Stouffer's is known for such popular fare as lasagna, macaroni and cheese, meatloaf, ravioli, fettuccine Alfredo, and salisbury steak.

In February 2023, Nestle Canada announced their intentions to wind down and exit the frozen meals and pizza business within the next six months.

[6] James B. Stouffer died on November 23, 1908, at age 62 in Orlando, Florida, and Abraham took over the running of the Medina County Creamery.

[10][11] In 1922, Abraham Stouffer and his wife Lena Mahala Bigelow took over one of the company's milk stands, on the lower level of the Cleveland Arcade, and converted it into a restaurant serving buttermilk, sandwiches, and Lena Stouffer's homemade Dutch apple pie[12] (credited by some as the reason for the almost instant success of the restaurant).

[15] As time went on, the couple continued the program of expansion with the assistance of their sons Vernon,[16] a graduate of the Wharton School of Finance, and Gordon, who together led the reorganization of the business, taking it public as the Stouffer Corporation in 1929 with Abraham as chairman of the board.

[12] The year 1929 also marked the beginning of the company's effort to establish locations outside of Ohio, with the opening of a restaurant in Detroit, Michigan, and another in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

[citation needed] After Abraham's death in 1936 the company continued its program of expansion by opening its first restaurant in New York City,[citation needed] and eventually began a program of diversification, entering the frozen food business in 1946.

Stouffer's argued that the campaign had focused on good taste and controlled sodium, fat, and calories.