about us

SIX YEARS AGO SKYLARHALEY WAS JUST A DREAM IN OUR CEO'S HEAD… IT NOW OCCURS TO US THAT OUR CEO HAS A PRETTY GOOD HEAD ON HIS SHOULDERS.

In 2002, Perry Abadir decided there should be healthier options for people who enjoyed carbonated drinks, but disliked all the corn syrups, sugars and artificial flavors found in the market today. So while the big-boy drink companies were churning out those typical soda flavors, Perry went to work creating a line of all natural sparkling fruit juices that set the beverage world on fire.

2003

He had 2 unwavering goals in mind for his sparkling juice line: They had to explode in one's mouth and pack as much flavor as biting into a real piece of fruit. Well, Perry did just that, and a new company called SkylarHaley was born. The essn™ sparkling 100% all natural juice line now includes dynamic flavors such as fuji Apple, meyer lemon, blood orange & cranberry, and minneola tangerine.

Onward and upward… Perry moves fast. He thought there should also be better choices and healthier options in the high protein drink arena. The Skylar Team put their taste test caps on and kept at it until they developed a line of premium coffee blends they just couldn't stop drinking. But there was a catch. They had to be good for you, loaded with protein, AND low in carbs. We call it achievONE™, the better coffee boost.

It's still 2003, and boy are we tired. No rest for the weary though. We begin drinking our own power boost coffee drink, achievONE, just to keep up with our CEO. We feel invigorated once again -- just in time, because today Perry is thinking about fruit… Not just any old fruit, but a line of fresh hand picked, preservative-free dried fruits that burst with real flavor.

Again, our team went to work; this time seeking out the finest berries and fruits grown in America. We wanted our artisan line of dried fruits to maintain that 'picked off the vine' taste, so we brainstormed and kept going back to the drawing board until we developed a new, all natural method to keep our fruit full flavored, moist, and chewy. The line is called Stoneridge Orchards, and we believe it's the finest line of dried fruits available anywhere.

2004

People really like us! Most of 2004 was spent fending off phone calls from interested parties wanting to represent our great products. We decide we like this problem. We spend most of 2004 signing distribution agreements and work on building a bigger and better team to service all the people we've just committed to. We promise our General Manager he'll get to see his wife and kids soon.

2005

Our team has grown. Now at 15 and counting, we're thrilled as our group walks down the aisles of the major retailers and supermarkets to see our line of essn sparkling juices and Stoneridge Orchards dried fruit on the shelves. We add dried peaches to the Stoneridge dried fruit line in December 2005, and ready ourselves for a very productive new year.

2006

Back to our food kitchens... Our product development team is busy this year working on some great new products including our new line of organic dried fruit, an organic energy drink, newer flavors that will be added to our achievONE protein drink line, and an incredible new appetizer. So much food, so little time…

2007 and beyond

To date, we're still trying to keep up with Perry. We continue to maintain the passion and attention to detail that are essential to creating products of distinction. Our recently opened 20,000 square foot facility in Salem, Oregon is just one of the many steps we'll continue to take in order to provide uncompromising service to our loyal (and much appreciated) customers. Our home office remains in Pleasanton, California, one hour East of San Francisco.

We're continuing to grow (and more importantly, learn) every day. We've added an e-shop for your convenience, so you can always have access to our quality brands. Find us at select Safeway, Whole Foods, Krogers, Costco, Sam's Club, and in health and specialty food stores nationwide.