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Transportation Company - Bookey Packing Co - Food Products
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Company NameBookey Packing Co
CategoryFood Products
Year Founded1930
Final Year of Operation2001
TerminationAcquired
Successor/ParentSwift's Premium (Details)
CountryUnited States (Details)
Transportation Company - Bookey Packing Co - Food Products



Company History: Bookey Packing co. was founded in 1930 by Harry Bookey in Des Moines, Iowa. The plant was installed in a former church building. In 1937, Bookey purchased the Des Moines Packing co. The company was thrown into the international spotlight in 1959 when Russian President Nikita Khrushchev visited the plant.
Successor/Parent History:
Founded by Gustavus Franklin Swift, Swift and Company was incorporated in Chicago in 1875 . On July 12, 2007, JBS purchased Swift & Company.
In addition to meatpacking, Swift sold various dairy and grocery items, including Swiftning shortening, Allsweet margarine, Brookfield butter, cheese under the Brookfield, Pauly, and Treasure Cave brands, and Peter Pan peanut butter. Gustavus Swift also championed the refrigerated railroad car.

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The U.S. is a country of 50 states covering a vast swath of North America, with Alaska in the northwest and Hawaii extending the nation’s presence into the Pacific Ocean. Major Atlantic Coast cities are New York, a global finance and culture center, and capital Washington, DC. Midwestern metropolis Chicago is known for influential architecture and on the west coast, Los Angeles' Hollywood is famed for filmmaking.

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Item created by: Mopjunkie on 2019-11-20 23:39:18. Last edited by gdm on 2022-10-09 10:05:13

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