Lehi Mills History

The world has changed a lot over the last century, but our product-quality standards have not. Since 1906, Lehi Mills has been trusted by parents, bakeries, and restaurants for a single reason – better quality products.  Locally sourced grains, small batch runs, hand-selected wheat, and a difference you can taste are what our long-time customers have come to expect from Lehi Mills, and we plan to deliver on that expectation for many more years to come too.

The Beginning

Originally, a co-op of farmers built Lehi Roller Mills in 1906. In 1910, George G Robinson, a local farmer, acquired the mill. His family ran and operated the mill until 2012, when it was acquired by KEB Enterprises. George's grandson, Sherm Robinson, continued to help run the Mill until his death in May of 2021. Lehi Mills continues to run to this day, striving to uphold the legacy of quality the Robinson family instilled.

During the twentieth century, the mill was one of many small, family-run mills that peppered the country. Now, these small mills are few and far between. Lehi Mills is unique in that it hasn’t commercialized. Lehi Mills has supplied the Utah Valley with premium flour grown by local farmers for the past century. The mill produces around 100,000 pounds of flour every day!

In 1930, a local artist painted the silos with the iconic turkey and peacock brand murals.

Lehi Mills Then and Now: Famous Footloose Edition

If you grew up in the 80s, surely you've seen the coming-of-age classic Footloose! And even if you weren't around when the movie came out, you've probably cut loose to the Kenny Loggins song.

The mill plays a huge role in the movie, providing Rem McCormack (played by Kevin Bacon), with a job, the high school with a location for the prom, and the villains with a place to fight!

The cast and crew worked closely with the mill employees. Sherm Robinson fondly recalls working directly with Kevin Bacon, John Lithgow, Lori Singer, and Sarah Jessica Parker. In preparation for the movie, the mill got a fresh coat of paint and minor reparations.

Ten years after the movie, the U.S. National Register of Historic Places added Lehi Roller Mills to its list.