Veryfine
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| Product type | Beverage |
|---|---|
| Owner | Sunny Delight Beverages |
| Country |  United States |
| Website | www.veryfine.com |
Veryfine is a juice beverage brand currently owned by Sunny Delight Beverages.[1] The company was started as Standard Vinegar Co. in Somerville, Massachusetts, in 1865. Arthur Rowse bought the company in 1900, changed the name to New England Vinegar Works in 1907, and moved the company to Littleton, Massachusetts, in 1930 to be closer to Massachusetts' apple orchards. In 1919, he added the Veryfine brand name for pasteurized apple juice. His descendants owned and operated Veryfine until selling it to Kraft Foods in 2004.[2][3]
On October 2, 2007, Kraft announced the sale of Veryfine's Fruit2O water and juice brands to privately held Cincinnati-based Sunny Delight Beverages Co.[4] The sale was completed sometime around the fourth quarter of 2007. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Sunny Delight closed the Littleton facility at the end of 2015, ending 85 years of presence in that town. The Veryfine brand continues to be manufactured at other Sunny Delight facilities.
References
[edit]- ^ "Our Brands". Sunny Delight Beverages. Archived from the original on 2010-02-03. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
- ^ Chief Marketer: April 2004: Kraft buys Veryfine
- ^ "COMPANY NEWS; KRAFT FOODS BUYS VERYFINE, A DRINK MAKER". The New York Times. 30 March 2004. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
- ^ "Kraft Foods to Sell Fruit2O and Veryfine to Sunny Delight Beverages Co". Business Wire. 2007-10-02. Retrieved 2016-06-26.
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