Mariani Packing Company (San Jose, California)

USA / California / Fruitdale / San Jose, California / Manzana Place, 515
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620 N 8th Street
San Jose, CA 95112

The Mariani Packing site is now occupied by the Mariani Square project of townhomes and lofts. The business moved to Vacaville in 2001 where it is still in operation, producing the ‘2 scoops of raisins’ as its main product. From 1962 to 1965, under the name Santa Clara Packing and using the address 620 North 8th, the site was also used to produce B&M Baked Beans as a contractor, using 32 ovens, thereby providing off-season work. Although some of the buildings are well preserved and adaptively converted to lofts, there is no signage. Mariani is the world's largest producer of dried fruit.

knightsia.org/sia2008/Tour%201.pdf
www.marianifruit.com/
Photographs of the packing house before it was developed: www.gorillasites.com/marianis.htm
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Coordinates:   37°20'58"N   121°53'24"W
This article was last modified 17 years ago