Private company

Sunshine Biscuits

Defunct American snack company

Sunshine Biscuits, formerly known as The Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company, was an independent American baker of cookies, crackers, and cereals. The company, which became a brand on a few products such as Cheez-It, was purchased by the Keebler Company in 1996, which was purchased by the Kellogg Company in 2001.2 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 19, 2026.

Overview

1902Founded1
  • Industryfood processing1
  • HeadquartersElmhurst1
  • Founded inKansas City1

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Sunshine Biscuits, Strawbery Banke, Portsmouth NH
Photo: John Phelan, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons3

Sunshine Biscuits, formerly known as The Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company, was an independent American baker of cookies, crackers, and cereals. The company, which became a brand on a few products such as Cheez-It, was purchased by the Keebler Company in 1996, which was purchased by the Kellogg Company in 2001.2

Products and brands

  • snack

Listed on Wikidata.1

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Loose-Wiles Biscuit Company1

Timeline

  1. 1902Founded Founded in Kansas City1

Sources

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