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'{{Infobox Company | company_name = Libby's| company_logo = [[File:Libbys logo.svg|200px|Libby's logo]]| company_type = | company_slogan = | foundation = 1869 | location = [[Chicago, Illinois]] | key_people = | num_employees = | industry = [[Foods]] | products = [[Canning|Canned food]] | homepage = [http://www.libbys.com Libbys.com]<br>[http://www.conagrafoods.com/consumer/brands/brand_info.jsp?cookietest=true&page=libbys ConAgra]<br>[http://www.ilovelibbys.com NTC Marketing]<br>[http://www.nestleusa.com/Brands/Baking/Libbys-Pumpkin.aspx Nestlé]<br>[http://libbysinternational.com/ Seneca Foods]<br>[http://libbysnectars.com/ Tequesta Foods ]| }} [[File:Libby McNeill & Libby Corned Beef 1898.jpg|thumb|1898 advertisement showing the trapezoidal can of Libby, McNeill & Libby's canned corned beef]] '''Libby's''' is a [[United States|U.S.]]-based food company known for its [[canning|canned food]]. ==History== The company was founded as '''Libby, McNeill & Libby''' in [[Chicago, Illinois]], by Archibald McNeill and the brothers Arthur and Charles Libby. The business began with a canned meat product, beef in brine, or [[corned beef]]. It became well-known when it began to package the meat in a trapezoid-shaped can starting in 1875.<ref>http://www.conagrafoods.com/consumer/brands/brand_info.jsp?cookietest=true&page=libbys ConAgra history</ref> By 1880, it had 1,500 employees in Chicago,<ref>http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/2751.html Encyclopedia of Chigago history</ref> and by the turn of the century there were about 2,000 employed,<ref>http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/exhibits/panam/food/libbys1.html 1901 promotional material</ref> by which time it had expanded to the canning of fruits and vegetables. Libby's came under the control of [[Swift & Company]] in the 1920s but later became independent again. One of the best known executives of Libby's was [[Charles Scott Bridges]] who in 1947 was made a director of the company and in 1953 became Libby's president and chief executive officer. Libby's expanded and modernized during his presidency, including extensive production of frozen foods. By 1960 Libby's had 9,000 employees and annual revenues of $296 million, and ranked 154th in size among U.S. corporations. ===Acquisition=== Libby, McNeill & Libby was acquired by [[Nestlé]] in 1976.<ref>[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10713FC395915768FDDAF0A94DA405B868BF1D3 Nestle and Unit In U.S. Set Deal To Acquire Libby]</ref> In 1982, Libby's canned vegetable business was acquired by S.S. Pierce (now [[Seneca Foods]]) and its canned fruits business was acquired by California Canners and Growers; Seneca later acquired the canned fruit business<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1982/03/11/business/libby-to-sell-canning-business.html Libby to Sell Canning Business]</ref><ref>[http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=icAcAAAAIBAJ&sjid=n34EAAAAIBAJ&pg=6723,562219 Libby To Sell Fruit, Vegetable Businesses In US]</ref> Niagara Trading Company acquired a license for the Libby's name on canned pineapple in 1983.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/1983/09/24/business/niagara-trading.html Niagara Trading]</ref><ref>[http://www.senecafoods.com/Company/history.shtml Seneca's History]</ref> [[ConAgra Foods|ConAgra]] acquired the canned meats division in 1998. Libby's nectars was acquired by Tequesta Foods in 2010. Corlib Brand Holding is the current owner of the Libby's trademark.<ref>http://www.babymilkaction.org/press/press19april06.html</ref> NTC Marketing acquired the Libby's licenses for pineapple & tropical fruits in 1983 and juices in 2009. NTC Marketing is based in [[Buffalo, NY]]. <ref>http://www.ilovelibbys.com/about-us/</ref> Before and after World War II, Libby's had canning operations outside the United States in Belgium and France, at Leer in northern Germany, and in the UnIted Kingdom. Libby's UK operations were based in Milnthorpe, Cumbria, a decision mainly driven by the significant dairy farming community in the South Lakes area, who supplied Libby's with milk, the basic ingredient of [[evaporated milk]] that was the mainstay of the factory's operations. The factory went on to make tinned rice pudding, tomato ketchup and fruit juice, both canned and bottled. The Milnthorpe factory had its own R&D labs and eventually the plant produced Libby's Orange 'c', a best seller even though it was berated by a national newspaper for its high water content. Orange 'c' is still on sale today under the Libby's brand. The Milnthorpe operation gradually declined, following acquisition by Nestlé, who moved production to various other Nestlé plants in the UK, prior to closure of the Milnthorpe factory. Libby's in the [[United Kingdom]] does not sell canned foods. They instead sell fruit juice. Libby's trademark in [[Canary Islands]], [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]] is owned by Establecimientos Industriales Archipiélago S.A.<ref>[http://www.eiarchipielago.es/ LIBBYS. zumo, vitaplus, nectar, naranja, piña, melocoton, platano, zanahoria, tomate, catchup. ketchup, canarias, guayaba, fresa, manzana, sin azucar, fruta, dieta, canarias, tenerife, las palmas, leche, salud, multifruta, mango, albaricoque, tropica...<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> just for [[Canary Islands]], they sell fruit juices, catsup sauce and apple soda. Libby's also owned [[Juicy Juice]]; they sold it to [[Nestlé]] in the 2000s. ===2009 Canned Pumpkin Shortage=== In November 2009, Libby's announced that due to poor weather in the [[Midwestern]] United States (where it grows its pumpkins) and a depleted back stock, a canned pumpkin shortage was likely as Thanksgiving approached.<ref>{{ cite web |author=Severson, Kim |title=Libby’s Warns of a Canned Pumpkin Shortage |url=http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/11/17/libbys-warns-of-a-canned-pumpkin-shortage/ |work=NYTimes.com |date=November 17, 2009 }}</ref>It was awful! ==References== <references/> ==External links== * [http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/exhibits/panam/food/libbys1.html 1901 promotional material] {{ConAgra}} {{Nestlé}} [[Category:Food companies of the United States]] [[Category:ConAgra Foods]] [[Category:Nestlé]] [[Category:1869 introductions]]'