. I notice that they
>> are in Pennsylvania. Didn't one poster say that they used to be made
>> in Pennsylvania, or initially. Times change.
>
> I spread that rumor! ;-) All Clad is in Canonsburg, out west near
> Pittsburgh. Cookware & More is in Trooper, near Philadelphia. Just a
> coincidence that both are in Pennsylvania. Cookware & More sells other
> brands beside All Clad.
>
> All Clad got it's big start not making cookware, but by making composite
> metal ("clad") sheets, and selling them to the US Mint to make coins.
> That's where the copper cored quarters and dimes in the 1960s
> originated. (See http://www.all-clad.com/about-all-clad/Our-History/)
>
> I'm a great one for wanting to know a company's history and where things
> are made. One thing I think is kind of funny is I've got a Cannondale
> bag for my bike that I've had for many, many years. So old in fact
> (1980) that it predates Cannondale making bicycles. They were a bicycle
> accessory company first, a fact that many Cannondale bike owners are
> totally unaware of.
>
FYI, All-clad is still in Canonsburg, with a nice duck pond on the
factory property (at least it was there a few years ago). They still
hold "factory" sales twice a year (spring and fall) for a weekend where
they take over the lower level of the grandstand structure at the
Meadows harness race track a few miles away. At the sales, they also
often have other items that are not in their general list of offerings.

The sales are for at least 50% off retail (although years ago one of my
neighbors picked up some pans that had been varnished [why??] for 90%
off, then stripped off the varnish). They run all day friday and
saturday, and usually draw quite a crowd.

Joe