Western Nut Company

“I didn’t grow up dreaming about nuts. But this is a business I am totally invested in.” Loren Mercer says it with the honesty and humor that seem to run through Western Nut Company as steadily as the scent of roasted nuts drifting from the back of the building. He is not trying to dress the story up. He did not inherit a childhood passion for cashews, almonds, or peanut brittle.