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===First foundation===
In the 1930s, Marie Callender and her husband Cal Warren Callender began selling pies in the city of [[Long Beach]] and in [[Orange County, California|Orange County]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shin |first1=Tony |title=Marie Callender's Set to Close 19 Locations in Southern California |url=https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/marie-callenders-closing-california-los-angeles-521857851.html |access-date=2 November 2019 |publisher=NBC Los Angeles |date=5 August 2019}}</ref> In 1948, they sold their family car and used the money to set up a wholesale bakery with their son [[Don Callender|Don]]. The first official location was opened in 1964.<ref name="CTLAT">{{cite news |title=DON CALLENDER: 1927-2009 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2009-01-13-0901120461-story.html |access-date=2 November 2019 |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date=13 January 2009}}</ref>

Eventually, Don opened a retail outlet in [[Orange, California]], naming it after his mother, gradually adding other food.<ref name="CTLAT"/> Within five years the chain was expanded to 12 more locations and opened its first locations outside of California (Las Vegas and Houston) in 1969. It grew into 84 locations by the end of the 1970s. However, the Houston location closed down in 1981. In 1996, the company announced that they planned to open three new restaurants in the Houston area once again.  At the end, all three remaining locations in Houston closed down in 2001 due to restaurants being unprofitable.<ref name="HBJMCC"/>