Bob's Red Mill Founder Bob Moore Dead at 94: 'We Will Truly Miss His Energy'

 Moore passed away on Saturday, according to a statement the business posted on social media.

The whole-grain food firm Bob's Red Mill founder Bob Moore passed away. He was ninety-four years old.

In a statement published on Bob's Red Mill's official Instagram on Saturday, the company acknowledged Moore's passing and honored his "larger than life personality."


The announcement said, "We share with heavy hearts the news that our Founder, Bob Moore, left this world today, Saturday, February 10, 2024." "At 94 years old, he still had the same passion for healthful foods as the day he started Bob's Red Mill."

The note was accompanied by pictures of Moore, an Oregonian, one of which showed the late founder sporting a red Bob's Red Mill jacket. Moore was accompanied in another picture by his late wife Charlee.

The statement went on, "Bob's enthusiasm, inventiveness, and regard for others will always motivate the staff owners of Bob's Red Mill." "And we'll continue his legacy by providing healthful food to people everywhere."

The note added, "We will truly miss his energy and larger-than-life personality."


In the post's last image, Moore was shown posing with a group of workers outside Moore's Flour Mill, a store he founded in Redding, California, in 1974 before creating Bob's Red Mill.

PEOPLE's request for response was not immediately answered by Bob's Red Mill representatives.

According to Portland Monthly, Moore was born in Portland and raised in Los Angeles before relocating to Redding and subsequently Milwaulkie in Oregon.

His successful culinary profession started with a desire for him and his wife Charlee to eat in a healthier manner. The two had met on a blind date the year before and were married in 1953.

Regarding their original concept, Moore told PEOPLE in 2019 that "we needed to change our diet." "We got pretty enamored with healthy, whole-grain food."

Bob and Charlee established a stone-ground flour mill in Redding shortly after getting married and establishing a family, producing nutritious flours and cereals. In 1978, when Moore was fifty years old, he and Charlee opened Bob's Red Mill in Milwaukie. The company, which specializes in providing natural goods, is still going strong today.  

"I would have gotten into this profession far earlier if I could have lived my life over. "You know, I started in the middle of my life," Moore clarified in an interview with CBS from 2020.

But by 2010, Moore had turned Bob's Red Mill into a $100 million business, which he gave to his staff. In 2019, he told PEOPLE, "They made us the ultimate company that I'm proud of."


Moore told Portland Monthly about this business decision and said, "The Bible teaches to do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Thus, there's a component of your interpersonal approach that I found impressive. Additionally, sharing in the earnings and the company's ability to produce goods.

Moore claims that after fear about food shortages and baking binges during lockdown, the company noticed an exponential surge in products sales when the pandemic struck in 2020, along with a slowing in yeast items.

Moore is survived by nine grandchildren, six great grandchildren, and his three sons, Ken, Bob Jr., and David.