Vitamix
Vitamix is an American manufacturer of high-performance blending equipment founded in 1921 by William Grover Barnard in Cleveland, Ohio. The company began as the Barnard Sales Company, selling household products door to door, and pivoted to blending machines in the 1930s when Barnard became fascinated with the health benefits of whole food nutrition. Vitamix is one of the earliest examples of a product demonstrated on television, with Papa Barnard appearing on TV as early as 1949 to showcase ...