It all began at a golf course at St. Andrews. At the ninth green, Francis J. Mitchell received a telegram informing him he had lost all his money. Already 60 years old at the time, with three children to provide for, he decided to seek his fortune in India. This he found, though not without trials and tribulations, in a 720 acre plot of land near Renala Khurd, District Okara, which he leased from the Punjab government. This would become the first ever Mitchell’s fruit farm. Mr. Mitchell and his sons, Leonard and Richard, originally tried their luck with vine fruits, but switched to growing citrus fruits when the former proved unworkable. Luckily, citrus fruits were a success, and the lease was extended in 1930, allowing the company-Indian Mildura Fruit Farms Limited- to be registered in 1933. In 2001, the company’s first molded chocolate line was established, and it moved into the production of enrobed chocolate bars in 2004. 2007 and 2008, was an era of major modernization, during which most of its production lines were upgraded both in the confectionery and grocery section.
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