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-based products, particularly

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s. The company was founded in 1842 by Samuel R. Mott of Bouckville,

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and

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. In 1914, the company merged with the W. B. Duffy Cider Company to become Duffy-Mott. In early 2006, all of Mott's beverage brands were folded into

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. Today, Mott's continues to operate as a separate unit of

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(recently demerged from

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History

The Mott's company was founded in 1842 by Samuel R. Mott of Bouckville,

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and

. Mott products were exhibited at

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in 1876 and

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in 1893. After the death of one of his sons, Samuel retired from the apple business altogether and sold the company to his remaining sons, John and Frederick, with the company being renamed to Genesee Fruit Company. Following John’s death, Frederick sold the company to the W.B. Duffy Cider Company in 1900, with the two companies merging in 1914 to become Duffy-Mott. Eventually, during the mid-1970s, the company was acquired by the

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(later

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) and became its subsidiary. In 1982,

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purchased the Duffy-Mott Company. Four years later, the company shortened its name to simply ''Mott’s Inc''. In 1991, Mott’s introduced fruit-flavored apple sauces, which would eventually evolve into the Mott's Fruitsations brand. In 1999, Cadbury Schweppes acquired the

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brand for $203 million, giving Mott's responsibility for producing and marketing the

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portion of the business, and giving the rest of the business to Dr. Pepper/Seven Up, one of Cadbury's other subsidiaries. In early 2006, all of Mott's beverage brands (Hawaiian Punch,

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mix,

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, and

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) were folded into

. Mott's continues to operate as a separate unit of

(recently demerged from

). In 2008,

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was a spokeswoman of Mott's.

Key Dates

* 1842: Samuel R. Mott starts making and selling cider and vinegar in

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. * 1900: The company (now called ''Genesee Fruit Company'') is sold to the W.B. Duffy Cider Company. * 1914: Mott's merges with the W.B. Duffy Cider Company, creating ''Duffy-Mott'', incorporated in New York. * 1933: Duffy-Mott begins producing

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. * 1938: Duffy-Mott introduces Mott's Apple Juice. * 1958: Duffy-Mott completes its initial

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of stock. * 1982:

acquires Duffy-Mott. * 1986: Duffy-Mott shortens its name to Mott’s Inc. * 1991: Mott’s introduces fruit-flavored apple sauces, which would eventually evolve into the Mott's Fruitsations brand. * 1999: Cadbury-Schweppes acquires the

brand and partially integrates it with Mott's. * 2001: The company introduces Mott’s Healthy Harvest, an unsweetened apple sauce blended with other fruits. * 2002: During the previous four years, annual sales for Mott's double. * 2008: Cadbury Schweppes divests Mott's as part of

. * 2008: Motts sources all of its apple juice from China, violating recommended

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levels of

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. * 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:

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* 1987:

* 2001: ReaLime and ReaLemon

Labor issues at Williamson, New York plant

On May 23, 2010, 305 workers at the Mott's plant in

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, represented by the

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Local 220 (RWDSU), voted to strike after Mott's parent company at the time,

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(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 $1.50-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

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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.
Then- Attorney General of New York, State Attorney General

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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." In a letter to Fang Li, President and CEO of

, U.S. Senator

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expressed concern that,

… with unemployment in the
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area nearly 10 percent, the ongoing labor shortage is not only harming the 305 workers of the RWDSU Local 200 who work in the facility, but can harm the entire Wayne County economy due to the facility's centrality to the regional and state apple market.

This sentiment was echoed by the New York Apple Association, Inc., in a statement urging Mott's to continue negotiations: :The current impasse between the valued work force at the Williamson plant and management not only threatens the growers' and workers' future, but places more than 150 years of building brand recognition and consumer loyalty for Mott's products at risk. On Monday, September 13, 2010, the strike ended after Mott's workers voted to approve the company's most recent proposal. The new agreement included a wage freeze, but not the pay cuts the company had demanded. The contract also preserved pensions for existing workers.

Brands

(North America) *

ReaLemon ReaLemon is an American brand of lemon juice that debuted in 1934, and is manufactured and marketed as of 2016 by Mott's, part of Keurig Dr Pepper. ReaLime is a brand of lime juice that debuted in 1944, is produced in the same manner as ReaLemon, ...

and

ReaLime ReaLemon is an American brand of lemon juice that debuted in 1934, and is manufactured and marketed as of 2016 by Mott's, part of Keurig Dr Pepper. ReaLime is a brand of lime juice that debuted in 1944, is produced in the same manner as ReaLemon, ...

References

External links

Official Mott's Website
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