Mitchell's Explained

Mitchell's Fruit Farms Limited
Type:Public
Founder:Francis J. Mitchell
Location:Lahore, Pakistan
Industry:Food processing
Revenue Year:2023
Income Year:2023
Net Income Year:2023
Assets Year:2023
Equity Year:2023
Owner:Mehdi Mohsin (20.41%)
Jugnu Mohsin (20.42%)
Moni Mohsin (20.21%)
Num Employees:284
Num Employees Year:2023
Footnotes:Financials [1]

Mitchell's Fruit Farms Limited, commonly known as Mitchell's (Urdu: مِچلز), is a Pakistani food products company headquartered in Lahore. It was established by Francis J Mitchell in 1933.[2] It consists of 720 acres of oasis in Renala Khurd, Okara District, Pakistan.[2]

Mitchell's manufactures and packages grocery items including fruit drinks, canned fruits and vegetables, sauces, pickles, jams and squashes.[3]

History

Mitchell's was founded by Francis J. Mitchell in 1933 in British India on a 720-acre plot of land near Renala Khurd, Okara District, which he leased from the Punjab, British India government. This would later become the Mitchell's Fruit Farms. Originally the company was registered at Lahore in April 1933 under the name Indian Mildura Fruit Farms Limited.[2] [3]

Then Syed Maratib Ali, maternal grandfather of Jugnu Mohsin and father of industrialists Syed Babar Ali and Syed Wajid Ali bought it from Francis J. Mitchell in 1958.[4] Syed Maratib Ali's son-in-law S.M. Mohsin was handed over complete control of Mitchell's Fruit Farms. He and his son Mehdi Mohsin ran the company until 2020. Jugnu Mohsin and her husband Najam Sethi took over the operational control in 2020 and Abdul Raheem became the chairman of the company.[2]

In 1993, Mitchell's was listed on the Karachi Stock Exchange.[2] [5]

Brands

Some of them are listed below:

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mitchell's Annual Report 2023. mitchells.com.pk. 29 November 2023.
  2. News: Mitchell's: Can a new management save an old company? (company in-depth history and profile). Hassan Naqvi, Abdullah Niazi and Farooq Tirmizi. Pakistan Today. 13 September 2020. 16 December 2020.
  3. https://fp.brecorder.com/2012/08/201208011222506/ Profile of Mitchell's Fruit Farms Limited on Business Recorder, Published 1 August 2012, Retrieved 16 December 2020
  4. Web site: Najam Sethi's turnaround of Mitchell's off to slow, but promising start. 6 February 2021. Profit by Pakistan Today.
  5. https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/MITCHELL-S-FRUIT-FARMS-LI-20704125/company/ Mitchell's business summary and stock quote on MarketScreener.com website
  6. https://www.dawn.com/news/1269001 Stiff competition among thirst-quenching drinks