Sunkist Growers, Incorporated

Sunkist Growers, Inc. is a US-based cooperative marketing of citrus fruits and their products and based in Sherman Oaks, a neighborhood of Los Angeles. The approximately 6,000 members are mainly from California and Arizona. Members can only producers and cooperative associations of producers. Under the name Sunkist fruit juice products are distributed worldwide.

History

Came out Sunkist Growers from the Southern California Fruit Exchange, founded in Claremont 1893. In 1905 the cooperative was registered as a corporation and renamed The California Fruit Growers Exchange. The new name should reflect the importance of bill she had with now 5,000 producers, representing 45% of the then citrus industry in California, acquired.

1908, the marketing agency Lord & Thomas the name Sunkist. He served as a brand name for oranges highest quality. 1952 Finally, the present name was adopted in order to bring closer the co-operative with the brand name in conjunction.

Products

In addition to citrus fruits such as oranges, lemons and tangerines also products of citrus under the Sunkist brand names are licensed and distributed in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Australia. These include in particular fruit juices, lemonades, fruit jelly and vitamins.