Sweetheart Cup Company

Sweetheart, the name used on products, is inspired by picture of two children using straws to drink a milkshake from the same glass.

1961: Maryland Cup goes public, consolidating 32 companies controlled by Shapiro family members.

1983–1985: Fort Howard boosts capital spending in cup business, while cutting costs through layoffs.

1991: Sweetheart turns a profit on operations, but saddled by debt, net worth falls to −$95 million.

[3] 1992: Sweetheart introduces its Jazz disposable cups, which would become the company's top-grossing stock design as of 2002.

The world's largest "paper" cup in front of what was once the Lily-Tulip manufacturing company in Riverside, California , later Sweetheart Cup Company. [ 1 ] Actually made of poured concrete, the cup stands about 68.1 feet (20.8 m) tall.