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Cannings Foods Limited was a Trinidad and Tobago company founded in 1912 by Ernest Canning, a British-born businessman.^[1]

The enterprise began as a grocery store. Then it introduced dairy products (including ice cream), baked goods, poultry processing, and soft drinks.

Cannings acquired the Coca-Cola franchise for Trinidad in 1939. The supermarket HiLo, started in 1950, was the first self-service store in Trinidad and Tobago. Cannings was taken over by Neal and Massy in 1975.^[2]

In the 1990s, the Cannings Group ceased to operate - with the exception of the HiLo supermarket. The Cannings soft drink brand was sold to Coca Cola, and continues to be produced.

Cannings, and its relationship with Coca-Cola, are treated in fictionalized (and renamed) fashion in V. S. Naipaul's 1967 novel The Mimic Men.^[2]

References

^ "Ernest Canning: From telephone orders to self-service supermarkets: the evolution of grocery shopping in Trinidad and Tobago". Newsday Historical Digest. 2000-06-25. Retrieved 2007-04-03.
^ ^a ^b Daniel Miller, "Coca-Cola: A black sweet drink from Trinidad", in Daniel Miller, ed., Material Cultures: Why Some Things Matter (Routledge, 2002), ISBN 978-1135361631, pp. 173-175. Excerpts available at Google Books.

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[1] "Ernest Canning: From telephone orders to self-service supermarkets: the evolution of grocery shopping in Trinidad and Tobago". Newsday Historical Digest. 2000-06-25. Retrieved 2007-04-03.

[cultures-2] Daniel Miller, "Coca-Cola: A black sweet drink from Trinidad", in Daniel Miller, ed., Material Cultures: Why Some Things Matter (Routledge, 2002), ISBN 978-1135361631, pp. 173-175. Excerpts available at Google Books.

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 The enterprise began as a grocery store.  Then it introduced dairy products (including ice cream), baked goods, poultry processing, and [[Cannings|soft drinks]].
-Cannings acquired the [[Coca-Cola]] franchise for Trinidad in 1939.  The supermarket HiLo, started in 1950, was the first self-service store in Trinidad and Tobago.  Cannings was taken over by [[Neal and Massy]] in 1975.<ref name="cultures">Daniel Miller, "Coca-Cola: A black sweet drink from Trinidad", in Daniel Miller, ed., ''Material Cultures: Why Some Things Matter'' ([[Routledge]], 2002), ISBN 978-1135361631, pp. 173-175. [http://books.google.com/books?id=Tz4mVtrMK-EC&lpg=PA174&dq=cannings%20trinidad&pg=PA173#v=onepage&q=cannings%20trinidad&f=false Excerpts available] at [[Google Books]].</ref>
+Cannings acquired the [[Coca-Cola]] franchise for Trinidad in 1939.  The supermarket HiLo, started in 1950, was the first self-service store in Trinidad and Tobago.  Cannings was taken over by [[Neal and Massy]] in 1975.<ref name="cultures">Daniel Miller, "Coca-Cola: A black sweet drink from Trinidad", in Daniel Miller, ed., ''Material Cultures: Why Some Things Matter'' ([[Routledge]], 2002), ISBN 978-1135361631, pp. 173-175. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Tz4mVtrMK-EC&lpg=PA174&dq=cannings%20trinidad&pg=PA173#v=onepage&q=cannings%20trinidad&f=false Excerpts available] at [[Google Books]].</ref>
 In the 1990s, the Cannings Group ceased to operate - with the exception of the HiLo supermarket.  The [[Cannings]] soft drink brand was sold to [[Coca Cola]], and continues to be produced.