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On June 7, 1971, the "Great White Juice Train," the first unit train in the food industry, commenced service over the 1,250 miles (2,010 km) route. The unit train consisted of 150 100-short-ton (89-long-ton; 91 t) insulated boxcars, fabricated in the Alexandria, Virginia shops of Fruit Growers Express. An additional 100 cars were incorporated ...
On June 7, 1970, beginning on Seaboard Coast Line railroad, a mile-long Tropicana Juice Train began carrying one million gallons of juice with one weekly round-trip from Bradenton, Florida to Kearny, New Jersey, in the New York City area. The trip spanned 1,250 miles (2,010 km) one way, and the 60 car train was the equivalent of 250 trucks. [16]
The line would later become the route of Tropicana's Juice Train, which was originally operated on the former Seaboard Air Line tracks to bypass Tampa. The juice train continues to run the line today.
The "Great White Juice Train" (the first unit train in the food industry, consisting of 150 100-short ton insulated boxcars fabricated in the Alexandria, Virginia shops of Fruit Growers Express) commenced service on June 7, 1971, over the 1,250-mile (2,010 km) route. An additional 100 cars were soon incorporated into the fleet, and small ...
In the world of advertising, the Tropicana disaster of 2008-09 is already legendary as a failed product debut. The orange juice container redesign by controversial brand guru Peter Arnell ...
While Tropicana says it suggested a lower price point for the new design — 46 ounces for $3.99, versus the old 52 ounces for $4.69 — not all retailers have changed the price alongside the product.
PepsiCo announced it will sell Tropicana, Naked and other select juice brands to private equity firm PAI Partners. The company will net $3.3 billion in after-tax proceeds from the deal, and also ...
In 1970, the Parrish Subdivision became the original route of the Tropicana Juice Train which brought fresh orange juice in insulated boxcars from Bradenton to Kearny, New Jersey six days a week. Seaboard Coast Line would later reroute the juice train through Tampa on the Palmetto Subdivision (former Atlantic Coast Line) where it operates today ...