Mott's

Mott's is an American company involved primarily in producing apple-based products, particularly juices and sauces.

The company was founded in 1842 by Samuel R. Mott of Bouckville, New York, who made apple cider and vinegar. In 1914, the company merged with the W. B. Duffy Cider Company to become Duffy-Mott.[1] In early 2006 all of Mott's beverage brands were folded into Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages. In 2008 Mott's was demerged from Cadbury Schweppes plc, to operate as a separate unit of Keurig Dr Pepper.[2]

History

The Mott's company was founded in 1842 by Samuel R. Mott of Bouckville, New York, who made apple cider and vinegar. Mott products were exhibited at Philadelphia's Centennial Exposition in 1876 and Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition

Key Dates

1842: Samuel R. Mott starts making and selling cider and vinegar in Bouckville, New York.[1]

1900: The company (then called Genesee Fruit Company) is sold to the W.B. Duffy Cider Company.[1]

1914: Mott's merges with the W.B. Duffy Cider Company, creating Duffy-Mott, incorporated in New York.[1]

1933: Duffy-Mott begins producing prune juice.

1938: Duffy-Mott introduces Mott's Apple Juice.

1958: Duffy-Mott completes its initial public offering of stock.

1982: Cadbury Schweppes acquires Duffy-Mott.

1986: Duffy-Mott shortens its name to Mott’s Inc.[1]

1991: Mott’s introduces fruit-flavored apple sauces, which would eventually evolve into the Mott's Fruitsations brand.[1]

1999: Cadbury-Schweppes acquires the Hawaiian Punch brand and partially integrates it with Mott's.[4]

2001: The company introduces Mott’s Healthy Harvest, an unsweetened apple sauce blended with other fruits.[1]

2002: During the previous four years, annual sales for Mott's double.

2008: Cadbury Schweppes divests Mott's as part of Keurig Dr Pepper.

2008: Motts sources all of its apple juice from China, violating recommended FDA levels of arsenic.

2010: The company introduces Mott’s Fruit Snacks

Acquisitions

1929: Standard Apple Products Company
1953: Clapp's Baby Foods
1960: Pratt-Low Preserving Corporation
1960s: Cherry Growers Co., Inc., of Michigan
1966: Lord Mott Canning Company
1966: Tilghman Packaging Company
1966: Clamato
1987: Mr & Mrs T
2001: ReaLime and ReaLemon

Labor issues at Williamson, New York plant

On May 23, 2010, 305 workers at the Mott's plant in Williamson, New York, represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union Local 220 (RWDSU), voted to strike after Mott's parent company at the time, Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS)—despite healthy profits, an increase in market share and stock price—proposed serious cuts to employee benefits.

The proposal from the company included a $1.69-per-hour wage cut for all employees, a pension elimination for future employees, and a pension freeze for current employees, a 20% decrease in employer contributions to the 401(k) and increased employee contributions toward health care premiums and co-payments. DPS came under criticism for proposing cuts to worker pay at a time when not only was the local economy in turmoil, but the top three executives at DPS had doubled their pay between 2007 and 2009.[5]

Then-State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo wrote to Mott's on June 25, 2010, urging the company to return to the bargaining table and come to a "fair and equitable solution."[6]

In a letter to Fang Li, President and CEO of Keurig Dr Pepper

foundation	1842
founder	Samuel R. Mott
owner	Keurig Dr Pepper
hq location city	Frisco, Texas
industry	Juices and sauces
products	Apple juice Apple sauce
homepage	www.motts.com

History

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Acquisitions

Acquisitions

Labor issues at Williamson, New York plant

Brands

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