Merchant Website: whitemountainpuzzles.com
In 1978, the same year that Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream was founded in Vermont, two entrepreneurs in New Hampshire started a small poster company that evolved into White Mountain Puzzles. Ben & Jerry’s rapidly became a national brand and was sold to food giant Unilever in 2000. White Mountain Puzzles grew more gradually and is still a family owned business. Founders Cronan Minton and Ted Wroblewski are still involved but have turned over the day to day operations and ownership to their respective sons, Sean and Colin. Ted and Cronan are proud that White Mountain Puzzles has grown into one of the top puzzle brands in the United States!
It took them longer than Ben & Jerry, but the satisfaction of having their sons involved in the business is worth its weight in gold. White Mountain Puzzles is still located in Jackson, NH (pop. 850), in the White Mountain National Forest, just a few minutes from Mount Washington (elevation 6288 feet), in a beautiful village dotted with turn-of-the-century inns and B&Bs. The office overlooks the Jackson Grammar School, a white clapboard building that had three classrooms and 45 students when Sean went there as a kid. Now Sean and Colin are both married and have growing families of their own. By sticking with the same business for over 35 years, White Mountain Puzzles has maintained relationships with thousands of accounts, manufacturers, printers, designers, sales representatives, and dozens of talented artists.
Every White Mountain Puzzle is manufactured in America. Every year their quality improves. All their puzzles are interlocking and made of sturdy blue chipboard on recycled paper. Their 1000 piece puzzles are the LARGEST IN THE INDUSTRY, measuring 24" x 30" when finished. Due to their rural location, they’ve tried to stay ahead of the pack — to create puzzles that are more original and colorful... more educational... more entertaining...and, in all cases, immediately recognizable as WHITE MOUNTAIN PUZZLES.
Date posted: May 11th, 2022
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