Sunkist Growers, Incorporated

Sunkist Growers, Incorporated
Company typeAgricultural marketing cooperative
IndustryAgriculture
Founded1893; 131 years ago (1893) in Claremont, California
FounderP.J. Dreher and Edward L. Dreher
Headquarters,
United States
Area served
California and Arizona
ProductsCitrus
Websitewww.sunkist.com

Sunkist Growers, Incorporated, branded as Sunkist, is an American citrus growers' non-stock membership cooperative composed of over 1,000 members from California and Arizona headquartered in Valencia, California.[1] Through 31 offices in the United States and Canada and four offices outside North America, its sales in 1991 totaled $956 million. It is the largest fresh produce shipper in the United States, the most diversified citrus processing and marketing operation in the world, and one of California's largest landowners.[2]

  1. ^ Wilcox, Gregory (August 18, 2014). "Sunkist leaving San Fernando Valley after four decades". Los Angeles Daily News. MediaNews Group. Retrieved September 14, 2014.
  2. ^ Schoenbrod, David (1995). Power Without Responsibility: How Congress Abuses the People Through Delegation. Yale University Press. p. 6. ISBN 0-300-06518-3.