- News
- Obituary, Joseph William "Bill" Reynolds April 12, 2025
- 58th Pottenger-Pottinger Reunion October 12, 2024
- 57th Pottenger-Pottinger Reunion October 14, 2023
- Deaths during COVID years 2019-2022 (see Obituary of each below)
- Obituary, Loucinda Kay Niman-Meyers, Jul 3, 2022
- Obituary, Judith "Judy" Peters Pottinger, May 26, 2022
- Obituary, Joseph Louis Polito, April 10, 2022
- Obituary, Betty Skaggs Pottinger, Apr 6, 2022
- Obiuary, Samuel Crowe "Sam" Pottinger Jr, Aug 26, 2021
- Obituary, Margie L Flye,
- Obituary, Charles Jesse Slayton, Aug 11, 2021
- Obituary, Larry C Bell, Jul 18, 2021
- Obituary, Helen E Pottinger, Jun 22, 2021
- Obituary, Debra Lynn "Debbie" Pottinger, Nov 3, 2020
- Obituary, Thomas Leo "Sonny" Caldwel, Jr, 2020
- Obituary, Florence F "Taddie" Pottinger, Feb 4, 2019
- Pottenger-Pottinger 56th Annual Reunion, Saturday, October 8, 2022
- Michael Howard Pottinger Obituary
- Pottenger-Pottinger Reunion October 2021
- Mary Kathryn Connell Pottinger obituary
- Robert A Staab Obituary (submitted by his wife Cherry Weakley Staab, July 22, 2020)
- THE 2020 POTTENGER-POTTINGER REUNION HAS BEEN CANCELLED
- Bicentennial: New Haven - Celebrate Our History
- Obituary Howard Eugene Pottenger
- Remey and Lula Morgan Pottinger homestead at Gethsemane, Ky
- MERRY CHRISTMAS
- Obituary, Lenora Ann (Markwell) Wuest, February 24, 1939 - December 7. 2019
- Obituary Laurinda Pottinger Snider OCTOBER 12, 1938 ~ OCTOBER 24, 2019 (AGE 81)
- Silo, the film, highlights grain collapse dangers and brings new safety devices to rural communities
- Silo, the film, highlights grain collapse dangers and brings new safety devices to rural communities.
- Pottenger-Pottinger 55th Reunion, October 12, 2019
- Avery Wilson, NY School of Medicine, awarded Research Fellowship in Infectious Diseases
- George Washington Pottenger's circa 1840 Brick House Mansion near Gethsemane For Sale
- Quint Pottinger featured in The Progressive Farmer paper, November 2018
- Thomas Nelson Society Children of the American Revolution book
- 54th Pottenger-Pottinger Reunion, October 13, 2018
- Obituary for Dirk Boyd McCoy, husband of Alma Pottinger McCoy
- Hardy Joseph Barry Pottinger II
- George Earl Pottinger obituary
- Ron Pottinger and his company, Blendex, recognized in Louisville's Business First magazine
- 53rd POTTENGER-POTTINGER REUNION, OCTOBER 14, 2017
- Sarah Sanborn Jay obituary
- Geneva (Skaggs) Pottinger obituary
- LB POTTINGER IN WWII
- Uncle Joe and Aunt Flo as remembered by Ruth Ann Pottinger-Amato
- Joseph Willard Pottinger obit
- Pottenger-Pottinger Reunion and activities
- Pottenger-Pottinger Reunion 2016
- Capt. Samuel Pottenger’s Clash with an Angry Bear
- Lafe S Pence Six Articles about Pottenger's Creek, published in the Lebanon Enterprise, 1920
- Pottenger Creek 1st Article, L S Pence, January 2, 1920
- Pottenger Creek 2nd Article, L S Pence, February 6, 1920
- Pottenger's Creek 3rd Article, L S Pence, March 6, 1920
- Pottenger's Creek 4th Article, L S Pence, April 2, 1920
- Pottenger's Creek 5th Article, L S Pence, May 7, 1920
- Pottenger's Creek 6th Article, L S Pence, June 4, 1920
- Norma Jean Pottenger Obituary
- Pottinger Farms: Championing Change, Building on Tradition
- Pottenger Cemetery to be named Kentucky Pioneer Cemetery
- Obituary Gladys L Morrow Pottenger
- Pottenger-Pottinger Reunion, October 2016
- Robert M Weakley obituary
- Pottenger's Creek, Article 1 by LS Pence, Lebanon Enterprise,
- Pottenger's Creek, Article 2 by LS Pence, Lebanon Enterprise, Feb 6, 1920
- Pottenger's Creek, Article 3 by LS Pence, Lebanon Enterprise, Mar 6, 1920
- Pottenger's Creek, Article 4 by LS Pence, Lebanon Enterprise, Apr 2, 1920
- Pottenger's Creek, Article 5 by LS Pence, Lebanon Enterprise, May 7, 1920
- Pottenger's Creek, Article 6 by LS Pence, Lebanon Enterprise, Jun 4, 1920
- Pottinger's Creek from Kentucky Reports Book One, 1800
- A few 1979 Pottenger-Pottinger Reunion photos have been added
- The Life of Capt Samuel Pottenger, by Ron Pottinger, Oct 10, 2015
- Beverly Steele Draper obituary
- Cousin Pam Pottinger Howard made us aware of the passing of Nettie Gorman
- New Family Obits
- Pottenger-Pottinger Reunion 2015
- Rita Pottinger Niman obituary
- Rita Pottinger Niman celebrates 100th birthday
- Rita Pottinger Niman Passing
- 50th Pottenger-Pottinger Reunion Agenda
- Farm Bureau Members Honor Quint Pottinger as "Champions of Change"for Agriculture, July 29, 2014
- Pottenger-Pottinger in the News
- Kentucky Standard 1923 Pottinger Reunion Announcement
- Great Grandfather Captain Thomas Lewis Grave Marking
- 2014 Pottenger-Pottinger Cookbook
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BUSINESS FIRST - October 25, 017 - FAST 50 AWARDS
Fast 50 #3
$25M to $100M REVENUE CATEGORY WINNER
BLENDEX COMPANY Growth: 273.7%

Ronald Pottinger, CEO of Blendex Company, poses for a portrait in his warehouse.
By By Sam Smith
Oct 25, 2017, 1:00pm
Over the years, the food industry has seen ebbs and flows impacted by the economy, climate and lifestyles among other factors, said Blendex Co. CEO Ronald Pottinger.
“Our ability to change with these factors has led me to a competitive advantage,” he said. “Coupled with the economic rebound in the last few years, we are experiencing exciting new growth.” That growth led Blendex Co. to again earn a place on Business First’s Fast 50 list, ranking No. 3 overall — with 274 percent growth overall — and winning the $25 million to $100 million revenue category.
A custom blender of food products across the board, Blendex makes batters, seasonings, marinades, cocktail mixes and more. Blendex is an outgrowth of a company founded by Pottinger’s father Gene in 1979, when it supplied frying equipment to Kentucky Fried Chicken. The younger Pottinger has spent more than three decades filling his role in the family business.
His father envisioned a company that would put customers first, providing a quality product and a keen sense of integrity, and Pottinger considers these core business tenets a key part of Blendex’s recipe for success.
Located in 100,000 square feet of climate-controlled space at Jeffersontown’s Bluegrass Commerce Park, Blendex has 11 blenders that can hold up to 4,000 pounds of dry goods each. It has 12 distribution warehouses located across the country.
The company employs about 80 people and those workers pride themselves on filling orders from 4-ounce packs to 44,000-pound tankers. At the forefront of advanced food safety practices, Blendex has been recognized as a Top 500 privately held business by DiversityBusiness.com, and the company met the “gold standard” for international food safety with an “A” ranking from the Global Food Safety Initiative.
Pottinger said Blendex’s biggest accomplishment in the past year is the company’s continual efforts to adapt to the needs of an ever-growing industry.
“The Food Safety Modernization Act gave the Food and Drug Administration more authority to regulate how food is processed,” he said. “However, it places costly burdens on food processors and many of our competitors.”
By upgrading processes and systems and increasing the support staff, Pottinger said Blendex ensures consistent maintenance of levels for safety, quality, consistency and the value for which the company is known.
“Our customers, both old and new, appreciate this,” Pottinger said.
Blendex offers a capacity to serve the individual, food wholesalers and nutritional supplements providers among others.
“The growth in our sales base has meant proportionate growth in the number of employees,” Pottinger said. “We are hiring several every month.”
While Blendex hasn’t expanded its facility over the last few years, Pottinger said there are plans “on the board” to do so in the future, and the company’s product mix is constantly changing due to customer demand.
As for what to anticipate through next year, Pottinger looks forward to continuing Blendex’s practice of being a top-notch company.
“We will continue our rate of growth by remaining true to our core values, watching our numbers, executing and evaluating our business strategies and only hiring people who are honest and have integrity,” he said.
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