Ad for Sunkist frozen punches. 1960.

#Halloween #ads #advertising #Sunkist #1960s #beverage

After over 130 yrs of providing food to America, ranging from #Pineapples to #Pears to #Peaches to #PetFoods, modern marketing #mismanagement puts #California cannery #DelMonte into big #Bankruptcy blaming "borrowing" binge that led to billions in 21st century debt.

Current company HQ claims they secured another nearly a billion in #loans to keep operating as they seek a buyer.

Once one of the great west coast companies, "Del Monte Plant No. 1" built in post earthquake #SanFrancisco was heralded as the largest #fruit and #vegetable cannery in the world, employing 2,500 people and producing 200,000 cans of Del Monte brand food per day.

Later, it became a subsidiary of RJ Reynolds tobacco, and owner of #SunKist oranges & #StarKist tuna. In 2006, Del Monte became the second largest pet foods corp by purchasing Meow Mix & Milk Bone brands, but since then, HQ moved to suburban Walnut Creek CA and many of the Del Monte operations & brands have been thinned out and sold off. In 2025 brands still include #Contadina, College Inn #soups, and since 2001, a similar subsidiary 100+ yr old #canning brand called S & W and a more recent foray into burgeoning bubble teas.

https://www.mercurynews.com/2025/07/02/del-monte-economy-food-fruit-vegetable-court-bankrupt-bay-area-jobs/?share=muabystysmrmasntycab #GftLink #SharedStory #MercuryNews

https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Food/canned-goods-company-del-monte-foods-files-chapter/story?id=123409670

In mini mega #mergers dept : #Keurig , the company that started the single serve coffee pod craze, just in time for Halloween, announces a purchase valued at near a billion dollars for acquisition of "Ghost" #energydrinks

This add to a portfolio of #BeverageBrands including #Clamato, Dr Pepper, 7 UP, A & W , #Snapple, Canada Dry, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, #schweppes, #Sunkist and Venom Energy Drinks etc

https://www.reuters.com/markets/deals/keurig-dr-pepper-buy-energy-drink-maker-ghost-over-1-bln-wsj-reports-2024-10-24/

Orange packer of Sunkist oranges. Self-built trailer. California

#Sunkist #California

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2017771300/

My wife, upon seeing Trump on the evening news tonight:

"Jeez, any more orange and he'd be part of the Sunkist family"

#Trump #Orange #MangoMussolini
#OrangeIsTheNewFascist #Sunkist