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Northshore October 2025
Mark Hintlian, president of The Leavitt Corp., eats a peanut butter sandwich at his desk just about every day. Straight up—no jelly. It’s just one trademark of this modest man, who is proud to inhabit the office once occupied by his father, a space that is little changed since the elder Hintlian moved the company from Boston to Everett in 1960. Right down to the wood paneling that is evident in a photograph Hintlian proudly displays of the office when it belonged to his father, you wouldn’t guess these unassuming surroundings were home of the makers of Teddie Peanut Butter and River Queen mixed nuts—one of the 10 largest processors of
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