Lauri Jo's Southern Style Canning

Lauri Jo's, in Colquit County, is a gourmet food manufacturer that uses a unique story to help sell their product.

  • They grow, pick, process, jar and label their products by hand
  • Family owned, in a town of 800 with products represented  in 42 states and globally
  • They shop with local farmers and what was a hobby is now a full blown business with gourmet pepper jellies and jams
  • Started with 6 employees, now at 24
  • Revenue comes from 42 states, Trinidad, the Bahamas and Canada
  • The company has been spotlighted in several instances in recent years as a success story
  • Local or state resource involvement:  Colquitt Co. ED Authority RLF, state tourism, Center of Innovation for Agribusiness