a company and an industry built on collaboration lessons from leader october 2005 2 today s discussion history of del monte foods supplying gold miners to merging 18 pacific coast canning companies into one association integration strategy transformative merger looking forward opportunity gma the future 4 traces its origins california rush great western migration 1850s 1870s output rises 5 million in 1848 40 1849 food packing operations established west metal cans introduced often sealed with soldering iron our first consumer source www eraoftheclipperships com images goldminer jpg 6 early supply chain had challenges http parentseyes arizona edu esteban trooper_mule 7 preferred bottled fruits jellies pickles 8 hardtack beans 9 economics 75 000 yearly rent wood frame house tent cost 1