Bigelow Tea Company

R.C. Bigelow, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryBeverages
Founded1945; 79 years ago (1945)
FounderRuth Campbell Bigelow
Headquarters
Fairfield, Connecticut
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U.S.
Key people
  • David C. Bigelow, co-chairman and co-CEO
  • Eunice Bigelow, co-chairman and co-CEO
  • Cynthia Bigelow, president
ProductsTeas and herbal teas
RevenueUS$188.9 million[1]
Number of employees
350
Websitewww.bigelowtea.com
Bigelow's Constant Comment tea

R.C. Bigelow, Inc. (also known as the Bigelow Tea Company) is an American manufacturer of dried teas based in Fairfield, Connecticut. It was founded by Ruth C. Bigelow in 1945, based on a recipe she marketed as "Constant Comment" tea. The company markets over 50 varieties of tea, including black, green and herbal, all of which are blended in Fairfield. The company has other plants in Boise, Idaho, and Louisville, Kentucky. Their Charleston Tea Garden in South Carolina is the only tea garden in America, but it does not produce the company's teas. Still a 100% family-owned business,[2] Bigelow employs 350 people[3] and had annual sales in 2020 of approximately US$188.9 million.[1]

  1. ^ a b "Information Resources Inc". Beverage Industry Magazine, June 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2022.
  2. ^ "Hoovers article on R.C. Bigelow, Inc."[permanent dead link] Accessed in 2010. It lists David Bigelow and Eunice Bigelow as Co-Chairmen and Co-CEOs, and Cynthia Bigelow as President.
  3. ^ "Bigelow fact sheet" (PDF). Bigelow Tea Company. Retrieved May 7, 2022.