1914: Philip LoBue migrates from Sicily, eventually moving to San Jose, California where he farms, packs and sells cherries, prickly pears and other produce.

1934: Philip LoBue makes down payment on a 40-acre citrus grove in Lindsay, California. Farm is turned over to his sons Mario, Fred and Joe.

1938: the LoBue brothers purchase packing equipment and start on-site crop packing. The fruit is sold to customers in the San Francisco/San Jose area.

1946: Construction was completed on a new packing house in Lindsay, California, incorporating the most modern equipment and packing techniques of that time.

1958: The LoBue brothers incorporate their operations as separate entities. LoBue Bros., Inc. as the packing and marketing operation, and the farming operations under LoBue Farms, Inc.

1968: Lindsay plant burns to the ground on December 14, less than a month after finishing a complete modernization project.

1969: Operations began in the present Lindsay facility, reconstructed on the same site using the most up-to-date and efficient equipment available.

1972: In order to increase its grower’s juice returns, LoBue joins with several of its competitors to build a juice processing plant in Lindsay, California, now called Valley Foods, Inc. This results in a manifold increase in juice prices paid to growers.

1978: LoBue Bros., Inc. recognized as an innovator in employee relations within the citrus industry. Field workers were included as our company employees. By providing regular employment and benefits previously unavailable to these workers, LoBue attained a stable and dependable harvesting work force.

1980: LoBue acquired the Lindsay Groves, Inc. packing house. The new facility, labeled the "East" packing house, after extensive modernization, provided the additional capacity needed to meet increased volume.

1982: As carton purchases constitute the second largest expense (after labor) in the packing of citrus, LoBue Brothers again join with a group of competitors to gain some control over costs for boxes as a part owner of Harvest Container Corp.

1988: The "West" packing house again underwent a major equipment renovation. The pre-grade and packing areas were totally restructured to include state-of-the-art packing house technology.

1990: "Killer" freeze on December 23 destroyed all of the crop yet to be harvested at that point in the season. LoBue Brothers was virtually shut down for most of 1991. It soon became apparent that government employment programs were woefully inadequate in relation to the needs of unemployed workers. The LoBue staff and management secured both private sector and additional government assistance to help its workers obtain food and shelter until the next season's crop was ready for harvest, receiving statewide recognition for its efforts.

2000: Acquisition completed on an additional citrus-packing facility near Exeter, California. Even before the purchase was concluded on the 30-year old building and grounds, plans were in the works to again install the most up-to-date and cost-effective packing equipment into the existing infrastructure. With this addition, LoBue Brothers will have another top-of-the-line facility, thus continuing to provide its growers and customers with the packaging efficiencies and flexibility necessary in today’s competitive marketplace.