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The Great Partners of Time can not compare to the PARTNERS combination.
Marian, Cara and Greg
The mother, Marian, and her two children, Cara and Greg, started this company in the Winter of 1992, but the crackers were made long before that.
In 1972, Marian founded a restaurant with 2 other women. Blazing a trail in the womens revolution, these “girls” set out to provide quality food to the business men of downtown Seattle.
After 8 years, Marian had bought out her partners and was running a very successful operation. Famous for its baked goods and fabulous soups, the crackers were one of many ideas created in the ’70′s. By the time she “retired” from the restaurant business in 1989, Marian had refined and stockpiled hundreds of recipes.
Two of those recipes are currently produced by PARTNERS, a tasteful choice company, the crackers and the granola. The PARTNERS, a tasteful cracker were an immediate hit. In the first day of selling them, Marian loaded up her cute baskets with these handmade beauties and took them to the local stores. After visiting 8 stores all over the city and with aching feet, Marian made the long trek by ferry boat back to Vashon Island. When she arrived home there were 7 orders on the answering machine. The business had begun.
Immediately realizing that she needed help, she roped her son, Greg, into “helping for two weeks”! Two weeks turned into two months, then two years and time continues to tick.
After 6 months and thousands of pounds of crackers, Cara, Marian’s daughter joined the show. After passing the Bar and becoming a full fledged attorney, Cara was convinced to use her skills to help run the company until she got a full time legal job. She decided within three months that the cracker world was where she belonged.
Three years after the crackers were a huge success, Marian got the itch to create and Wisecrackers ® were the next logical step. A low fat cracker with great taste. R&D hours were spent honing this cracker to the right degree of crispy, crunchy and taste. The awards have shown that Marian got it right!
One year later, the second stage of the company was started. Granola The granola made at the restaurant was always such a success that it just had to be done. There was nothing on the store shelves that even compared. The family had to have it, and apparently the public did too. In 1997, PARTNERS Gourmet Granola hit the shelves. Numerous awards for the three flavors have shown that this is a quality granola with great taste and crunch and climbing sales keep us baking.
More new items are on their way, and the story is unfinished. When will the creative genius stop…. Never!
Remember, PARTNERS products are from our family to you!