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National Raisin Company company history timeline

1972

1972-78: Hard Years for Raisin Growers

1975

In 1975 the Agricultural Labor Relations Act was signed by California Governor Edmund Brown, but it failed to fully rein in problems that included boycotts of Sun-Maid raisins by Cesar Chavez's United Farm Workers of America.

1980

1980 A licensing unit is formed to sell the Sun-Maid brand to bakeries and other firms.

1983

In 1983, the year that original Sun-Maid Lorraine Collett Peterson died at age 90, the California raisin market was hit hard by surpluses brought on by overproduction and other grapes being converted to raisins due to falling wine sales.

1998

In 1998 Sun-Diamond was dissolved, with Sun-Maid once again taking over the work of processing and promoting raisins.

1999

1999: Expansion of Fruit Offerings

Sales for 1999 hit $221.7 million, with licensed products adding another $100 million.

2002

Raisin growers were once again facing hard times brought on by oversupply, and in 2002 the Sun-Maid board of directors voted to support a proposal banning replanting of vineyards that had been pulled out for three years.

2005

Raisin growers had a good year in 2005, with Sun-Maid reporting record net sales of $253 million for a crop of about 200 million pounds.

2006

2006 New digitally animated commercials featuring the "Sun-Maid Girl" debut.

2021

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