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Violet's History of Shepparton Preserving Company
1917
1918
1925
1929
1936
1940s
1970s
1980s
SPC started to decline in sales
SPC made a deal with Ardmona and merged with them, having farms there
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SPC manufactured over 43 million tin cans a year
SPC started to produce various products
Tinned spaghetti
Baked beans
More fruits
Jams
SPC was exremely popular during WW2
SPC offically became the biggest fruit cannery in the British empire
By 1936 SPC has packed 12 million cans
All SPC government loans & interest had been repaid off
SPC started to pay annual bonuses to grower-shareholders
They soon expanded their factory
SPC success came from Goulburn Valley region
SPC exported a record amount of fruit to London
February
SPC started pressurving produce
Which consits of canning nectarines, pears and peaches
Jan
Offically annoced that they will start canning
During WW1 they thought that "the launching of this new industry must revive drooping energies" and enhance the economic conditions of the region
The canning line only operated for seven weeks and processed 350 tonnes of fruit as a result of 1918's delayed start. Over the following decades, SPC experienced a mix of luck and struggled to turn a profit
Started getting government money
From Goulburn Valley region, Victoria
Late 1900s