headquarters chicago illinois products canned food website libbys.com conagra ntc marketing nestl seneca foods tequesta foods 1898 advertisement showing the trapezoidal can of libby mcneill & libby s canned corned beef libby mcneill & libby salmon fishing vessel 1918 libby s is a u.s. based food company known for its canned food . contents 1 history 1.1 acquisition 1.2 2009 canned pumpkin shortage 2 references 3 external links history edit 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 . 1 by 1880 it had 1 500 employees in chicago 2 and by the turn of the century there were about 2 000 employed 3 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 . in the 1970s libby s had a successful television advertising campaign featuring their jingle when it says libby s libby s libby s on the label label label you will like it like it like it on your table table table . . 4 acquisition edit libby mcneill & libby was acquired by nestl in 1976 . 5 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 6 7 niagara trading company acquired a license for the libby s name on canned pineapple in 1983 . 8 9 conagra acquired the canned meats division in 1998 . in 2010 tequesta foods acquired the libby s license for nectars and in 2014 for creamers and macaroni and cheese . corlib brand holding is the owner of the libby s trademark since the early 2000s . 10 ntc marketing acquired the libby s licenses for pineapple and tropical fruits in 1983 and juices in 2009 . ntc marketing is based in buffalo new york . 11 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 . in 2015 peaty mills plc. acquired the libby s brand rights for preserved foods in the uk eire and portugal with the exceptions of corned beef pumpkin and fruit juices . the brand rights for fruit juice in the uk are held by refresco . libby s trademark in canary islands spain and portugal is owned by establecimientos industriales archipi lago s.a. 12 just for canary islands they sell fruit juices catsup sauce and apple soda . libby s also owned juicy juice ; they sold it to nestl in the 2000s . 2009 canned pumpkin shortage edit in november 2009 libby s announced that because of poor weather on its illinois pumpkin farms and a depleted back stock a canned pumpkin shortage was likely as thanksgiving approached . libby s accounts for the vast majority of canned pumpkin production in the united states and the shortfall prompted libby s to establish farms in multiple states as a hedge against another mass shortage like the one that happened in 2009 . 13 references edit http www.conagrafoods.com consumer brands brand info.jsp cookietest true & page libbys conagra history http www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org pages 2751.html encyclopedia of chigago history http library.buffalo.edu libraries exhibits panam food libbys1.html 1901 promotional material 1 nestle and unit in u.s. set deal to acquire libby libby to sell canning business libby to sell fruit vegetable businesses in us niagara trading seneca s history http www.babymilkaction.org press press19april06.html http www.ilovelibbys.com about us libbys . zumo vitaplus nectar naranja pi a melocoton platano zanahoria tomate catchup . ketchup canarias guayaba fresa manzana sin azucar fruta dieta canarias tenerife las palmas leche salud multifruta mango albaricoque tropica ... severson kim november 17 2009 . libby s warns of a canned pumpkin shortage . nytimes.com . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to libby s. 1901 promotional material v t e conagra foods brands and divisions act ii american italian pasta company mrs. grass mueller s andy capp s banquet bertolli frozen foods only blue bonnet chef boyardee crunch n munch david sunflower seeds del monte canada and mexico egg beaters fiddle faddle fleischmann s yeast gulden s healthy choice hebrew national hunt s hunt s snack pack jiffy pop kid cuisine la choy libby s manwich marie callender s orville redenbacher s 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