Hot Pockets were developed by Paul Merage and David Merage(Brother), through their company Chef America Inc. Chef America invented a packaging sleeve and dough formula to keep its calzone-like sandwiches crispy when cooked in a microwave. In 1980, Chef America introduced its first stuffed sandwich, the Tastywich, the predecessor of the Hot Pocket.[3] Hot Pockets supplanted Tastywiches in 1983, first sold to restaurants because they were easier to break into than retail stores.[3] On May 22, 2002, Chef America was sold to Nestlé. Hot Pocket products were "a $2 billion category of frozen sandwiches and snacks".[4] Breakfast style Hot Pockets were introduced in 2001.[5] Sales[edit] Citing reduced sales, in 2011 Nestlé announced that it would