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Spring Gully’s Heritage 
Spring Gully pickles was originally established in 1946 by Edward McKee at Spring Gully in the Adelaide suburb of Rostrevor.
Orphaned at the age of three, Edward spent much of his early life living in a tent in his Aunt’s backyard. Shortly after the 2nd World War, Edward brought an orange orchard at Spring Gully for 30 pounds. He added over 3,000 hens to provide manure for the orange trees and sold oranges and eggs to local corner stores. A Christmas present of his renowned home grown pickled onions to his customers proved so popular, that it demanded he produce more… Edward McKee was in the pickle business.
As the business expanded, Edward was joined by son in law Allan McMillan, stepson Eric Webb and close friend Malcolm Clyma. As supermarkets began to replace the corner store, Spring Gully’s only option was to expand. Anew factory was built on site at Spring Gully and eventually broader distribution was gained through the “Tom the Cheap” supermarket chain in Western Australia and South Australia. Coles and Woolworths followed and Spring Gully Pickles were on their way to outright market leadership in these two states.
Allan McMillan’s sons, Brian and Garry, along with Eric Webb’s sons, Ross and Kevin, joined the company in the 1980s. Their initial goals were to make the Spring Gully brand truly national, to modernise the plant as well as to introduce “best practice” and the sophisticated quality control systems demanded by today’s market.
In 1993 the company moved into their purpose built premises at Dry Creek in Cavan, South Australia. The facility has enabled Spring Gully to meet their stringent quality control standards, plus provide room for continual expansion.
Over the past five years, the Spring Gully brand has established itself in the Eastern States of Australia and into New Zealand, as well as actively developing export markets in the Asia Pacific region.
Today, Spring Gully Pickles is just one of a group of popular Australian brands which form the recently founded parent company, Spring Gully Foods Pty Ltd, still family owned and operated, with an experienced third generation management team continuing the expansion of the business into the future
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