by c2itconsult | Jul 27, 2023
In 1988, the City of Lafayette Indiana came up for bid. The day before the bid, Ted and Terry had two bid prices and could not decide which number to use. They decided to pray together and asked God to help them decide by flipping a coin. If it landed on heads, they...
by c2itconsult | Jul 27, 2023
After assisting a contractor on their first municipal project in ‘85, Ted & Terry bid on their first municipal contract with the City of West Lafayette, Indiana. Ted Merrell states that they had one truck, two very old 1955 Butler tankers, and a whole lot of...
by c2itconsult | Jul 6, 2023
Desperate for more business and the growth, they agreed to help a local contractor who had a contract with a municipality to pump out a city lagoon. The municipal (city) market provided some great opportunities for Merrell Bros., Inc. to expand, but both brothers were...
by c2itconsult | Jul 6, 2023
Early in their careers, they realized that dealing with hog manure waste was a continual challenge. As the age of confinement hog barns began, barns where hog manure was beneath the barn in hog pits popped up across the state, and area farmers developed a need to have...
by c2itconsult | Jul 6, 2023
Ted and Terry Merrell were each given one female pig when they were young teenagers by their father. From that day, their first 50/50 business partnership venture was started, and capitalism in its simplest form began as “Merrell Bros.”.
