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COMPANY HISTORY
Castleberry's History
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 CASTLEBERRY'S
HISTORY
Castleberry Food Company was founded in Augusta, Georgia on the popularity
of barbecued pork and beef recipes of Clement Lamar Castleberry, a gentleman
who loved entertaining and expressed it best by serving his guests the
best barbecue they ever tasted. By 1922, Mr. Clem was preparing barbecue
for crowds as large as 12,000. In 1926, Clem's son, Clement Stewart Castleberry,
hit on the idea of canning his father's famous barbecue hash and Brunswick
stew. Thus, Castleberry Product Company was established in a humble shed
on Fifteenth Street.
During World War II, the firm produced no commercial products, but worked
tirelessly producing military rations. Mr. Clem was dubbed "The Rebel
with The Pepper Shaker" and the U.S. Army bestowed on Castleberry
two "A" awards.
Still located on Fifteenth Street in Augusta Georgia, there are two manufacturing
sites which consist of a large 230,000 sq foot facility on 22 acres that
processes canned and frozen products and a 25,000 square foot facility
that processes fresh vegetables.
In December 2004, Castleberry's was acquired.
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