In 1929, on the brink of the Depression, our father and grandfather
“Poppy” Sol took a bold step. 22 years old, he had already
worked fulltime for 10 years to support his family. Yet he was
ambitious, and wanted to live the American Dream and make the lives of
everyone around him better. So, donning his best of suits and an
assured smile on his face, Sol walked away from the bank with a loan
to start his own business, the Newark Nut Company. The rest is
history.
Our family has been in this business for 3 generations and we would
love for another 3 generations to continue in this business. We want
the world to be a great place for future Nuts.com generations, but
fear that our neglect of the environment might make that harder and
harder to fulfill.
We're hardly perfect when it comes to our environment, but we will
make it a priority to become better informed and take necessary steps
to reduce the impact Nuts.com has on the environment.
Currently we use 100% post-consumer recycled cardboard boxes and
starch biodegradable packing peanuts. We also recycle all of our
cardboard boxes. As for lighting, we replaced HID (metal halide) lights with energy efficient fluorescent light fixtures. These new lights consume almost 60% less energy. We also attached motion sensors so that when we aren't working in an area of our warehouse the lights go out and save even more. Furthermore, we sell over 250 organic products.
It's a start. But we have a long way to go.
