r/vermont

It's who owns it.

King Arthur is 100% employee-owned.

Former owners Frank and Brinna Sands began transferring the company to its employees in 1996. By 2004, the transition was complete. Today, eligible employees earn company shares through an ESOP funded by the company, giving the people who work there an actual financial stake in the business.

That's more than putting “we value our employees” on a corporate webpage.

And consumers notice. In baking discussions, people repeatedly bring up employee ownership as one reason they feel good about supporting King Arthur—alongside the quality of the products themselves.

The company also has profit sharing. King Arthur reported that in 2024, 100% of employees who worked the entire year received a profit-sharing payout.

There are plenty of giant food brands competing for our grocery dollars. So when a company has spent more than two decades under 100% employee ownership, that's worth recognizing.

You don't have to believe a company is perfect to give credit where it's earned.

King Arthur built a model where the people doing the work can also own a piece of what they're building. That's the kind of business decision consumers deserve to know about.

I've lived in Vermont my whole life and it's still so magical when the leaves change every year. Leaves collected and photographed by me in Westford.

Nice color this year! My favorite time of the year.

Hello, visitors! Thank you for coming to visit this beautiful little state! We appreciate your business and shared love of the great outdoors.

Because of this shared interest, I am imploring visitors to please check your vehicles for the Spotted Lanternfly before arriving.

The Spotted Lanternfly is having a banner year in lower New England. I just returned from a trip to Connecticut and was gobsmacked (horrified, really) by the number of them in Hartford County. As I sat in traffic on I-91 in Springfield, MA, I watched one dive off a Honda Civic onto the vehicle behind it.

While I don't expect everyone to drop $50 on two scalding hot car washes/waxes, then stop on the side of the road to check for stowaways, I encourage those coming from particularly affected regions to do what you can to slow their spread. Please help protect our agricultural communities.

Vermont is a little state with little money. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Thank you all for coming to visit this brave little state. I hope you all enjoy your stays!

My nonprofit, Miss Shannon’s School House is hosting a fundraiser to raise money for the restoration of the East Corinth School House in East Corinth, Vermont. You may recognize the building as Miss Shannon’s School for Girls from the films!

Come for the Beetlejuice film location, and stay for the dance party!

If you can’t make it to rural Vermont for whatever reason…follow our IG to see the progress of the restoration! @miss.shannons.schoolhouse & missshannonvt.com

The weather yesterday (10/3) was absolutely amazing! Colors were so vibrant and the view was great!

Respectful NC visitor here. Was at a grocery with the best cheese I could ask for and saw this. Once a week feels like light work but maybe it’s the NC humidity that has me ripping through more briefs than I’d like to admit

Perfect Indian Summer weekend spent stacking firewood

Photos taken in Richmond and Braintree VT✨

Putting together a collection for my daughter to choose one from, since she moved away and misses the view.