Central Florida's Brown brothers took over their father's citrus processing plant long after the World War II hero built Florida Food Products, Inc.
and helped lead Florida Citrus Mutual.
At the time when Jerry and Tom Brown began working with the company, international competition had started to cut into profits.
The once-successful company soon faced dim prospects.
With revenues sagging and deals disappearing, the sibling team began a decades-long effort to reinvent the plant.
They expande.