Donald G. Tober, Head of Sweet’N Low and Sugar Foods, Dies by Suicide. Jumps To His Death From Park Ave. Apartment

Truly Times ^ | 01/16/2021 | Katherine Rodriguez

[SeekAndFind]

Donald G. Tober, who became famous for putting Sweet’N Low packets on millions of tables, died Friday by suicide.

The New York Post reported that the 89-year-old jumped to his death from his Manhattan apartment around 5:00 a.m. Friday and was discovered in the courtyard of the luxury Upper East Side building.

He had been recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, according to the report.

Sugar Foods, a New York-based company that has about 1,400 employees had marketed Sweet’N Low as well as N’Joy coffee creamers and Sugar in the Raw.

Sugar Foods stopped marketing Sweet’N Low 15 years ago, according to the Post.

Ben Eisenstadt, who was in charge of a Brooklyn cafeteria, created Sweet’N Low in 1957, according to the artificial sweetener’s official website.

By the 1990s, when Tober was involved with the company, 86 percent of restaurants had Sweet’N Low in hand, Business Insider reported.

Steve Odell, Tober’s business partner for 51 years, said he was “larger than life.”

“He was bigger than life,” Odell said. “He made everybody feel special — everybody. He’s an icon, and he’ll always be.”

Tober graduated from Harvard Law School, served as a chairman at The Culinary Institute of America, and founded City Meals-on-Wheels.

Sweet’N Low was manufactured in Brooklyn until 2016.

[Grampa Dave]

Sounds like a classic and unfortunately vanishing good man.

[EBH]

already posted early this morning

[SeekAndFind]

RE: already posted early this morning

I searched in FR for “Tober” and all I could find was the article I posted. How to know that it was posted this morning?

[McGavin999]

What a terrible shame. May God rest his soul, he sounds like a good man.

[EBH]

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3925792/posts

Search common words.

[ETL]

Nice nostalgic read of their history from the company's website...

The Story of Sweet’N Low

More than fifty-five years ago Sweet’N Low® was a radical innovation.
Now it’s a familiar part of the American landscape

http://www.sweetnlow.com/brand

[DIRTYSECRET]

He knew it’s 1929. I’M GLAD I Don’t have his problems-I’m poor.

[Chauncey Gardiner]

Saccharin - Parkinson’s connection?

[palmer]

You said I wouldn't get fat.

[McGavin999]

I thinks it’s more a question of his age, the Parkinson’s diagnosis, and extreme isolation due to Covid.

[ETL]

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

[Georgia Girl 2]

There’s going to be a lot of this chit going on in coming days.

[LibertyWoman]

iirc, 4 (or 6) hours between posting the same article is acceptable

[Dr. Sivana]

You said I wouldn't get fat.

That's only if you add it to iced tea or iced coffee. We promised nothing about adding it to Gin and Tonics.

[Wilderness Conservative]

That was my first thought. He’s on the list.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Yep.

[ETL]

Tober graduated from Harvard Law School, served as a chairman at The Culinary Institute of America, and founded City Meals-on-Wheels.

Serving Homebound Elderly New Yorkers since 1981

Providing A Lifeline Of Nourishment

WEEKEND MEALS
Hand-delivering Saturday and Sunday meals throughout the year.

HOLIDAY MEALS
Keeping meal centers open on holidays and delivering shelf-stable meals when they must close.

EMERGENCY MEALS
Distributing shelf-stable meals during emergencies and in advance of harsh winter weather.

https://www.citymeals.org/about-us

[Mark17]

There’s going to be a lot of this chit going on in coming days.

Possibly, but I also wonder, if some of it, might be communists, murdering Patriots?