American Home Foods, Inc.
| Business Details | |
|---|---|
| Primary Town | Santa Clara, CA |
| Primary Business | Cannery |
| Dates | 1945-1960 |
Summary
Merged with Pratt-Low, 1960.
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Jose | 1945 | 999 Newhall Street at Campbell Avenue |
Details
Manufacturer of Clapp baby food. Moved to Newhall Avenue at the railroad tracks in 1945 from former plant at Race and Moorpark according to a "San Jose News article on April 13, 1945":http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g0siAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GqQFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1143,1177334&dq=moorpark-ave+san-jose&hl=en .
New plant was going to increase the output of 35 items from 10-15%. New plant was $225,000, 85,000 square foot building on 14 acre site. They had been using the Schuckl cannery (formerly U.S. Products, who went bankrupt in 1943) on Race and Moorpark. (All from April 2, 1945 San Jose News .)
Clapp merged with Pratt-Low in 1960 according to Wikipedia.
Also made Duff's cake mix (seen with San Jose address in Spokane newspaper in 1951)
Also comments here:
http://genecowan.com/2008/06/22/evolution_of_a_neighborhood/
Clapp's moved to San Jose in 1943, acc. to
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1983&dat=19440302&id=xh1KAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TiANAAAAIBAJ&pg=1065,4702129 March 2, 1944
article in San Jose News. Almost all food coming from San Jose area. Food being used for hospitalized soldiers, too.
http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=g0siAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GqQFAAAAIBAJ&dq=moorpark-ave%20san-jose&pg=1042%2C1178306 April 13, 1945 San Jose News article
"The yield we get from produce in San Jose is far greater than areas housing our other plants... Originally we intended to build the San Jose Clapp plant in the Middle West-- but San Jose's strategic location and her exceptionally good raw materials production made us change our minds... We expected higher costs of operation in San Jose than in the East. But our experience has proven these costs are much lower."