Chicken or Egg

Which came first? #15 · Brands & companies

Chicken or Egg, October 15: Guinness, Colgate, Peugeot, Cadbury, Levi Strauss & Co., Hershey

Puzzle #15, Brands & companies, Thursday, October 15, 2026. Six things, one order. Here is the answer, earliest to latest.

1. 1
   Guinness1759

   Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease on a Dublin brewery in 1759.

2. 2
   Colgate1806

   William Colgate began selling soap and candles in New York in 1806.

3. 3
   Peugeot1810

   Peugeot started in 1810 making saw blades, coffee mills and crinoline frames. Cars came 80 years later.

4. 4
   Cadbury1824

   John Cadbury opened a grocer's shop in Birmingham in 1824 selling drinking chocolate.

5. 5
   Levi Strauss & Co.1853

   Levi Strauss opened a dry goods business in San Francisco during the Gold Rush.

6. 6
   Hershey1894

   Milton Hershey started his chocolate company in 1894 after success with caramel.