Eric Longtin from Faribault Foods Learning and Development Manager
Taught Math and couched football in Texas for 10 years
Took a leap of faith and quit teaching in 2016 and took a job as a production trainer overnights. Soon he got into food production and started with Faribault Foods one year ago.
Create Food for Every Table
Values- Family, respect, honesty, loyalty, passion and win
Founded in 1888 as the Faribault Canning and Preserving Company
merged with AZ Canning in 2014 under La Costena USA
2017 opened Faribault Industrial Area (1 million sq feet, 1.4-mile perimeter)
Tens of thousands of cans produced weekly
700+ employees
500+ in MN across three shifts
Faribault Foods participates with co-manufacturing and private labels
Organic certified since 2002
200+ organic foods
Faribault Foods is the largest canner of organic beans in the USA!
