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TruGreen, originally known as ChemLawn and later as TruGreen ChemLawn, is the largest lawn treatment company in the United States. [1] [2] [3] The company was founded in 1969 and provides lawn care and tree and shrub care treatments on a subscription basis (except in New York where it is by contract basis). [4]
Snapper, Inc. is an American company, formerly based in McDonough, Georgia, that manufactures residential and professional lawn-care and snow-removal equipment.Snapper is known for their high-quality products, including rear-engine riding lawnmowers capable of standing on end for storage or repair, and for their invention of the first self-propelled rotary lawn mower.
A skilled woodworker, Jacobsen made patterns for automobiles, agricultural machines and electrical equipment. Jacobsen restructured his business as Thor Machine Works in 1917. In 1921 it released the 4-Acre mower, a gasoline-powered reel mower marketed through Jacobsen Manufacturing. Not long after the Greens Mower was released.
In 1975 MTD purchased the Yard-Man name from Montgomery Ward. In 1980 MTD built its 160,000 sq ft (15,000 m 2 ) manufacturing plant in Brownsville, Tennessee (now defunct). In 1981 the Cub Cadet product line was acquired from International Harvester , and the White Outdoor Products Company was acquired from the old White Motor Company .
It is an online platform that allows to reserve lawn care and mowing services through a website or a mobile application. [11] [18] It also tracks weather and accordingly revises the schedule as needed. [9] LawnStarter has been called an Uber for lawn services. [5] [19]
A common exception is names of publications, and publishers named for them, e.g.: The New York Times, The New York Times Company. In some cases, leading articles (usually The) are an integral part of the company name (as determined by usage in independent reliable sources) and should be included, especially when necessary for disambiguation, e.g.:
Scotts was founded in 1868 by Orlando M. Scott as a premium seed company for the U.S. agricultural industry. In the early 1900s, the company began a lawn grass seed business for homeowners, and in 1924, became the first company to ship grass seed products directly to stores. Prior to 1924, Scotts products were only available through the mail. [5]
In 1982, Jim Penman started the company with $24 of capital [8] in order to fund his research into biohistory [9] after his PhD thesis was initially rejected. [10] In 1989, Jim's Group switched to a franchise model. [3] In 2009, there was a major disruption from the franchisees when fees were raised [11] and Jim Penman was almost voted out.