M&M® was named for the last names of Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie. Bruce, the son of Hershey executive William Murray, agreed to provide chocolate, sugar, technology and some capital.
It was for the founders, Mars & Murrie.
Mars & Murrie
Mars & Murrie
The last names of the creators, Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie.
The last names of the creators, Forrest Mars and Bruce Murrie.
From the last names of the two inventors: Forrest Mars and Bruce Murries ... hence M & M's.
From the last names of the two inventors: Forrest Mars and Bruce Murries ... hence M & M's.
Murrie and Mars. Or, Mars and Murrie, if you prefer. They were named by Bruce Murrie and Forrest Mars, who struck a deal between their two companies to make them. Bruce Murrie was the son of Hershey's president William Murrie, and Forrest Mars was the son of Mars Candy Company's founder, Frank C Mars.
Murray M. Harris was born in 1866.
Murray M. Baker was born in 1872.
Murray M. Baker died in 1964.
One M was for Forrest E. Mars Sr., and the other M was for Bruce Murrie, son of long-term Hershey president William F.R. Murrie.