Spring Tree Maple Products,
Brattleboro, Vermont is the Export and Industrial Division of Specialty
Brands of America, Inc. selling pure maple syrup to corporations and major
distributors.
World Wide Leader
Specialty Brands of America is by far the leading pure maple syrup
supplier in the world. In 2001, SBA continued to outpace industry growth
and achieved a record high 42% share of the world pure maple syrup retail
market, a margin of over 3 to 1 over its nearest competitor.
In exports, Spring Tree is also the leader. Spring Tree exports to 18
countries. In 2001, it achieved a 31% share of pure maple syrup tonnage
shipped worldwide from North America. In Germany and Japan, by far the
two largest pure maple syrup markets outside of North America, Spring
Tree combined share is 43%.
Spring Tree Maple Products is also proud of its leading position in
industrial sales and counts 14 Forbes Top 500 Universal Companies as
bulk customers.
Quality, Price and Service
Our large share of industry volume is the direct product of customer
satisfaction, which in turn is the result of Spring Tree's superior
combination of Quality, Price and Service. Spring Tree's large, diversified
and steadily growing volume allows it to command the finest quality
pure maple syrup and the best costs from its suppliers. Our plants all
rate "Excellent" in third-party audits. Our service is also
unmatched. Orders are managed and tracked every step of the way so that
we consistently achieve 98%+ performance of delivering our customers
exactly what they want when they want it.
Reliability year after year
The pure maple syrup industry is a cottage industry [about US$120 million
in sales and over 9,000 producers] with many large swings in supply
and price from one year to the next, and with many packers entering
and leaving the industry every year.
Spring Tree's sustained share gains and success for over 20 years stems
from its ability to consistently deliver to its customers what it promises
year after year, no matter what the changing circumstances may be. At
Spring Tree we offer the resources and stability of a large company
while providing the commitment, focus and follow through of a small
company.
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