Lean Packaging

Lean Packaging was founded in December 2010 by John Bridgeford. John was a 10 year veteran of the packing industry prior to starting the company with a diverse background in all things packaging. As a small business owner he wears a lot of hats including sales, purchasing, inventory management, and marketing. The company was initially located in 6,000 sq ft of the Grafton, ND city owned business incubator but after 8 months an opportunity to purchase a building in John's hometown of Crookston, MN arose. The move to the new 22,000 sq ft building allowed the company to add a number of new product lines, increase their just in time managed inventory programs, and lower freight costs due to more carrier options.