Consolidated Citrus LP

the King Ranch citrus partnership

Founded

1998

Evidence class

publicly verified operating

Place

Fort Myers; groves across the southern half of Florida

District

Outside the Heartland

Status as of 12 September 2026

Operating as King Ranch's Florida citrus arm, described by its parent as the largest juice orange producing operation in the United States.

Connections

3 edges, 3 distinct neighbours · betweenness 0.309 (rank 2 of 243) · location and lineage only 0.007 (rank 55) · outside share 1.00

Confidence

High · sources: [KRCH] [KRT] [KRC] [SBCON] [DNBCC] (register)

King Ranch merges its Running W Citrus operations, formed in 1993 around 16,000 acres of Coca-Cola's Minute Maid groves, with Collier Enterprises interests in 1998, adding the Turner Foods groves from Florida Power and Light [KRCH][KRT]. The parent reports about forty thousand tree planted acres in more than a dozen grove locations [KRC][SBCON].

Connections

Location and lineage

• founded byKing Ranchmerges Running W with Collier Enterprises interests1998
• received land or role fromTurner Foodsthe groves are acquired at the partnership's formation1998
• grew out ofCoca-Cola and Minute Maidthe managed groves fold into the new partnership; the reference record dates the grove sale to 19971993 to 1998