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RIP Momma Dietz

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 1:45 pm
by jarnon
Ruth Eni, known throughout the Philadelphia area as Momma Dietz, passed away Friday, days after her 94th birthday. She was the longtime chairman of meat packing company Dietz and Watson, founded by her father Gottlieb Dietz in 1939.

Dietz and Watson celebrates 75 years with Four Generations of Flavor Tour

Re: RIP Momma Dietz

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 10:14 pm
by Bob78164
jarnon wrote:Ruth Eni, known throughout the Philadelphia area as Momma Dietz, passed away Friday, days after her 94th birthday. She was the longtime chairman of meat packing company Dietz and Watson, founded by her father Gottlieb Dietz in 1939.

Dietz and Watson celebrates 75 years with Four Generations of Flavor Tour
Hmmm. I don't think I've ever heard of her. She must have come to prominence sometime after I left the area a little more than 40 years ago. --Bob

Re: RIP Momma Dietz

Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2019 10:27 pm
by jarnon
Bob78164 wrote:Hmmm. I don't think I've ever heard of her. She must have come to prominence sometime after I left the area a little more than 40 years ago. --Bob
She became a household name in radio and TV commercials in 2010. But she ran the company for 35 years before that.

Momma Dietz has been out your way:



Their latest commercials feature the far sexier Brooklyn Decker and Andy Roddick:

Dietz & Watson / It's A Family Thing

Re: RIP Momma Dietz

Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2019 10:37 pm
by themanintheseersuckersuit
The only time I heard of D&W
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