type private company employee owned company industry food founded 1790 founder henry wood headquarters norwich vermont united states products flour ingredients baking mixes cookbooks revenue not publicly disclosed number of employees 325 as of 2014 update subsidiaries the baker s catalogue inc. mail order website http www.kingarthurflour.com the king arthur flour company formerly the sands taylor & wood company is an american supplier of flour ingredients baking mixes cookbooks and baked goods . the company was founded in boston massachusetts in 1790 and is now based in norwich vermont . the company s flagship product line king arthur flour includes a variety of wheat flours for home and commercial baking marketed as never bleached never bromated . history edit the king arthur flour company was founded in 1790 in boston massachusetts by henry wood . wood was primarily an importer and distributor originally of english milled flour . the business grew quickly and wood took on a partner in the early 1790s forming henry wood & company . benjamin franklin sands took over the company in 1870 renaming it to reflect his ownership interest . in 1895 the company was reorganized as a joint stock company named sands taylor & wood company after its then owners orin sands mark taylor and george wood no relation to henry wood . 1 in 1896 sands taylor & wood decided to introduce a new brand of premium flour . george wood had attended a performance of the musical king arthur and the knights of the round table which inspired the name of the new product king arthur flour . 2 the brand was introduced at the boston food fair on september 10 1896 to substantial commercial success . with orin sands s death in 1917 control of the company passed to his son frank e. sands grandfather of current chairman frank e. sands ii . as the market for retail flour declined the company expanded into the bakery market first with wholesale flours and later in the 1960s into commercial baking equipment . sands taylor & wood also introduced other retail food products under the king arthur name including a line of coffee . sands taylor & wood acquired joseph middleby a maker of baking supplies such as prepared pie fillings in 1973 ; three years later that business was expanded with the purchase of h.a. johnson . as interest rates rose through the 1970s financial pressures forced the company to change strategy and in 1978 then president frank e. sands ii sold off all but the core flour business and relocated the company from brighton massachusetts to norwich vermont . sands taylor & wood company converted to an employee owned business structure in 1996 and also changed its name to the king arthur flour co. inc. reflecting its principal brand . in addition to its flour business king arthur flour also sells baking equipment ingredients baking mixes and cookbooks through its catalog the baker s catalogue website and at its flagship store the baker s store located in norwich vermont . it has also published four cookbooks including the king arthur 200th anniversary cookbook and the king arthur flour baker s companion 3 the latter of which was a james beard award winner for cookbook of the year in 2003 . the employee owned company has been named one of the best places to work in vermont every year since the inception of the award in 2006 . 4 in 2012 king arthur flour opened a new flagship bakery caf store and school in norwich vermont which offers classes and demonstrations to bakers of all skill levels . 5 references edit sands brinna b. 1992 . introduction & history . the king arthur flour 200th anniversary cookbook 2nd ed . . countryman press . pp. 12 19 . isbn 0 88150 247 2 . lcc tx765.s265 1992 . hamel pj september 10 2013 . how did king arthur flour get its name . king arthur flour . retrieved 11 september 2013 . the king arthur flour baker s companion . countryman press . 2003 . isbn 0 88150 581 1 . best places to work in vermont . the best companies group inc. retrieved 26 august 2014 . king arthur flour flagship campus in norwich vermont . king arthur flour company inc. retrieved 26 august 2014 . external links edit official website v t e pancakes list of pancakes types bleskiver apam balik appam baghrir b nh cu n b nh x o bannock blini blodpl ttar borlengo bo k te boxty cachapa chalboribbang chataamari chinese cholermus crempog cr pe crumpet david eyre s dosa dutch baby egg waffle farinata fl dle fl skpannkaka funkaso galette gundel gyabrag hirayachi hortob gyi palacsinta hotteok injera jeon johnnycake kaiserschmarrn kalathappam khanom bueang kouign amann lahoh laobing malpua memela memiljeon milcao mofletta msemen mung bean dosa murtabak oatcake okonomiyaki oladyi palatschinke pannekoek pannukakku pathiri ploye poffertjes ponganalu potato quarkk ulchen racuchy rava dosa roti prata serabi spring suncake syrniki thalipeeth tlacoyo touton uttapam brands arrowhead mills aunt jemima bisquick bob s red mill bruce s cherrybrook kitchen connoisseur s bakery crispy pancakes dr. oetker glutino hungry jack jack & jason s pancakes & waffles jiffy mix king arthur flour krusteaz mrs. butterworth s streit s see also biscuit pancake breakfast pancake machine pancake pen pancake syrup book category commons cookbook food portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title king arthur flour & oldid 732386134 categories 1790 establishments in massachusettsbaking mixescompanies based in vermontcompanies established in 1790employee owned companies of the united statesfood and drink companies of the united statesnorwich vermontvisitor attractions in windsor county vermontbenefit corporationshidden categories use mdy dates from august 2014articles containing potentially dated statements from 2014all articles containing potentially dated statements navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 31 july 2016 at 16 59 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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