28th September, 2007: What does Bigelow Tea do in Kentucky?
When you think of Louisville Kentucky you might know it as the 16th largest city in the United States, home to the; Kentucky Derby, UPS distribution center, KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken), Muhammad Ali, Louisville Slugger bats and Colonel Sanders. But did you also know that it is the home to a mighty Bigelow production facility?
Our plant, on Constant Comment Place, is a 120,000 square foot building which houses tea bagging equipment, finished goods storage, employs over 90 people year round, and last year produced over 550,000,000 tea bags. This humble plant started off just to help fill in some production needs but has taken over the roll as our flagship plant producing the most tea bags each year for the company. The staff at Louisville is responsible for providing our assorted product, 40 count products, and all the 20 count flavors to everyone east of the Mississippi.
In their spare time, Bigelow Tea employees have been known to support the Kentucky Derby Festival Great Bed race, the juvenile diabetes walk, breast cancer walk, local soccer teams, and have taken up donations for communities that have been devastated by Mother Nature. And contrary to many beliefs we all really do wear shoes here J!!!!
Dean
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After reading your blog about the Louisville plant, can you tell me if there are “tours” for the public, Or if there is a giftshop. We plan to be in that area next week.
Thank you,
M.
Comment by Maggie Worley — October 2, 2007 @ 1:27 pm