Red Gold is a tomato processing company based in Orestes, Indiana

Orestes, Indiana

Orestes is a town in Monroe Township, Madison County, Indiana, United States. It is part of the Anderson, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, with plants also in Elwood, Indiana

Elwood, Indiana

- Demographics :As of the census of 2000, there were 9,737 people, 3,845 households, and 2,660 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,743.1 people per square mile . There were 4,179 housing units at an average density of 1,177.3 per square mile...

 and Geneva, Indiana

Geneva, Indiana

Geneva is a town in Wabash Township, Adams County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,368 at the 2000 census. Geneva is the location of the Limberlost Cabin, the home of writer and naturalist Gene Stratton Porter.-Geography:...

. Red Gold produces canned tomatoes (diced, stewed, etc...) with various flavorings, tomato juice, ketchup, tomato sauces, salsa and other tomato related products. The tomatoes are contract-grown near the plant's canneries, mostly in Indiana, Ohio and surrounding states.

History

What is now Red Gold was begun by Grover Hutcherson in 1942 in Orestes, Indiana, when he and his daughter Fran rebuilt the burned-out cannery there. The original brands were Indiana's Finest and Indiana Chief. Fran married Ernie Reichart, and both he and their children became involved in the company. The Red Gold name wasn't used by this company until the 1970s, when the brand was bought from a cannery in Trafalgar, Indiana

Trafalgar, Indiana

Trafalgar is a town in Nineveh and Hensley townships, Johnson County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,101 at the 2010 census.This town is twenty miles south of Indianapolis.It is the home of the transmitter for WTTV-TV, WTTS-FM, and WFCI-FM....

. Brian Reichart was named CEO in 1980, and Ernie and Fran turned the business over to their children.

Red Gold has purchased various other companies over the years, including Fettig Transport in 1981, renamed RG Transport; the Stokley brand of tomatoes in 1993 from Stokley-Van Camp; Red Wing in Geneva, IN; and RTS Brands from Tri-Valley in 2001 which included the Sacramento, Redpack and Tuttoroso brands of tomato products
Red Gold consumes 95 percent of Indiana's tomato crop and 80 percent of all Midwestern tomatoes.

Red Gold now has more than 3000000 square feet (278,709.1 m²) under roof in Indiana, 15 warehouses throughout the United States, and a fleet of 140 trucks.

Brands

• Red Gold
• Glorietta
• iL Migliore
• Redpack
• Sacramento
• Stokley
• Teresa
• Tuttoroso
• Vine-Ripe
• Various store/generic brands including Shurfine
  Shurfine
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