Difference between revisions of "California Canners and Growers"

Summary
Business	Cannery
Active	1958 - 1964
Predecessors	Filice and Perelli, Richmond Chase, Thornton Canning, San Jose Canning Company
Successors	Tri-Valley Growers

Revision as of 01:49, 20 October 2013

Large California canner, formed in 1958 from the merger of several smaller canning companies^[1]. The founding companies included Filice and Perelli, Richmond Chase, Thornton Canning, and San Jose Canning Company.

By 1964, the company had merged into the larger Tri-Valley Growers. Joseph Perelli of Filice and Perelli discussed the buyout in an oral history at the Bancroft Library.

Locations

Location	Years	Address	Details
Richmond		1200 Harbor Way	Former Filice and Perelli.
San Jose	-~1970	Lick Avenue	Former San Jose Canning Company. Site of Tamien Station, according to old SPINS books.
San Jose	~1970	North of Diridon station, east of tracks.	From Dome of Foam.

Photos

Photo of CalCan facility north of Diridon Station

Richmond cannery building

↑ June 6, 1958 Lodi News-Sentinel

[1] June 6, 1958 Lodi News-Sentinel

[1]

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 {{Infobox_Industry
 | primary_business = Cannery
-| primary_dates = 1958 - 1984
+| primary_dates = 1958 - 1964
 | predecessors = [[Filice and Perelli]], [[Richmond Chase]], [[Thornton Canning]], [[San Jose Canning Company]]
-| successors = [[Glorietta Foods]]
+| successors = [[Tri-Valley Growers]]
 }}
+Large California canner, formed in 1958 from the merger of several smaller canning companies<ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o4YzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hO4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=3736%2C4673671 June 6, 1958 Lodi News-Sentinel]</ref>.  The founding companies included
+[[Filice and Perelli]], [[Richmond Chase]], [[Thornton Canning]], and [[San Jose Canning Company]].
-Apparently formed from [[Filice and Perelli]], [[Richmond Chase]], [[Thornton Canning]], and [[San Jose Canning Company]].
+By 1964, the company had merged into the larger [[Tri-Valley Growers]].  Joseph Perelli of Filice and Perelli discussed the buyout in an [http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb6n39p139;NAAN=13030&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=div00056&toc.depth=1&toc.id=&brand=calisphere&query=Japanese%20American%20Oral%20History%20Project oral history at the Bancroft Library].
-Merged into Tri-Valley Packing Association in 1984.
 ==Locations==
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 ! Location !! Years !! Address !! Details
 |-
-| Richmond ||  || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1200%20Harbor%20Way,Richmond 1200 Harbor Way] ||
+| Richmond ||  || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1200%20Harbor%20Way,Richmond 1200 Harbor Way] || Former [[Filice and Perelli]].
 |-
-| San Jose || -~1970 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Lick%20Avenue,San%20Jose Lick Avenue] ||
+| San Jose || -~1970 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Lick%20Avenue,San%20Jose Lick Avenue] || Former [[San Jose Canning Company]].
 Site of Tamien Station, according to old SPINS books.
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 | San Jose || ~1970 || [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=North%20of%20Diridon%20station%2C%20east%20of%20tracks.,San%20Jose North of Diridon station, east of tracks.] ||
 From Dome of Foam.
 |-
 |}
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 [http://www.baycrossings.com/dispnews.asp?id=1951 Richmond cannery building]
-==Details==
-Cooperative, also known as "Cal Can" Took over [[Filice and Perelli]] in 1958, [[Richmond Chase]] in 1958. Took over Thornton Canning Company (near Stockton) around the same time. Took over [[San Jose Canning Company]].  ([http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=o4YzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hO4HAAAAIBAJ&pg=3736%2C4673671 June 6, 1958 Lodi News-Sentinel].)
-Merged with Tri-Valley Packing Association in 1984. According to Jim
-Zetterquist, "Both companies were in trouble and the banks 'tossed a
-coin' over which company took over the other. All of Cal Cans local
-plants were shut down and sold off as scrap" Took over F.G. Wool
-in 1990 for their grower contracts (acc to one source) and brands
-according to Jim Zetterquist. Also took over S&W, Libby,
-etc. Declared Bankruptcy in 1983, sold Richmond Cannery. Subsidiaries
-were merged into parent company on June 1, 1963 according to
-[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19630529&id=UN8zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RjIHAAAAIBAJ&pg=5691,4886498 Lodi News]
-[[Richmond Chase]] would have Burrell Chase as VP, Filice and Perreli, Peter M. Filice; Thornton Cannery, Dale G. Hollenbeck, Schuckl, George Coley. San Jose canning would be separate. They canned 500,000 tons of fruits and vegetables aseason. Got rid of separate names in April 1964 acc to
-[http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1948&dat=19640405&id=GQ9KAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dh4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1915,733776 Modesto Bee]
-Closed [[San Jose Canning Company]] site on Lick Ave in 1983 (San Jose Mercury News)
-Company finally collapsed in 2000's for a host of reasons - changes in eating habits and wholesale purchases, problems with contracts, etc.  Their implosion created a huge mess in the Central Valley; Modesto and Empire VP still annoyed that they messed up so badly.
-Moved main canneries from San Jose to Modesto in the 1960's because of cost of sewage treatment and
-Also See:
-[http://www.answers.com/topic/tri-valley-growers History of company]
-Reminder of amount of water needed by cannery:
-[http://www.swrcb.ca.gov/board_decisions/adopted_orders/water_quality/1971/wq1971_23.pdf 3 million gallons a day of wastewater]
-Joseph Perelli
-[http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=hb6n39p139;NAAN=13030&doc.view=frames&chunk.id=div00056&toc.depth=1&toc.id=&brand=calisphere&query=Japanese%20American%20Oral%20History%20Project comments on buyout] by CalCan.
 [[Category:Richmond]]
 [[Category:San Jose]]
 [[Category:Cannery]]

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