From tomatoes to baked beans: How Bush's became one of America's most iconic brands

From tomatoes to baked beans: How Bush's became one of America's most iconic brands

DANDRIDGE, Tenn. (WATE) — Tucked away in a corner of Jefferson County is a business that makes one of America's most iconic brands, Bush's Baked Beans. Bush's Best Baked Beans has been operating for 117 years. Its founder, AJ Bush, went to Carson-Newman College. He taught school for a while before opening a general store in 1897. Soon after that, he started a cannery in Chestnut Hill, about 10 miles southeast of Dandridge. The general store is n…