The Indian Packing Company was a company that was involved in the canned
meat industry and was incorporated in
Delaware on July 22, 1919.[1] Its canned meat sold as "Council Meats." When the company was absorbed by the
Illinois-based Acme Packing Company in 1921, it had facilities in
Green Bay, Wisconsin;
Providence, Rhode Island;
Greenwood, Indiana; and
Dupont, Indiana.[2][3] At the time of the sale it was controlled by New England Supply Company of Providence, Rhode Island, with F.P Comstock as its principal owner.[1]
Among its slogans were "A meat market on your pantry shelf" and "From the Wisconsin country to you."[4]
The Acme Meat Packing Company closed in June 1943 because of supply shortages related to
World War II; it did not reopen after the war.[5]
The company gave its name to the
Green Bay Packers.[6] The football team took its name after
Curly Lambeau, a shipping clerk for the company, successfully asked the company's owner, Frank Peck, for money for
jerseys and use of the company's athletic field in 1919.[7][8]
^Names, Larry D (1987). "The Myth". In Scott, Greg (ed.). The History of the Green Bay Packers: The Lambeau Years. Vol. 1. Angel Press of WI. p. 30.
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