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'''Maxwell House'''[{{Cite web|url=https://]trademarkss.justia.com/716/50/maxwell-71650049.html|title=MAXWELL HOUSE - Trademark Details|website=[[Justia]] Trademarks|access-date=February 27, 2026}} is an American brand of [[coffee]] manufactured by a like-named division of [[Kraft Heinz]] in North America and [[JDE Peet's]] in the rest of the world. Introduced in 1892 by wholesale grocer [[Joel Owsley Cheek]], it was named in honor of the [[Maxwell House Hotel]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], which was its first major customer.[ For nearly 100 years, until the late 1980s, it was the highest-selling coffee brand in the United States. The company's slogan is "Good to the last drop,"][{{cite magazine| url=https://houstonhistorymagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/maxwell-house-without-image.pdf| title=Maxwell House, Good to Its Last Drop| first=Olivia| last=Johnson| magazine=Houston History| volume=10| issue=3| date=March 27, 2013| pages=22–26| access-date=December 12, 2021}}] which is often incorporated into its logo and is printed on its labels. |
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'''Maxwell House'''[{{Cite web|url=https://trademarks.justia.com/716/50/maxwell-71650049.html|title=MAXWELL HOUSE - Trademark Details|website=[[Justia]] Trademarks|access-date=February 27, 2026}}] is an American brand of [[coffee]] manufactured by a like-named division of [[Kraft Heinz]] in North America and [[JDE Peet's]] in the rest of the world. Introduced in 1892 by wholesale grocer [[Joel Owsley Cheek]], it was named in honor of the [[Maxwell House Hotel]] in [[Nashville, Tennessee]], which was its first major customer.[ For nearly 100 years, until the late 1980s, it was the highest-selling coffee brand in the United States. The company's slogan is "Good to the last drop,"][{{cite magazine| url=https://houstonhistorymagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/maxwell-house-without-image.pdf| title=Maxwell House, Good to Its Last Drop| first=Olivia| last=Johnson| magazine=Houston History| volume=10| issue=3| date=March 27, 2013| pages=22–26| access-date=December 12, 2021}}] which is often incorporated into its logo and is printed on its labels. |
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Maxwell House coffee has been owned and produced by several companies, starting with Cheek's company, Nashville Coffee and Manufacturing Company,[{{cite web| url=https://tnmuseum.org/junior-curators/posts/maxwell-house-coffee-and-nashville| title=Maxwell House Coffee and Nashville| first=Grace| last=Allen| date=July 14, 2020| website=[[Tennessee State Museum]]| access-date=December 12, 2021}}] then followed by [[General Foods]] and [[Kraft Foods Inc.]][{{cite magazine| url=https://thecoastal.com/culture/maxwell-house-history-in-jacksonville/| title=Maxwell House's History in Jacksonville| magazine=The Coastal| date=May 1, 2019}}] |
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Maxwell House coffee has been owned and produced by several companies, starting with Cheek's company, Nashville Coffee and Manufacturing Company,[{{cite web| url=https://tnmuseum.org/junior-curators/posts/maxwell-house-coffee-and-nashville| title=Maxwell House Coffee and Nashville| first=Grace| last=Allen| date=July 14, 2020| website=[[Tennessee State Museum]]| access-date=December 12, 2021}}] then followed by [[General Foods]] and [[Kraft Foods Inc.]][{{cite magazine| url=https://thecoastal.com/culture/maxwell-house-history-in-jacksonville/| title=Maxwell House's History in Jacksonville| magazine=The Coastal| date=May 1, 2019}}] |