Bounty Paper Towels is a brand of 2-ply paper towels manufactured and distributed by Procter & Gamble in the United States. Bounty paper towels are known for their high absorbency, and soft texture. The product is best known for its slogan, “the quilted quicker picker upper, Bounty!” http://www.quickerpickerupper.com/en_US/index.shtml

Originally developed by the Scott Paper Company, paper towels were invented by a lucky accident in the late 1920s. Soon after, the product was released on the market as a disposable kitchen cloth, though it did not gain favor for many years, as consumers preferred to use their cloth kitchen towels. http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/papertowel.htm

The Procter & Gamble company was founded in 1837 in Cincinnati, Ohio. The company produces a variety of goods, specializing in health and beauty products. Their products, including Bounty paper towels, sell worldwide, and are the 8th largest corporation in the world.http://www.pg.com/en_US/index.shtml In 2007, Procter & Gamble sold the UK rights to Bounty products to Swedish manufacturers, SCA, under the agreement that the company would re-brand the product under their own name. Any Bounty products sold in the United Kingdom are now sold under the brand name Plenty. Procter & Gamble held onto the Bounty rights in the United States, and continues to sell the product under that name within the US.http://www.pg.com/en_US/index.shtml

Bounty products can be purchased at most major retailers and online through the company’s website. http://www.quickerpickerupper.com/en_US/index.shtml

Bounty expanded their product line, selling paper napkins and a variety of paper towels including: Bounty Original, Bounty Extra Soft, and Bounty Basic. Consumers can purchase single rolls, or larger packages including up to 8 rolls. The average price for Bounty paper towels ranges from $2.49 to $3.00http://www.quickerpickerupper.com/en_US/index.shtml

Paper towels were first invented by mistake in the late 1920s. Arthur Scott, head of the Scott Paper Company had received a large shipment of paper that had been rolled too thick, and was therefore useless in producing toilet paper products. Scott recalled hearing about a school teacher who made a practice of giving sick children a small piece of cloth to use when they were sick, as a means of infection control. Inspired, Scott perforated the paper, so that it tore off into small, 13” x 18” sheets. The product was named Sani-Towels and was sold to various establishments for use in their public facilities.

In 1931, Scott introduced paper towels for the kitchen to the market. Since women were satisfied with using their cloth kitchen towels, and most people were not as aware of infection control, paper towels were not widely used for several decades. http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/papertowel.htm