# Mott's

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{{Short description|American fruit-based product company}}
{{Distinguish|Canada Dry Motts}}

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{{Infobox company
| name = Mott's Inc.
| logo = Mott's logo.png
| logo_size = 207px
| founded = {{start date and age|1842}}
| founder = Samuel R. Mott
| caption = 
| owner = [Keurig Dr Pepper](/source/Keurig_Dr_Pepper)
| hq_location_city = [Frisco, Texas](/source/Frisco%2C_Texas)
| brands = 
| industry = Juices and sauces
| products = [Apple juice](/source/Apple_juice)<br/>[Apple sauce](/source/Apple_sauce)
| website = [http://www.motts.com/ www.motts.com]
}}
250px|thumb|right|Mott's apple sauce

'''Mott's''' ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|m|ɒ|t|s}} {{Respell|MAWTS}}) is an American company involved primarily in producing [apple](/source/apple)-based products, particularly [juices](/source/juices) and [sauces](/source/apple_sauce).

The company was founded in 1842 by Samuel R. Mott of [Bouckville](/source/Madison%2C_New_York), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)), who made [apple cider](/source/apple_cider) and [vinegar](/source/vinegar). In 1914, the company merged with the [W. B. Duffy](/source/W._B._Duffy) Cider Company to become '''Duffy-Mott'''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=About Mott's |url=https://www.motts.com/about |access-date=2022-04-09 |website=Mott's |archive-date=2022-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220301153502/https://www.motts.com/about |url-status=live }}</ref> In early 2006 all of Mott's beverage brands were folded into [Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages](/source/Cadbury_Schweppes_Americas_Beverages). In 2008 Mott's was demerged from [Cadbury Schweppes plc](/source/Cadbury_Schweppes_plc),  to operate as a separate unit of [Keurig Dr Pepper](/source/Keurig_Dr_Pepper).<ref name=":1">{{cite web |date=17 December 2008 |title=Cross' twins land mum a saucy role |url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/76100/Cross-twins-land-mum-a-saucy-role |website=Express.co.uk |accessdate=15 March 2019 |archive-date=31 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331070119/https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/76100/Cross-twins-land-mum-a-saucy-role |url-status=live }}</ref>

==History==
The Mott's company was founded in 1842 by Samuel R. Mott of [Bouckville](/source/Madison%2C_New_York), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)), who made [apple cider](/source/apple_cider) and [vinegar](/source/vinegar). Mott products were exhibited at [Philadelphia](/source/Philadelphia%2C_Pennsylvania)'s [Centennial Exposition](/source/Centennial_Exposition) in 1876 and [Chicago](/source/Chicago%2C_Illinois)'s [World's Columbian Exposition](/source/World's_Columbian_Exposition) in 1893.

After the death of one of his sons, Samuel retired from the apple business altogether and sold the company to his remaining sons, John and Frederick, with the company being renamed to '''Genesee Fruit Company'''. Following John’s death, Frederick sold the company to the [W.B. Duffy Cider Company](/source/W.B._Duffy_Cider_Company) in 1900, with the two companies merging in 1914 to become '''Duffy-Mott'''.<ref name=":0" />

Eventually, during the mid-1970s, the company was acquired by the [American Tobacco Company](/source/American_Tobacco_Company) (later [American Brands](/source/Fortune_Brands_(1969%E2%80%932011))) and became its subsidiary. In 1982, [Cadbury Schweppes](/source/Cadbury) purchased the Duffy-Mott Company. Four years later, the company shortened its name to simply ''Mott’s Inc''.<ref name=":0" />

In 1991, Mott’s introduced fruit-flavored [apple sauce](/source/apple_sauce)s, which would eventually evolve into the [Mott's Fruitsations](/source/Fruitsation) brand.<ref name=":0" />

In 1999, Cadbury Schweppes acquired the [Hawaiian Punch](/source/Hawaiian_Punch) brand for $203 million, giving Mott's responsibility for producing and marketing the [shelf-stable](/source/Shelf-stable_food) portion of the business, and giving the rest of the business to [Dr. Pepper/Seven Up](/source/Dr_Pepper%2FSeven_Up), one of Cadbury's other subsidiaries.<ref>"Mott's Inc. - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on Mott's Inc". www.referenceforbusiness.com. Retrieved 2022-04-09.</ref>

In early 2006, all of Mott's beverage brands (Hawaiian Punch, [IBC Root Beer](/source/IBC_Root_Beer), [Mr & Mrs T](/source/Mr_%26_Mrs_T) [Bloody Mary](/source/Bloody_Mary_(cocktail)) mix, [Orangina](/source/Orangina), and [Yoo-hoo](/source/Yoo-hoo)) were folded into [Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages](/source/Cadbury_Schweppes_Americas_Beverages).  In 2008 Mott's was demerged from [Cadbury Schweppes plc](/source/Cadbury_Schweppes_plc),  to operate as a separate unit of [Keurig Dr Pepper](/source/Keurig_Dr_Pepper).<ref name=":1" />

===Key Dates===
* 1842: Samuel R. Mott starts making and selling cider and vinegar in [Bouckville, New York](/source/Bouckville%2C_New_York).<ref name=":0" />
* 1900: The company (then called ''Genesee Fruit Company'') is sold to the W.B. Duffy Cider Company.<ref name=":0" />
* 1914: Mott's merges with the W.B. Duffy Cider Company, creating ''Duffy-Mott'', [incorporated](/source/Incorporation_(business)) in New York.<ref name=":0" />
* 1933: Duffy-Mott begins producing [prune juice](/source/prune_juice).
* 1938: Duffy-Mott introduces Mott's Apple Juice.
* 1958: Duffy-Mott completes its initial [public offering](/source/public_offering) of stock.
* 1982: [Cadbury Schweppes](/source/Cadbury-Schweppes) acquires Duffy-Mott.
* 1986: Duffy-Mott shortens its name to Mott’s Inc.<ref name=":0" />
* 1991: Mott’s introduces fruit-flavored [apple sauce](/source/apple_sauce)s, which would eventually evolve into the [Mott's Fruitsations](/source/Fruitsation) brand.<ref name=":0" />
* 1999: Cadbury-Schweppes acquires the [Hawaiian Punch](/source/Hawaiian_Punch) brand and partially integrates it with Mott's.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cadbury-Schweppes buys the Hawaiian Punch brand|publisher=Lexdon|date=1999-04-15|accessdate=2011-12-31|url=http://www.lexdon.com/article/cadbury_schweppes_buys_the_hawaiian/134129.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425150027/http://www.lexdon.com/article/cadbury_schweppes_buys_the_hawaiian/134129.html|archive-date=2012-04-25|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* 2001: The company introduces Mott’s Healthy Harvest, an unsweetened apple sauce blended with other fruits.<ref name=":0" />
* 2002: During the previous four years, annual sales for Mott's double.
* 2008: Cadbury Schweppes [divests](/source/Divestment) Mott's as part of [Keurig Dr Pepper](/source/Keurig_Dr_Pepper).
* 2008: Motts sources all of its apple juice from China, violating recommended [FDA](/source/Food_and_Drug_Administration) levels of [arsenic](/source/arsenic).
* 2010: The company introduces Mott’s Fruit Snacks

==== Acquisitions ====
* 1929: Standard Apple Products Company
* 1953: Clapp's Baby Foods
* 1960: Pratt-Low Preserving Corporation
* 1960s: Cherry Growers Co., Inc., of Michigan
* 1966: Lord Mott Canning Company
* 1966: Tilghman Packaging Company
* 1966: [Clamato](/source/Clamato)
* 1987: [Mr & Mrs T](/source/Mr_%26_Mrs_T)
* 2001: [ReaLime and ReaLemon](/source/ReaLemon)

=== Labor issues at Williamson, New York plant ===
On May 23, 2010, 305 workers at the Mott's plant in [Williamson, New York](/source/Williamson%2C_New_York), represented by the [Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union](/source/Retail%2C_Wholesale_and_Department_Store_Union) Local 220 (RWDSU), voted to strike after Mott's parent company at the time, [Dr Pepper Snapple Group](/source/Dr_Pepper_Snapple_Group) (DPS)—despite healthy profits, an increase in market share and stock price—proposed serious cuts to employee benefits.

The proposal from the company included a $1.69-per-hour wage cut for all employees, a pension elimination for future employees, and a pension freeze for current employees, a 20% decrease in employer contributions to the [401(k)](/source/401(k)) and increased employee contributions toward health care [premiums](/source/Insurance_premium) and [co-payments](/source/Copayment). DPS came under criticism for proposing cuts to worker pay at a time when not only was the local economy in turmoil, but the top three executives at DPS had doubled their pay between 2007 and 2009.<ref name="schumer">{{Cite press release|url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/us-senator-charles-schumer-d-new-york-urges-mottsdr-pepper-snapple-chief-executive-to-get-back-to-negotiating-table-and-bargain-in-good-faith-97074034.html|title=U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (D-New York) Urges Mott's/Dr. Pepper Snapple Chief Executive to Get Back to Negotiating Table and Bargain in Good Faith|first=Retail, Wholesale and Department Store|last=Union|website=PR Newswire}}</ref>

Then-[State Attorney General](/source/Attorney_General_of_New_York) [Andrew Cuomo](/source/Andrew_Cuomo) wrote to Mott's on June 25, 2010, urging the company to return to the bargaining table and come to a "fair and equitable solution."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.scribd.com/doc/33658380/RWDSULetter-Cuomo|title=RWDSULetter Cuomo|website=Scribd.com|accessdate=15 March 2019|archive-date=5 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305003553/https://www.scribd.com/doc/33658380/RWDSULetter-Cuomo|url-status=live}}</ref>

In a letter to Fang Li, President and CEO of [Keurig Dr Pepper](/source/Keurig_Dr_Pepper), U.S. Senator [Chuck Schumer](/source/Chuck_Schumer) expressed concern that,<blockquote>… with unemployment in the [Rochester](/source/Rochester%2C_New_York) area nearly 10 percent, the ongoing labor shortage is not only harming the 305 workers of the RWDSU Local 200 who work in the facility, but can harm the entire [Wayne County](/source/Wayne_County%2C_New_York) economy due to the facility's centrality to the regional and state apple market.<ref name="schumer" /></blockquote>This sentiment was echoed by the New York Apple Association, Inc., in a statement urging Mott's to continue negotiations:

:The current impasse between the valued work force at the Williamson plant and management not only threatens the growers' and workers' future, but places more than 150 years of building brand recognition and consumer loyalty for Mott's products at risk.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mpnnow.com/opinions/x1609353789/Guest-essay-Apple-industry-urges-resolution-to-Mott-s-strike |title=Guest essay: Apple industry urges resolution to Mott's strike - Canandaigua, NY - MPNnow |accessdate=2010-09-23 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311194654/http://www.mpnnow.com/opinions/x1609353789/Guest-essay-Apple-industry-urges-resolution-to-Mott-s-strike |archivedate=2012-03-11 }}</ref>

On Monday, September 13, 2010, the strike ended after Mott's workers voted to approve the company's most recent proposal. The new agreement included a wage freeze, but not the pay cuts the company had demanded. The contract also preserved pensions for existing workers.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/business/14mott.html | work=The New York Times | first=Steven | last=Greenhouse | title=Mott's Plant Union Agrees to New Contract to End Its Strike | date=September 13, 2010 | access-date=February 25, 2017 | archive-date=March 7, 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307102447/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/business/14mott.html? | url-status=live }}</ref>

== Brands ==

* [Clamato](/source/Clamato)
* [Hawaiian Punch](/source/Hawaiian_Punch)
* [Mr & Mrs T](/source/Mr_%26_Mrs_T)
* [Orangina](/source/Orangina) (North America)
* [ReaLemon](/source/ReaLemon) and [ReaLime](/source/ReaLime)
* [Yoo-hoo](/source/Yoo-hoo)

==See also==
{{Portal|Drink}}

* [Juice Products Association](/source/Juice_Products_Association)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==

* Bruss, Jill. 2002. "Under the Apple Tree." ''Beverage Industry,'' December 2002, p.&nbsp;30.
* Kaplan, Andrew. 2002. "En Fuego: After 30 Years, a Key Demographic Tells Mott's, 'Clamato Spoken Here,'" ''Beverage World,'' October 15, 2002, p.&nbsp;40.
* Theodore, Sarah,. 2002. "The Roots of Mott's Success," ''Beverage Industry,'' December 2002, p.&nbsp;34.
* Thompson, Stephanie. 2001. "Mott's Gets Grabby," ''[Advertising Age](/source/Advertising_Age),'' August 27, 2001, p.&nbsp;8.
* [https://www.salary.com/tools/executive-compensation-calculator/keurig-dr-pepper-inc-executive-salaries?year=2008 KEURIG DR PEPPER INC Executive Salaries & Other Compensation]

==External links==
* {{Official website|http://www.motts.com/}}
{{Dr Pepper Snapple brands}}

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Category:American companies established in 1842
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