Parent company of Yogi Tea mulling $12m site expansion
East West Tea, the company behind Yogi Tea, is planning a new storage and production facility in Eugene, OR, which would double its footprint and consolidate several locations into one. The company is deciding whether to build a plant and offices totaling 150,000 or 200,000 square feet, and plans to have the space ready by 2017. The facility will house the majority of its US workforce, which currently stands at 103 employees and is expected to grow by 40 positions by 2018. The three locations that now serve as office, factory and warehouse would be closed down as a result. East West Tea also has locations in Hamburg, Germany and a tea packaging plant in Imola, Italy. Court documents reveal that Yogi Tea had sales of $27 million in 2009.