Clorox to Buy Burt's Bees
Oakland-based Clorox announced last week it will acquire North Carolina-based natural products company Burt's Bees for nearly a billion dollars.
Clorox produces a number of household cleaning products including its name branded bleach and Brita water filters.
Burt's Bees, which makes lip balm, lotions, hair products and other grooming items, is expected to have sales of about $170 million this year. The company was founded in 1984 in Maine, and is now based in Durham, N.C.
In addition to Burt's Bees focus on providing consumers natural products they have also been leaders in using eco-friendly packaging. Most of their packaging contains high levels of post-consumer recycled plastic. In its line of hair care products the packaging is made from #2 HDPE plastic containing 80% post-consumer content. The labeling on many of the company's products contains the statement, "We take care of the environment in the choice of our packaging."
It is not known what impact, if any, Clorox's acquisition of Burt's Bees will have on their packaging.
