Hubbard Peanut Company, INC

In 1954 Dot Hubbard, a young school teacher, decided to stay home to raise her growing family. Wanting a little extra income, and having grown up in peanut territory, she developed a great recipe and technique for cooking Virginia peanuts. Friends and family loved Dots special peanuts and soon, through word of mouth, a true mail order business was born. In 1954, there werent many mail order businesses in the U.S.A. and even fewer who were shipping gifts of great food. UPS wasnt operating in Virginia and FedEx had not yet been founded. At the time, there was no such thing as a credit card, so just imagine how orders were placed and delivered. As the peanut vine spread from Sedley, throughout Virginia and across the country, it was soon impossible for Dot to keep up with the demand for Hubs peanuts. Thats when her husband, HJ, worked with local engineers to design and develop equipment that would help meet demand without compromising the rigid standard of quality representativ...