Oldest Campbell's soup factory to close

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 9:48 pm

And it really is sad, for me. It opened in 1947 in

Sacramento, California. I remember my Brownie

troop took a tour of it one time.

Gah, you get older and things just start

disappearing around you!

:-1

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 3:37 am

I lived in the Sacramento area for 20 years and I saw a lot of economic change. The housing market went through the roof when the bay area decided to start using Sacramento as a bedroom community, then when California was hit so hard with base closures, the market dropped like a rock.

I hate to hear of this latest closure. What happened, did they outsource to China?

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 6:01 am

You may be interested in this article, valerie:

Most memorable companies no longer with us - Business - US business | NBC News

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 6:28 am

In a statement, Campbell's said the Sacramento plant was built in 1947, making it the oldest of its soup plants. Unfortunately, Sacramento also has the highest production costs on a per-case basis of those four plants, the company said. It plans to shift the work done in California to three plants: in Maxton, N.C., Napoleon, Ohio; and Paris, Texas.

As for its spices, Campbell's has two factories that supply the flavors, mixes, and other ingredients used in its soups, red-and-white label and otherwise. That's apparently one too many. Once it closes that 27-employee North Jersey plant, which opened in 1964, the somewhat larger Milwaukee production facility will be responsible for all of Campbell's spices.

With the company launching more than 50 new soups and sauces this year, aiming to tempt the palate (and wallet) of millennials, Campbell's apparently realizes it can't do so in baby boom-era factories. The new soup products are sold in pouches and tubs, not steel cans. As a result, the new Campbell's Go soups are produced under a co-manufacturing agreement with an outside vendor.

In some ways, this restructuring appears to be a continuation of what CEO Denise Morrison began in summer 2011. At that time, Campbell Soup announced plans to eliminate 770 jobs, shifting some production of ready-to-serve soups from Texas to its Ohio and North Carolina plants and closing a Marshall, Mich., plant that made its Soup at Hand microwavable products.

Source

Post by **LarsMac** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 7:27 am

What? No more Campbell's Canned soup?

There are time when I practically live on Campbell's Tomato and Campbell's Beef Soups

We pack a lot of it when we go on the trail. The microwave version just doesn't cut it when you're camping 100 miles from electricity

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 7:35 am

I wonder who the outside vendor is that supplies the new containers. I hope they at least kept it American made but I bet it's from a country with substandard quality control and we'll hear stories of some toxic contamination.

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 7:42 am

I don't think we can count on US companies being worried about consumers anymore.

Companies that don't care how a product is produced so long as they can produce it at the optimum price surely could care less about the end user who is shopping first and foremost for the optimum price.

I have a hunch my new shoes were not made in America, but to be honest I didn't check. I look and the price to determine what I was trying on.

Post by **LarsMac** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 7:58 am

SnoozeAgain;1406151 wrote: I wonder who the outside vendor is that supplies the new containers. I hope they at least kept it American made but I bet it's from a country with substandard quality control and we'll hear stories of some toxic contamination.

Probably the same outfit that was making baby formula and pet foods in one of those really big Asian countries.

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 8:08 am

LarsMac;1406155 wrote: Probably the same outfit that was making baby formula and pet foods in one of those really big Asian countries.

Yeah, that was my first thought as well.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 9:19 am

Campbells Soup will always remind me of Odie.

Every meal she cooked, she used Cambell's soup as a sauce.

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 9:29 am

High sodium content.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 9:38 am

SnoozeAgain;1406165 wrote: High sodium content. Who ? Odie ?

Snowfire · Post by **Snowfire** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 10:06 am

LarsMac;1406155 wrote: Probably the same outfit that was making baby formula and pet foods in one of those really big Asian countries.

Maybe Apple gave them some pointers. Gave them a few contacts

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 10:10 am

oscar;1406169 wrote: Who ? Odie ?

Yeah, if she used Campbell Soup as a base in everything. Her blood pressure was probably through the roof.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 10:15 am

SnoozeAgain;1406171 wrote: Yeah, if she used Campbell Soup as a base in everything. Her blood pressure was probably through the roof. Would explain a lot

flopstock · Post by **flopstock** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 10:25 am

SnoozeAgain;1406171 wrote: Yeah, if she used Campbell Soup as a base in everything. Her blood pressure was probably through the roof.

I like how they'll let you pay extra to get the soup with less sodium.

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 10:27 am

flopstock;1406173 wrote: I like how they'll let you pay extra to get the soup with less sodium.

We get that with products In the UK. Advertised as 'reduced salt' or 'salt free'... double the price !!!!

valerie · Post by **valerie** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 11:33 am

Not everybody is sensitive to sodium. I never used to be,

husband still isn't. He eats with salt shaker in hand, and BP

always runs in the low normal range!

And there was that study out a while back that said the place

most people get most of their salt content was BREAD and

bread products.

I wonder if my formerly wacky thyroid is what makes me

sensitive to salt now. (The iodine content) I can get

away with a little salt early in the day, but no more salty

dinners.

I don't eat Campbell's any more but I too used to enjoy

baked chicken with mushroom soup (and some grated

Parmesan!) from time to time in colder weather.

Snooz · Post by **Snooz** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 12:08 pm

I saw a photo of Odie once, she was carrying a bit too much weight to begin with and I suspect even without the extra sodium, she suffered from elevated blood pressure. My blood pressure is pretty good, but I notice I retain a couple of pounds of water when I eat salty food like popcorn. The stuff just ain't good for you in the amounts we get in food lately. Ditto that damn high fructose corn syrup. That crap is in everything and even worse, most of the corn in this country has been genetically modified by our good friends Monsanto and it's very unhealthy.

It's hard to find good food unless you shop for fresh stuff at the farmer's market. :/

Post by **Oscar Namechange** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 12:15 pm

SnoozeAgain;1406185 wrote: I saw a photo of Odie once, she was carrying a bit too much weight to begin with and I suspect even without the extra sodium, she suffered from elevated blood pressure. My blood pressure is pretty good, but I notice I retain a couple of pounds of water when I eat salty food like popcorn. The stuff just ain't good for you in the amounts we get in food lately. Ditto that damn high fructose corn syrup. That crap is in everything and even worse, most of the corn in this country has been genetically modified by our good friends Monsanto and it's very unhealthy.

It's hard to find good food unless you shop for fresh stuff at the farmer's market. :/ Odie carried way too much extra weight and she didn't get any exercise either.

Me... I'm the other way... low blood pressure.

Post by **Betty Boop** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 1:11 pm

My ex husband and his family like to throw those condensed soups on everything and call it a sauce :yh_sick

Having a youngster in the house I began watching both sugar and salt content in foods again, having not bothered much since the other two were little. It's interesting to note that actually, all the stuff I cook with are very low in both. Even my wheat and gluten free gravy mix had a lower salt content than the stuff they produce specifically for babies!! We all eat my meals, cooked from scratch most of the time and only occasionally do my older two eat processed food, so I would imagine their salt intake is quite low.

It's a constant joke when I visit the nurse that my blood pressure is so low I should be horizontal. Although it has been slightly elevated since having Jowan, even so it's still well below what the normal average is.

Post by **LarsMac** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 1:23 pm

oscar;1406169 wrote: Who ? Odie ?

If she used that much Campbell's Soup, probably.

along-for-the-ride · Post by **along-for-the-ride** » Sun Sep 30, 2012 1:35 pm

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Notice how cute and chubby the Campbell Soup Kids were?