Values & 'The Wrigley Way'
Soul of the Company
Our founder defined our core values - trust, dignity, and respect. For generations, we have built upon these values and adopted a set of high performance leadership behaviours that are integral to who we are and how we go about our business. When combined with our unique culture, they create the 'soul' of The Wrigley Company.
Our unique culture and values are the common thread that connects our associates in every corner of the world and guide our behaviour both internally and externally with our consumers, partners, distributors, retailers and the community around us.
- We treat each other with trust, dignity, and respect
- We believe in and embrace diversity acknowledging that it is critical to our success
- We support the aggressive recruitment, development and retention of the best people
- We grow and develop through lifelong learning and personal development
- We expect every associate to demonstrate leadership and be accountable
- We demand of ourselves high standards of ethical behaviour
- We develop long-term internal and external relationships for mutual growth and profitability
The Wrigley Way
Fundamental to our success is a high performance culture which we base on a set of key leadership behaviours:
High Performance Principles
- We strive for effective communication that results in teamwork, shared knowledge and ideas.
- We foster a spirit of innovation in all areas of our business.
- We act with a sense of urgency without sacrificing excellence.
- We support and have the courage to take measured risk.
- We ensure simplicity by focusing on high impact initiatives and eliminating activities that do not add significant value.
- We promote accountability by doing what we say we will do and taking ownership for results.
Wrigley associates are proud to be a part of The Wrigley Company, and are dedicated to its long-term success. Our people perform with passion, commitment, and integrity. While strategies and products can be copied, our culture is something that cannot be duplicated. We call this 'The Wrigley Way', and it is this extraordinary combination of elements that enables and fosters generational growth.