California Conserving Company
| Business |
Cannery |
|---|---|
| Main Location |
Hayward |
| Active |
1860-1946 |
| Brands |
California Home-Brand Products. Logo was a downward-pointing triangle with the letters CHB[1]. |
| Predecessors |
California Supply Company |
| Successors |
Hunt Brothers Packing Company |
The California Conserving Company was a food processor in the mid 20th century. The California Conserving Company was founded in San Francisco in 1860, and moved to Hayward in 1900[2]. By 1925, it claimed to be the largest pickle and tomato plant "in a single unit" in the U.S. "It operated year-round producing catsup, chili sauce, tomato paste, and other tomato-based products as well as a wide variety of pickles, wine vinegar, white vinegar, cider vinegar, mustard, sauerkraut, and Worcestershire sauce." The company also produced "Spaniola Sauce". The company canned under the California Home brand.[3].
The company may have been founded by John Koster as the Pacific Vinegar and Pickle WorksCite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag.
In 1920, California Conserving Company apparently considered leasing their warehouse to the Canners Warehouse Company for field warehousing of canned goods and canning supplies[4].
The company used Emil Brisacher of San Francisco as their advertising agency in 1922[5].
The company bought the Mountain View-based California Supply Company in the early 1940's, and made pickles at that plant. They moved from Mountain View to a modern Fremont plant in the early 1950's[6].
California Conserving Company merged with Hunts in 1946.
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Island | 1927 | River Road | Just south of Ryde along Sacramento River[7] |
| Hayward | 1931-1946 | Lower A Street near SP tracks | |
| Mountain View | 1941-1950s | Oak Street at railroad tracks, east/south of Sunsweet. | Some sources claim closed in 1950; one person who grew up in Sunnyvale says he worked at the plant during the summer of 1953. |
| San Francisco | 1922 | 110 Market Street[8] | |
| San Jose | 1972 | 1325 E. Julian St.[9] |
References
- ↑ California Conserving Company, Inc: [1], trademark.com. Logo was dead by 1964, and was used for canned tuna, sandwich spread, mayonnaise, and pickles.
- ↑ City of Hayward Historic Preservation Program
- ↑ December 7, 1934 San Jose Evening News. Also noted the company giving away free glasses in exchange for canning labels.
- ↑ Application of the Canners Warehouse Company: Decisions of the California Railroad Commission, Application #5661, decided May 17, 1920
- ↑ California Conserving Company Appoints Agency: November 2, 1922 Printers Ink
- ↑ June 28, 2002 Mountain View Voice. The 1950 closing date may be wrong; a former employee said he worked there in the summer of 1953.
- ↑ Pratt-Low Info, Cannery Landing RV Campground. Site shows 1928 steamboat map showing Libby Cannery, California Conserving, and Pratt-Low Cannery along west bank of Sacramento River in Grand Island, just south of Ryde.
- ↑ Membership List: Annual Report: Board of Trade of San Francisco. 1922
- ↑ List of manufacturing businesses in Santa Clara County, Vocational Education memo, 1972.