Hunt Brothers Packing Company
| Business Details | |
|---|---|
| Primary Business | Cannery |
Summary
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell | 1946- | Harrison Ave. | |
| Davis | |||
| Exeter | 1921 | ||
| Hayward | 1891-1981 | A, B, C street at railroad tracks | |
| Los Gatos | 1907-1930 | Santa Cruz Avenue at Highway 9 | |
| Salem | 1921-1956 | Front Street | |
| San Jose | 1918, 1922, 1936, 1940 | 361 North Fourth Street |
Photos
Hunt Brothers Cannery, Los Gatos Museums of Los Gatos
Hunts Cannery, Los Gatos, 1930
Hunts Cannery, Los Gatos, 1930
Details
Tomatoes.
Hayward packed cherries, peaches, apricots, eventually tomatoes.
1918 sites: San Jose, Los Gatos, Exeter, Salem, Hayward.
Major canner. Started in Santa Rosa, but moved to Hayward quickly.
1921 officers: President: Julius Landberg, Secretary Clarence Cook, General Manager William Fay.
Bought by Norton Simon's Val Vita Food Products in 1943, changed name to Hunt Foods. Simon acquired Wesson in early 1950's and renamed the company Hunt-Wesson. Bought by Beatrice, private investment group, then ConAgra in 1980's.
Los Gatos cannery sold in September 1942 to W. J. Gould of Los Gatos. Cannery was only being used as a warehouse by Hunts. Cannery was then sold to Seagrams distilling interests May 11, 1943 who had just bought Paul Masson properties. Cannery had not been in operation for ten years. 13,000 sq ft of 70Ksq ft were leased by Louis Devich hoping to can this year.
Los Gatos cannery machinery sold to Sunsweet in 1944. (At least fire prevention.)
Exeter cannery closed during 1921 according to November 1921 Canning Age 1922: 600,000 cases expected to be packed at Hayward, 60,000 of spinach when season opens in March. Plant will be active March-November. ( Western Canner and Packer Bee problems in 1922 1927 Season : apricots started July 5.
1928 season: apricots started June 27 at Greco, Di Fiore, Hunt, and Flickingers. Pratt-Low, [Richmond Chase], [Pacific Coast Canners], CalPak, Bisceglia, Barron-Gray, and Hunts/LG started several days ago. Hunts' production for 1928 was "582,000 pounds of apricots, 12,000 pounds of plums, 1.3 million pounds of pears, and 6 million pounds of peaches."
1930 season Start peaches July 26 - 4 carloads of Tuscan peaches arrived last week. Finish apricots August 1, begin canning mid-summer and philip peaches. Some pears pa cked. Manager was E. K. Sullivan.