Editing Dolly Madison (section)

==History==
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In 1937, [[Ralph Leroy Nafziger]] started a snack cake brand in [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] called Dolly Madison. The name was inspired by first lady [[Dolley Madison]], who was known for her elegant parties, but with a different spelling of her first name. The brand's slogan was "Cakes and pastries fine enough to serve at the White House."<ref> {{cite book |title= Nutshell History of North Carolina |last=Fortson |first=Ben |year=2016 |publisher=History Press |isbn= 978-1467119283
 |url= https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Products/9781467119283 }} </ref> A Dolly Madison Bakery appears in the 1932 movie ''[[Officer Thirteen|Officer 13]]'' and was named after [[Dolley Madison]], the wife of President James Madison. <ref>{{cite web|last=Scofield |first=Merry Ellen |url=https://www.whitehousehistory.org/unraveling-the-dolley-myths |title=Unraveling the Dolley Myths |publisher=whitehousehistory.org }}</ref> The name was also used for a successful ice cream brand sold for decades in the United States in the mid-twentieth century, with a logo featuring a silhouette of Dolly Madison. 

The snack cake brand was among the products liquidated by [[Old HB|Hostess]] when it announced plans to cease business on November 16, 2012. When [[Apollo Global Management]] acquired Hostess Brands' [[Twinkies]] in January 2013, they also acquired the rights to the Dolly Madison snack cake brands, as well as the official corporate name to Dolly Madison and Hostess Brands, with plans to resume production of the products.<ref>{{cite web|last=Isidore |first=Chris |url=https://money.cnn.com/2013/03/12/news/companies/twinkies-buyer |title=Twinkies due on shelves by summer after buyer's winning $410 million bid is approved - Mar. 12, 2013 |publisher=Money.cnn.com |date=2013-03-12 |access-date=2013-10-27}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=AP 1:58 p.m. EDT April 29, 2013 |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/04/29/hostess-bakeries-indiana-illinois/2121559/ |title=Hostess reopens bakeries for Twinkies, Ho Hos |publisher=Usatoday.com |date=2013-04-29 |access-date=2013-10-27}}</ref>