US$6bn agriculture enterprise recognised for its commitment to employees and communities, including its Career Pathways programme that has helped over 1,600 students graduate with associate’s degrees since 2018
The Wonderful Company has taken the top spot on the 2025 People Companies That Care list, rising from Number three last year.
The US$6bn enterprise, with 10,000 employees worldwide and a portfolio of well-known healthy brands, earned the recognition for its commitment to employees, communities, and the environment.
Based in Los Angeles, The Wonderful Company is one of the largest privately held companies in the US and among the world’s largest agriculture companies.
With operations spanning the Central Valley and wine regions of California, Texas, New Jersey, Arizona, Oregon, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and the countries of Mexico and Fiji, its family of brands include Wonderful Pistachios, Fiji Water, Pom Wonderful, Wonderful Halos, Wonderful Seedless Lemons, Teleflora, and Justin, Landmark, and Lewis Cellars wines.
To qualify for the People list, thousands of anonymous employee survey responses provided input attesting to The Wonderful Company’s culture, leadership, and relationships with workers.
In bestowing the top honour, People highlighted The Wonderful Company’s signature Career Pathways programme, which empowers students to obtain an associate’s degree upon graduating from one of seven partner high schools in the Central Valley.
Students also receive critical work- based learning experiences by participating in job shadows, career workshops, and paid internships at Wonderful.
Since 2018, more than 1,600 students have graduated from the programme with an associate’s degree.
“In the Central Valley of California, our people do the hard work of feeding our nation,” said Lynda and Stewart Resnick, owners of The Wonderful Company.
”Their children deserve every opportunity,” they continued. “Wonderful Career Pathways is one of the many ways we are committed to ending the cycle of poverty by taking a holistic view and focusing on the social determinants of a healthy society.
This programme empowers students to enter college with 60 credits and a two- year head start on classes – or graduate high school and step right into higher-paying jobs in health care, education, and agriculture. And, Wonderful is with them every step of the way.”
Over the past decade, The Wonderful Company and the Resnicks, along with their foundations, have committed over US$1bn in the Central Valley, home to more than 3,000 of their employees.
Wonderful offers free health care services to its full-time workforce in the Central Valley, including preventive care, physical therapy, prescriptions and more.
They also support 5,000 students across 70 schools, including two public charter schools the Resnicks founded, and over 1,000 Wonderful Scholars, many of whom are employees’ children, with tutoring, academic coaching, emotional support, up to US$40,000 each in college scholarships, and more.
“Witnessing the innovative spirit with which these companies invest in their employees, communities, and the world is truly invigorating,” said Charlotte Triggs, People GM and editor-in-chief.
“Their commitment reflects our mission, to feature what happens when ordinary people do extraordinary work.”
Earlier this year, The Wonderful Company was also named one of Fortune magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For.
It was recognised again as one the Best Places To Work in the Central Valley by Best Companies Group for its commitment to the well-being of its workforce.
