It started with California sunshine and some of the most fertile farmlands in the world. The vast Central Valley where Tomatoes grow plump and ripe, and Peaches sweet and juicy. Begun in 1853, shortly after the California’s Gold Rush, Monarch’s pioneering food processing and distribution expertise has begun!
Rooted in the American memory and history for more than 150 years
1926 Monarch Teenie Weenie Pickles Ad
Original vintage magazine ad for Monarch Teenie Weenie Sweet Pickles.
Relic Paper 1948 Monarch Foods
1948 Monarch Foods: Luke The Lion, Monarch Print Ad
1927 Monarch Foods Ad (Kid Builders)
Original vintage magazine ad featuring artwork by R. James Stuart.
Welcome to Monarch International Corporation, your number one source for canned vegetables, fruits, seafood, and condiments. We’re dedicated to providing you the very best of American and international produce, with an emphasis on Quality, Innovation, and providing a wide variety of produce to our international customers.
Monarch Foods trace its roots to Reid-Murdoch Co., a Dubuque, Iowa, company founded in 1853 to provision wagon trains heading west. Reid-Murdoch was a major sponsor of The Teenie Weenies comic strip. John Sexton & Company began as a retail tea and coffee merchant in Chicago, Illinois in 1883.
Today, Monarch’s premier role as an International Marketer stretches to a vast range of canned packaged Seafoods, Fruits, Vegetables, Beans, Juices, Condiments and specialty foods processed and marketed around the world. There are Sardines from Morocco & Thailand; Tuna, Corn, and Pineapple from Thailand; canned Mushrooms from China; Hot sauces and Squeezed yellow Mustard from USA; Iodized salt from KSA & USA; Peanut Butter from USA, and California Grape leaves. This is to name but a few of the more than 500 quality food products marketed under the renowned brand Monarch.
We hope you enjoy our products as much as we enjoy offering them to you. If you have any questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to contact us.
Sincerely,
Alan Elabd
Including Beans, Condiments, Fruits, Pie Filling, Seafood, Specialty, Tomato, & Vegetables Products
Including our famous fava beans and condiment collection
Including the Americas and Middle East & Africa
The world is our source, only the finest products