Pete and Gerry's Organics
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| Industry | Egg farming |
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| Predecessor | Laflamme and Stanton family farms |
| Founded | 1995 in Monroe, New Hampshire, United States |
Key people | Jesse Laflamme |
| Products | Organic eggs |
| Website |
peteandgerrys |
Pete and Gerry's Organics is a Monroe, New Hampshire-based distributor of organic eggs.[1]
History
The Laflamme farm was initially founded by the CEO’s great-grandfather Robert Ward in the late 1800s.[2][3][4] After beginning to scale up in the mid-1980s,[5] the company Pete and Gerry’s was founded in 1995, after a merger between the farms of the Laflamme and Stanton families.[6] The company began producing organic eggs in the late 1990s, as a response to the egg farming industry. The company also removed their laying hens from cages in order to produce their eggs cage-free.[7] By 2013 the company had revenues of about $50 million.[2]
Company overview
The CEO of Pete and Gerry’s is Jesse Laflamme, son of the eponymous “Gerry” and the cousin of the eponymous “Pete”, for which the company was named. The company distributes eggs grown organically by local small family farms located in multiple states, including Ohio, New Hampshire,[8] and Vermont. Some of the farms that Pete and Gerry’s works with have been initially set-up by the company in order to be run by others within their prescribed designs.[1]
According to the Wall Street Journal, “it has provided its new organic egg farmers architectural blueprints and lists of contractors and manufacturers for new organic-friendly henhouses, guaranteed their bank loans or directly financed their equipment purchases at zero interest.” The company also actively recruits organic farms to increase the number of farms whose eggs are sold as Pete and Gerry's eggs,[9] having worked with other farms instead of expanding their own operations.[10] As of late 2014 Pete and Gerry’s worked with about 80 farms.[11]
Eggs
The eggs are both Certified Organic and Certified Humane: Raised and Handled.[4][12] In addition to retail sales, the company also sells its eggs via the Internet.[13] The packaging used by Pete and Gerry’s is made of clear recycled plastic, housing eggs by the dozen.[14]
References
- 1 2 Andrew Martin (October 27, 2011). "Egg Farm in Wolcott Up and Running". News & Citizen.
- 1 2 Joanna Krotz (July 7, 2013). "Businesses Find Benefits in Going Green". Entrepreneur Magazine.
- ↑ Mark Peterson (2012). Sustainable Enterprise: A Macromarketing Approach. SAGE. p. 328.
- 1 2 Chad Brooks (April 18, 2012). "Organic Egg Farm Establishes New Pecking Order". Business News Daily.
- ↑ Laurie Kulikowski (July 4, 2013). "5 Businesses That Have Survived 50+ Years". The Street.
- ↑ Lorraine Merrill (January 7, 2012). "Eggs a Growth Industry for Pete & Gerry's". Lancaster Farming.
- ↑ Peter Singer and Jim Mason (2007). The Ethics of What We Eat: Why Our Food Choices Matter. Rodale. p. 103.
- ↑ Susan Doucet (April 18, 2015). "Plans for organic egg farm in Boscawen progresses". Concord Monitor.
- ↑ Ilan Brat (April 3, 2015). "Hunger for Organic Foods Stretches Supply Chain". Wall Street Journal.
- ↑ Warren Johnston (October 6, 2013). "Chickens and Eggs: Pete and Gerry's Looks to Hatch New Partnerships". Valley News.
- ↑ John O'Neil (October 22, 2014). "Outside the Cage". Valley Advocate.
- ↑ Marion Nestle (2010). What to Eat. Macmillan. p. 261.
- ↑ Margaret Blackstone and Barbara Leopold (2005). The Egg White Cookbook: 75 Recipes for Nature's Perfect Food. M. Evans. p. 14.
- ↑ Nada R. Sanders and John D. Wood (2014). Foundations of Sustainable Business: Theory, Function, and Strategy. John Wiley & Sons. p. 200.