Franklin Baker Company
American coconut product company
Franklin Baker Company is a manufacturer and exporter of desiccated and processed coconut products in the United States and internationally, established in 1897. The company manufactures the retail coconut brand Baker's Coconut.
The business coconut products are manufactured in San Pablo and Davao del Sur, in the Philippines. The company also operates marketing offices in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, and Northolt, United Kingdom.
History
Franklin Baker (1846–1923) was a flour miller in Philadelphia and started the business's desiccated coconut business in 1894 after he received a cargo of fresh coconuts from Cuba in payment for a consignment of flour he exported. Baker searched for a buyer for the coconuts, and became convinced there was an untapped market for coconut. He came across a small business in Arch Street, Philadelphia, which was about to fold. Mr. Baker bought it for a few thousand dollars and with his boatload of coconuts he entered the coconut business. By 1897, Franklin Baker made so much progress with his new product that he decided to sell his flour business to concentrate on his coconut business.
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