The Garden Company from the Garden State
Founded in 1998, Messinas has been a lawn and garden products manufacturer for more than 20 years. Our products can be found in all 50 states and in more than a dozen countries around the world. Our approach is simple: we want to offer the best products in the best packaging at the best price.
Company co-founder James Messinas believes that there's a fundamental difference between having to do business together and wanting to do business together. When you have to do business with someone, iterations are forced, conversations are cold and distant and codependency replaces openness and trust. But, when you actually want to do business together, information flows freely back and forth, ideas as well as success are shared and trust holds the relationship together. At Messinas, we strive to be the kind of company that you will want to do business with for a long, long time.
MESSINAS OPERATING VALUES
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We are committed to honoring the integrity, opinions and skills of our employees and staff as we strive to inspire and connect people to nature and the outdoors.
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We will provide a safe, clean and positive working environment so that all who work with us will feel comfortable, confident and inspired.
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We will encourage all of our employees and staff to treat everyone, from customers and vendors to co-workers alike, with dignity and decency.
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We will support all of our employees and staff to provide the best information to our customers even when the best recommendation is not one of our products.
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We will encourage all employees to engage in an open communication of thoughts and ideas so as to potentially foster new ideas and concepts.
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We will remind each other that there is no such thing as a dumb question.
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We will grow responsibly by adamantly reviewing our processes and procedures so as to make our business model that much better.
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We will remain humble and caring as we continue to grow and evolve.
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We will make promises that we will keep, and we will get tasks completed on time and accurately.
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We will stress the importance of a healthy work/life balance, encouraging all employees and staff to value their quality of life, remembering to find fun in life wherever and whenever possible.
OUR VISION
To be thoughtful leaders in the global lawn and garden industry and to contribute to its overall growth and development; to be always thinking of the future and the pursuit of innovation; and to connect people to the world around them, without ever forgetting our roots as a family business.