The LoBue Bros., Inc. story begins in 1934 with Philip LoBue, an Italian immigrant, who 20 years earlier had migrated to America with the dream of providing his family with America’s promises and opportunities. He had supported his family on a 10-acre orchard near San Jose, California, growing, packing and selling cherries, prickly pears and vegetables. But, he had always been intrigued with the business of citrus farming, the occupation of his ancestors on the shores of Sicily. He made a down payment on a 40-acre orange grove near Lindsay, California, but then illness forced him to turn it over to his sons, Mario, Fred, and Joe. Reluctantly, the two older brothers moved to the Lindsay ranch to take over the grove’s care.

In 1938, after having been defrauded out of two crops, the young men bought some used packing equipment and began packing their crops in a shed on the ranch. In the beginning, the entire citrus crop was sold in the San Francisco and San Jose produce markets, using contacts their father had developed over the years. Friends and neighboring growers saw the LoBue brothers’ success, and asked them to pack and sell their oranges also.  A growing enterprise was born. Today, LoBue Bros., Inc. is the largest independent commercial packer and marketer of oranges in the industry.
 
As the company's volume of business has grown, so has the market area served. When the brothers first started packing on the ranch, their entire harvest was sold in the San Francisco area. Today, fruit packed by LoBue Bros., Inc. reaches markets all over the United States, Canada, Pacific Rim, Australia-New Zealand, Europe, and other areas.

To meet the requirements of new and ever evolving markets, the policy of continued upgrading to the most modern plant and equipment obtainable helps insure growers a truly efficient and productive packinghouse, along with providing the flexibility to supply customers with a sound, reliable package of fruit in a vast array of choices.

LoBue Brothers is proud of their achievements, accomplished by what can be characterized as sitting on a three-legged stool, all of equal importance: growers providing fine, marketable fruit; a professional, dedicated management, staff, and workforce to prepare the fruit for market; and solid, reliable customers to buy the finished product.

LoBue Bros., Inc. is a living testament to the strength of Philip LoBue's dream.