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Bigelow Tea company history timeline

1948

It had a single sales representative who covered New England, but in 1948 he resigned the line because the product simply was not selling.

1949

Around 1949 sales of "Constant Comment" finally began to take off.

1958

The company was also without its founding spirit. It was not until 1958, a year after Bigelow moved to a larger plant in Norwalk, that the company bought its first tea bag machine.

1984

In 1984 it opened a distribution center in Boise, Idaho, in order to serve its West Coast customers.

1990

In 1990, after spending some 40 years in Norwalk, Bigelow opened a new headquarters building in Fairfield, Connecticut, featuring test kitchens and an advanced computerized tea blending tower.

2001

By 2001 the company's annual revenues were estimated to total in the range of $80 million.

2009

Aunque todavía es una compañía privada, en 2009 se publicaron sus ventas anuales de alrededor de $ 90 millones de dólares y tienen 350 empleados.​ (es)

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Founded
1945
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