This period was marked by the reorganization of the old Lumen Food Corporation (1989), the introduction of the company's lead brand (Stonewall's Jerquee: 1992), the founding of Herbologics (1993), the founding and closing of several spin-offs -- all funded with profits from Lumen Foods: Calcasieu Graphics & Pressworks, GDX Technical Services, and Copy Magic, the creation of the company's web site (soybean.com: 1995).

These are the separate mail order figures for the years 1989 through 1997. You will note some "blanks" in early years, 1989 and 1990, as records were incomplete when, in 1993, the decision was made to create these historicals. Below this table, Distributor Sales subtotals from above are added back in to give totals for the year.

This period was marked by Lumen Foods' foray into survival food on its website (initiated by Y2K: 1998-1999), line extension into other flavors of its main brand, Stonewall's (1998-2003), the closure of one of its leading customers (Alpha Omega Labs: 2003), and the decision to sell Lumen Foods (2006).
The higher sales figures you see for the 1998 through 2002 period was largely created as a result of the survivalist division, plus co-packing sales from Alpha Omega Labs (see Executive Summary). We dropped this line when it began to lose money after 2000.

As with the tables above, distributor and mail order figures are separate. So these are the separate mail order figures for the years 1998 to present. As with the 1989 to 1997 period above, below the table below, Distributor Sales subtotals from above are added back in to give totals for the respective years. Note that mail order sales are artificially high for the 1998 to 2001 period because of the survivalist division (now closed) and sales from Alpha Omega Labs. They do not reflect adverse changes in the core Lumen Foods business.