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Kate Torgersen


Aug. 10, 2010
Design Is How it Works at Clif Bar & Company (UPDATE: Winner’s Announced)

UPDATE: Thanks to everyone who submitted a comment and for supporting Jay's new book. The winners (who will receive signed copies of Jay and Gary's books and a month's supply of CLIF BARs) are: Samantha, jnylyn78 and mommaof3ontherun. Congrats! Way back in 2006, Clif Bar & Company founder, co-owner, and co-CEO, Gary Erickson published his book Raising the Bar: Integrity and Passion in Life and Business: The Story of Clif Bar & Company recounting Clif Bar’s origins and our journey to become a different kind of company. Today in 2010, Clif Bar is once again the subject of another great…

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Kate Torgersen
Category:
Office Life, Sustainability

Jun. 29, 2010
Clif Bar & Company Becomes 20 Percent Employee-owned

I'm extremely happy to announce that Clif Bar & Company has officially become 20 percent employee owned! Gary Erickson and Kit Crawford (Clif Bar husband and wife owners) have been devising a way to give back to the many Clif Bar employees that make this company thrive. So they've turned their family-owned common stock into an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). Employees through the ESOP own 20 percent of the company, while Gary and Kit retain the remaining 80 percent. “All along we wanted to create a company where we would want to work,” said Kit. “Employee ownership is one…

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Kate Torgersen
Category:
Office Life

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