Our Story
When you call yourself Wonderful, you do things differently. Wonderful means setting your own standard and then raising your own bar. It means growing your business just as well as you grow citrus. It means building the best brands from seed to store. When you call yourself Wonderful, you’d better live up to it. And we do. That’s why no one knows and grows citrus like us.
The Wonderful Way
75 years’ experience as citrus farmers, packers, and marketers
Relentlessly pursuing the highest quality and best-tasting citrus
We are expert brand builders and marketers who create category-leading brands
Founded by entrepreneurs Stewart and Lynda Resnick, The Wonderful Company is a privately held global company committed to offering high-quality, healthy brands like Wonderful Pistachios, as well as helping consumers make better choices every day.
10K+ employees
134 locations worldwide
$2.5BN in philanthropic giving and sustainability initiatives
Wonderful Brands
Timeline
1950
Paramount Citrus Association is founded by Lou Ghiz to give independent orange growers an opportunity to market fresh fruit.
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1981
Paramount is purchased by Stewart and Lynda Resnick.
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1990
Paramount joins Sunkist Coop of citrus growers as its largest member.
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2000
Paramount acquired fresh citrus operations of Dole Food Company; begins planting mandarins.
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2004
Paramount pioneers citrus marketing with the launch of the Cuties California Mandarins brand with JV partner Sun Pacific.
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2006
Paramount leaves Sunkist Coop to become an independent marketer, investing in expanding mandarin marketing.
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2007-2009
Paramount acquires 6,000 acres of lemons in Mexico.
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2010-2011
Paramount acquires 5,000 acres of limes in Mexico.
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2012
New 700,000 sq. ft , state-of-the-art mandarin packing house is completed; Paramount acquires Healds Valley Farms and Rio Queen ruby red grapefruit product lines, capturing 75% of the Texas citrus market.
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2013
Wonderful Halos mandarins is launched; Wonderful Sweet Scarletts Texas Red Grapefruit is launched; Paramount acquires Grimmway Farms Citrus.
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2015
Paramount Citrus rebranded to Wonderful Citrus.
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2016
Wonderful acquires Grupo B&S and I. Kunik to become the largest lime grower in Mexico.
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2017
Wonderful acquires DNE World Fruit – a leading importer of counter seasonal citrus and marketer of Florida citrus; becomes a year-round supplier of all key citrus varieties with packing capabilities in NJ.
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2018
First year of offering Halos in the summer – packing counter-seasonal citrus under the Halos brand; a five-year and 3,000+ acre expansion of Texas grapefruit and juice oranges is completed.
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2019
Wonderful Seedless Lemons, a variety 100% exclusive to Wonderful, is launched.
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2020
Wonderful Seedless Lemons expansion begins at Bianchi Ranch in Salinas Valley, California.
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2023
Organic Halos mandarins is launched; Paramount Citrus label rebrands to be used across the full portfolio.
SOcial Responsibility
Learn more about our unique philanthropic efforts in the communities where we live, work, and play.
