Today is International Women’s Day and we are so proud to celebrate some of our favorite Women in the Food Industry!
From award-winning wines beautifully packaged in ready-to-enjoy cans, to artfully designed pantry essentials that aim to infuse the everyday with a little bit of happiness, our shelves are full of brands with women at the forefront that truly are history in the making!
Our name-sake Mollie Stone made a difference in people’s lives through her work in the food industry, and we celebrate these brands as they do the same.
Brightland
Aishwarya Iyer, Founder
Brightland is all about turning the day’s bites into little bursts of happiness. With olive oils made on family farms and small-crafted vinegars their sweet spot is where artfully-designed products meet an appetite for a beautiful life. Brightland, the artfully designed pantry essentials brand founded by Aishwarya Iyer in 2018, was created to inspire joy and bring happiness to people’s beautiful lives.
Nana Joes
Michelle Pusateri, Founder & Owner
Founder, Michelle, started Nana Joes Granola in 2010 with the goal of bringing all organic, whole food ingredients back to the grocery store shelves. They are a self-funded certified women-owned business, and provide epicly gluten-free vegan granola.
Maker
Sarah Hoffman, Kendra Kawala, & Zoe Victor, Founders
These three local ladies started Maker to offer premium wine sans the snobbery.
While they highlight interesting varieties crafted by award-winning small producers they’re able to tell the story of the producer that hand-crafted your wine. They also package their “wines for one” in earth-conscious cans. Maker does all this because they believe high-end wine isn’t just for the wealthy, and that great stories—like great wines—are meant to be shared.
nutpods
Madeline Haydon, Founder
nutpods was born out of founder Madeline Haydon’s personal need for a dairy-free coffee creamer.
Her inability to find a plant-based, high-quality alternative to half and half lead her to create nutpods in her own kitchen. After discovering her personal creamer appealed to others, Haydon decided to commercialize the recipe and launched nutpods in 2015.
Partake
Denise Woodard, Founder & CEO
Created in 2016 by Founder and CEO Denise Woodard, when her daughter was diagnosed with multiple food allergies, Partake is a Certified B Corp that works to provide everyone the ability to partake and share in life’s joys—big and small. The Black-owned, women-led company offers delicious, allergy-friendly cookies, graham crackers, and vanilla wafers that are certified gluten-free, non-GMO, vegan, and free of the top 9 allergens (wheat, tree nuts, peanuts, milk, eggs, soy, fish, sesame, and shellfish). The products are made with better-for-you ingredients and offer a variety of new and nostalgic flavors that those with and without dietary restrictions can enjoy.
Sprouted Heart
Jessica Lafleur, Founder & Owner
Jessica started Sprouted Heart out of a love for feeding her community nutritious and delicious food. What started as a small catering company in Marin County is now a blossoming packaged food business based out of San Francisco. Her main product is the Superfood Granola Bar. It is a chewy and tasty treat, packed with superfoods like chia seeds, cashews, and pumpkin seeds.
Local Motion Vodka Sodas
Heather Wyatt, Founder & Owner
Heather Wyatt, industry vet and beverage innovator, created Local Motion Vodka Sodas when her husband was unexpectedly diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes. Determined to create a beverage that was made of simple ingredients while delivering a quality cocktail without the sugar or additives, Local Motion® is made with 6x distilled vodka, carbonated water, and natural flavors. Never with any sugar and/or sweeteners.
Nuts For Cheese
Margaret Coons, Founder & CEO
Vegan from an early age, Margaret developed a passion for creating and sharing delicious plant-based meals with others.
While working as a vegan chef, she began experimenting with fermentation, and aging techniques, to create deliciously creamy, dairy-free cheeses. In 2015, Nuts For Cheese was born at a farmer’s market in London, Ontario. What started as a solo venture has grown into a dedicated team, helping to craft dairy alternatives that are now available across Canada (and beyond).
Top Seedz
Rebecca Brady, Founder
Founded in 2017 by Rebecca Brady in Buffalo NY, Top Seedz is a women-owned business, making gourmet, seed based, gluten-free, and vegan snacks. After moving to the US and getting her family settled, she seized the moment and started her own business that raises up female refugees and combines her love for great nutrition and delicious food. Top Seedz uses certified organic and kosher ingredients to make a range of Crackers, Roasted Seeds and a convenient bake-at-home Cracker Mix.
