Difference between revisions of "Stokely Van Camp"
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Revision as of 09:32, 13 December 2014
| Business |
Cannery |
|---|---|
| Predecessors |
Tamal Packing, George N. Herbert Packing Company |
Stokely Van Camp was an east coast based canner. Van Camp moved into the California market by opened operations in California in 1922 starting negotiations to buy three canneries. They purchased [March 1922 Western Canner and Packer] four plants: the Tamal Packing plant in San Francisco, George N. Herbert Packing Company canneries in Gridley and San Jose, and an olive cannery in Oroville.
The company had a plant on Campbell Ave. in San Jose (near Santa Clara border).
Locations
| Location | Years | Address | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lodi | None | Formerly Foster and Woods cannery, then Pacific Coast Producers. | |
| San Jose | 1962, 1970s | 1180 Campbell Avenue |
Details
Had private refrigerated warehouse in San Jose in 1962.
Eventually merged into Tri Valley Growers.
Article in the Tracy Press mentions one figure who was a field man for the "Stokely-Van Camp freezer plant in San Jose".