bob and his wife retired from the redding mill and left one of his sons to run it. that mill still produces some products under contract with moore's current company. the moores moved to portland, where bob attended a seminary to study the bible for about six months. bob found a commercial flour mill in oregon city that was for sale, painted it red, and went back into the flours business. moore bought mill stones from the closed boyd mill near dufur, oregon. he acquired other stones from old mills in indiana and tennessee. the business that is now bob's red mill began producing stone ground flours and cereals for the local area. in 1978, moore sold direct through his store until he made a deal with the fred meyer grocery stores to carry his products