Stokely Van Camp

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Summary
Business Details
Primary Business Cannery

Summary

East coast based canner. Had plant on Campbell Ave. in San Jose (near Santa Clara border). Van Camp opened operations in California in 1922 by starting negotiations to buy three canneries.

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".