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“ The company’ s first home was in the Quincy Market area of Boston. It had several floors, where the raw materials started at the top floor, and on subsequent floors they were processed and packaged by the time they got to the first floor, where the final products were ready for shipping. Sixty-five years ago, we moved to a larger location in Everett, on the outskirts of Boston, expanded the original operation but remained true to our industrious roots.
“ The name‘ Teddie’ was established around the same time. As the story goes, there was an operations manager, whose son was called Teddie. When they came up with a name for the product, he suggested it be named after his son. It sounded approachable and fun, and so they decided to keep it. One hundred years later, we still go by Teddie. It’ s a nice reminder of the people who built the business, and got us where we are today,” Jamie details.
Tried-and-true recipe
Retaining simple recipes and classic tastes, Teddie Peanut Butter adapts its core product offering to meet the needs of contemporary consumers. As Jamie discusses:“ Our flagship product is the 16-ounce glass jar of all-natural peanut butter, which we now sell coast to coast, in every state in the union. We’ ve expanded the product line to include a range of natural peanut butter products.
“ We offer a variety of sizes, the classic 16-ounce, the 26-ounce, and the family size 36-ounce jar. We also offer the larger sizes in special value twin packs. In terms of the product itself, we have the classic peanut butter range, a no-salt option, which is 100 percent pure ground peanuts, and a salted version. We offer all of those in chunky and smooth. Our chunky peanut butter is very well known,
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