About Honest Tea Researched & Written by Carol Cochran on the FlexJobs Team Honest Tea was founded in 1998 by co-founders and tea lovers Barry Nalebuff and Seth Goldman. Over the last 17 years, Honest Tea has grown into a multi-million dollar company that produces great tasting, healthy, and organic beverages made from organic teas sources all over the world. Headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, Honest Tea products can be found in more than 100, 000 stores around the country. Honest Tea is an award-winning company, named the "Best Bottled Tea" six years in a row by Men's Health Magazine, the "Greenest Beverage Company" three years in a row by, and one of the top "8 Revolutionary Socially Responsible Companies" by the Huffington Post. In 2011, Honest Tea was purchased by the Coca-Cola Company which has helped to fuel the company's market expansion and growth. As a quickly growing company, Honest Tea seeks talented and motivated candidates to join its team. This company has identified traits of ideal employees as being flexible, able to work independently, and sharing the company's commitment to social and environmental responsibility.
[1] By 2006, Honest Tea had revenue of $13. 5 million and was selling about 1. 5 million cases a year. [1] The Coca-Cola Company purchased a 40% stake of the U. company at $43 million in 2008. [2] It bought the rest of the company in 2011. [3] In 2009, Honest Tea US received an unpaid endorsement when The New York Times reported that it was President Barack Obama 's preferred beverage. [4] A separate small company, Springleaf, controls the "Honest Tea" trademark in Australia. Honest Tea lost an attempt to claim the rights to the phrase in Australia in 2007. [5] In 2015, Annabel Young won her case against Coca-Cola in Australia as the original brand name holder, retaining the Honest Tea brand. [6] In 2013 Honest Tea's sales were worth $112 million, and in June 2014 sales for 2014 were projected to be around $130 million. [1] Notes [ edit] External links [ edit] Official website An interview with Seth Goldman on Bloomberg TV on YouTube
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