Industry Soda Beverage Producer Headquarters Illinois | Founder A. J. Canfield | |
Successor sold to Select Beverages in 1995; Select Beverages was acquired by the American Bottling Company in 1998 Number of locations across the United States Products Canfield's Diet Chocolate Fudge
Canfield's 50/50
Canfield's Dry Ginger Ale
Grandpa Graf's
Swiss Creme
Mickey Rooney's | ||
The A.J. Canfield Company produces and bottles soda beverages including Canfield's Diet Chocolate Fudge, primarily in the Chicago area and was founded in 1924. Production for the midwestern United States is handled by the American Bottling Company, a subsidiary of Dr Pepper Snapple Group and distribution by Kehe Foods of Chicago.
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History
The company was started in 1924, at 67th Street and South Chicago Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, by A. J. Canfield, a former railroad worker.
In 1995, the A.J. Canfield Company was sold to Select Beverages for an undisclosed sum. Its largest plant, on the south side of Chicago at East 89th Place, was closed in December 1995.
In 1998, Select Beverages was acquired by the American Bottling Company, a joint venture company owned by Cadbury Schweppes and the Carlyle Group, now the Dr Pepper Snapple Group.