The partnership between Petaluma Creamery and Chipotle Mexican Grill is as natural a combination as rice and beans.
“Chipotle was looking for food with integrity, produced by people who are passionate about what they do,” says Larry Peter, owner of Petaluma Creamery, a local landmark on Western Avenue since it was established in 1913 as a co-op with 33 farmers producing bulk cheese.
Currently, more than one-third of the dairy products at Chipotle come from cows raised on pasture. Seeking out small, local producers like Peter as suppliers for the nationwide chain of almost 1,300 restaurants is integral to Chipotle's goal of sourcing 100 percent of their dairy products from pasture-raised animals.
“If not for Chipotle restaurants, I wouldn't be in business, and the dairy and Creamery would be gone,” Peter says. “They gave me my first distribution center and now I have three.”
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