private industry food founded 2004 2004 in brooklyn new york us founders rick field lauren mcgrath headquarters brooklyn new york us area served us key people rick field ceo products pickles website rickspicks.com rick s picks is an american manufacturer of pickles . it was co founded in 2004 by ceo rick field and lauren mcgrath a former caterer . 1 it is based in brooklyn new york . contents 1 history 2 products 3 references 4 external links history edit after he was laid off from his job as a television producer co founder rick field turned his hobby of pickling into a business . field had previously competed in the rosendale international pickle festival in rosendale new york where he had won ten ribbons by 2005 . at first field marketed the pickles in new york city and via his website ; eventually they spread to specialty shops throughout the country . 2 in 2007 the pickles were sold in 35 states . 3 writing of his experiences as an entrepreneur for bloomberg business field said that he was able to use his previous career in show business to good effect as an entrepreneur when he needed to collaborate or seek help from friends . 4 following the jumpstart our business startups act field began soliciting for investors on his company s website which he said led to triple the traffic to his profile on the crowdfunding site circleup . 5 the goal was a 1.38 million investment to for inventory and product expansion . 6 products edit field started with family recipes and then experimented to find new flavors . 7 the pickles are artisanal hand processed instead of going through an industrial process . 8 due to pricing concerns a new product was developed the people s pickle to specifically offer a lower priced alternative . 9 references edit levitt jonathan 2007 05 30 . pick a peck of pickles . boston.com . retrieved 2015 04 29 . bellafante ginia 2005 01 12 . a man in a pickle jumps into the brine . the new york times . retrieved 2015 04 29 . perman stacy 2006 04 16 . from startup to success story . bloomberg business . retrieved 2015 04 29 . field rick 2007 12 12 . when pickles are your life s calling . bloomberg business . retrieved 2015 04 29 . lobosco katie 2014 01 07 . what s the deal with crowdfunding investments . cnn money . retrieved 2015 04 29 . loten angus 2013 09 25 . small businesses take fundraising public . the wall street journal . retrieved 2015 04 29 . not your grandfather s pickle . bloomberg business . 2005 11 20 . retrieved 2015 04 29 . wang joy y. 2012 03 23 . last chance foods rick can pickle that . wnyc . retrieved 2015 04 29 . miller jenny 2010 01 14 . rick field of rick s picks talks pickles brine martinis and expensive rabbis . the village voice . retrieved 2015 04 29 . external links edit official website food portal retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title rick % 27s picks & oldid 732156664 categories food and drink companies established in 2004food production companies based in new york citypickles 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 30 july 2016 at 00 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view