Young Pecan Company

Young Pecan was founded by T.B. Young, Sr. in the early 1920's in Florence, South Carolina as a shipper of inshell pecans. In 1945, his son, J. Givens Young took over pecan operations when the installation of commercial crackers marked the company's entry into the pecan shelling industry. The company grew steadily, forming a joint venture with Gold Kist, Inc. of Atlanta, Georgia in 1992. This merged the pecan operations of both companies to form what has become the largest sheller in the pecan industry. The state-of-the-art shelling facilities in Las Cruces, New Mexico; Florence, South Carolina; and Zaragosa, Mexico, as well as the buying and storage facility in Albany, Georgia, are strategically located to provide grassroots access to raw material from all of the major growing regions in the United States ! and Mexico.

Young Pecan Company's primary business is to be an ingredient supplier to the major food manufacturers in America and abroad. Because our customer list reads like a Who's Who of the food industry, we are accustomed to manufacturing pecans to the most exacting standards in the industry. Our single-minded focus on pecans allows us to concentrate on the crop and react to developments within our industry in a way that none of our competitors can. Please visit our interactive consumer gift based website at http://www.youngpecanplantations.com.