Well Done, Sir, Well Done!
Feb. 24th, 2010 08:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
neadodsYesterday: a story of leaders taking advantage. Today, a story of a leader doing the right thing.
Bob Moore, founder of Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods, turned 81 and gave his company a present: full ownership of the $24 million-plus a year business. Everyone who has worked there for three or more years now has an equal share.
Bob Moore, founder of Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods, turned 81 and gave his company a present: full ownership of the $24 million-plus a year business. Everyone who has worked there for three or more years now has an equal share.
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Date: 2010-02-25 03:17 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-25 11:27 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-27 01:35 am (UTC)but his was one of the first "baking mills" (flour producers) to get serious about maintaining separate facilities for things like spelt, Quinoa, amaranth, etc.. so they were not "contaminated" with wheat.
i *think* they were one of the first "not gluten free only" people to make baking mixes that were gluten free.. but i could be wrong.
they pretty much proved it could be done.
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Date: 2010-02-25 08:07 am (UTC)It's always nice when Big Business doesn't act like Big Business.
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Date: 2010-02-25 11:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-25 10:44 pm (UTC)because the stereotype for Jewish businessmen is, as you probably
know, quite the opposite!
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Date: 2010-02-25 10:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-25 11:31 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-02-25 03:33 pm (UTC)Bob Moore is already my hero. He lets me make waffles and cookies without having an icky gluten stomach reaction.
He is officially Da Man.