Terra Mills

Terra Mills is a Human manufacturer of consumer foods based on Terra in the Terra system. Founded in 2665 as Terragra, the company produces a wide variety of well known brands, including Pips, Fieldsbury, Prallies, and Big Benny's. In 2717, Terragra merged with Bremen Mills, and the resulting corporate entity was renamed Terra Mills. Combining the resources of Bremen Mills with Terragra's distribution network, the company became a dominating force in the market and remains a top food and beverage manufacturer. It is one of the largest employers in the Bremen system.

History

Terra Mills is the result of the 2717 merger of Bremen Mills and Terragra.

Bremen Mills

Bremen Mills was founded in the 27th century on Rytif, after the outbreak of the Second Tevarin War. The UEE Navy helped to develop the previously small agrarian planet to feed its largest fighting force of starmen to date. Farmers on Rytif began to pool their resources, and de facto Governor Arcturus Koerner and other major landholders banded together to form the Bremen Mills collective, which helped them cut costs and increase their profits.

The company's growth was slowed by a grain market crash in 2640 on Rytif and by the Great Stalford Disaster in 2716, which burned tens of thousands of cultivated acres.

Merger with Terragra

Terragra was founded in 2665 on Terra and produced salty and sweet snacks, the most popular of which was Prallies. The company wanted to expand but could not find an affordable source of wheat to support its growth. It merged with Bremen Mills to form Terra Mills in 2717.

In 2949, Prasad Naturals filed a lawsuit against a new law in the Bremen system that cut the system export tax on processed food. Prasad claimed that Terra Mills had colluded with politicians to manipulate the market in its favor.

Brands

Terra Mills owns the following brands:

• Dappers, cereals
• Maybelles, perennial holiday cookies
• Pips, soda drinks
• Fieldsbury, beverage
• Clash, beverage
• Braga Malt (or Snazzle), a malted fruit drink
• Big Benny's, noodles

Pips

Pips is a line of soft drinks popular throughout the Empire. It is served in cans of different flavors, available from vending machines or local eateries.

Big Benny's

The most recent addition to the Terra Mills family is also one of its most ambitious. After establishing itself in snacks and drinks, the company moved into the fast meals sector. In 2943, it purchased a small restaurant franchise from Lo that, since its opening three years prior, had grown from a single location to over a hundred.

Benicio Lewis, Jr. grew up on a fringe transfer station in Corel eating his father's homemade kacho, a ramen-like combination of noodles and broth heavily spiced to combat the taste bud numbing that occurs with long exposure to pressurized environments. As Lewis quoted his father, "If I have to live in a tin can, I'm sure as hell not going to eat food that tastes like it came from one." Years later, when living on Lo, Lewis made kacho for his friends, whose encouragement convinced him to open a small stall at a commercial spaceport. He named the foodstall Big Benny's in honor of his father. With its cheap and satisfying fare, the stand was crowded constantly.

From that beginning, Lewis opened new franchises as the popularity of kacho spread. He was eventually approached by Terra Mills with an offer to introduce his kacho from Lo to the rest of the universe. Despite protests from the franchise's loyal fans, Lewis was happy to sell, explaining, "My dad would have loved to know that people across the 'verse can have something good to eat when they need it. Plus, he loved making money." Big Benny's stalls and vending units can be found in many places where people are looking to stretch their credits and eat a warm meal.

Terra Mills did not stop there. Following its first ready meal launch, the company revealed a new brand, TipTop, at the 2946 Vendor Association Conference. Offering a variety of bite-sized tapioca-wrapped dumplings, TipTop was anticipated to become as widespread as the company's other products. As a result of these successes, Terra Mills remains the largest employer in the Bremen system. What began as a collection of farms has grown into one of the biggest food manufacturers in the Empire, with products found in every system where Humans live.

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