[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 138 (Friday, August 15, 2025)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E766]
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                 CELEBRATING A CENTURY OF REIST POPCORN

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                           HON. LLOYD SMUCKER

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, August 15, 2025

  Mr. SMUCKER. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to congratulate and recognize 
Reist Popcorn Company on their milestone 100th anniversary.
  In 1925, a Lancaster County farmer named Alvin Reist founded what 
would become Reist Popcorn Company. The business grew and then moved to 
its current, iconic location in Mount Joy Borough in 1937. Through four 
generations and a century of hard work, Reist Popcorn Company remains 
the easternmost popcorn processor in the United States. They supply 
manufacturers, distributors, and concessionaires. Their product can be 
found in movie theaters and on store shelves. In the past two decades, 
Reist Popcorn has expanded their business into transporting grain and 
meals along the nearby railway and by tapping into the international 
market. They have also partnered with growers across the country and 
boosted production in their Mount Joy facility.
  Very few businesses can say they have lasted one hundred years, but 
Reist Popcorn's business has been popping ever since their founding in 
1925. I am proud to say that I represent such a hard-working and 
resilient company such as Reist Popcorn, and I wish them another 
century of success.

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