Sunkist Growers, Incorporated is a citrus grower's non-stock membership cooperative composed of 6,000 members from California and Arizona. It is headquartered in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Formed in 1893 as the Southern California Fruit Exchange in Claremont by P.J. Dreher and his son, the "father" of the California citrus industry, Edward L. Dreher (1877-1964). The exchange soon included growers and groves in Pomona, Riverside...
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Sunkist Growers, Incorporated is a citrus grower's non-stock membership cooperative composed of 6,000 members from California and Arizona. It is headquartered in the Sherman Oaks neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Formed in 1893 as the Southern California Fruit Exchange in Claremont by P.J. Dreher and his son, the "father" of the California citrus industry, Edward L. Dreher (1877-1964). The exchange soon included growers and groves in Pomona, Riverside and San Dimas in Los Angeles County, and Santa Paula, Saticoy, Fillmore and Piru in Ventura County; by 1905, the group represented 5,000 members, 45% of the California citrus industry, and renamed itself the California Fruit Growers Exchange. It adopted the "Sunkist" name in 1908 for its highest quality oranges, and so was the first to brand fruit.
Currently representing about 6000 members, Sunkist is a not-for-profit corporation, with all profits from the exchange returned to the growers. Sunkist is the largest marketing cooperative in the...
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