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Whole Foods Market

550 Bowie Street, Austin, TX, 78703-4644, United States

Overview

Whole Foods Market is an American grocery chain that exclusively sells natural and organic products. The company was established in 1980 on the belief that where food comes from, and how it’s grown, matters. For them, it meant creating quality standards, working with suppliers who achieve them, and sharing that information with their customers. The company prides itself for selling food products without artificial preservatives, colors, flavors, sweeteners, and hydrogenated fats. To date, Whole Foods has over 450 stores in North America and the United Kingdom.

Total investments
1
Lead investments
1
Investments · 12mo
0
Active investors
8

Sector focus

  • Consumer Goods
  • Food and Beverage
  • Grocery
  • Organic Food
  • Retail
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Investment portfolio

  • Blue Stripes

    Led · Series B · Oct 2024

    Blue Stripes produces consumer products using a whole-cacao approach that utilizes roughly 70% of the cacao fruit typically discarded in traditional chocolate making. Its product line includes Cacao Water, Whole Cacao Chocolate Bars, Whole Cacao Granola, Whole Cacao Trail Mix, Chocolate Covered Cacao Beans, and Dried Cacao Fruit. The company sells nationally through its website and retailers such as Whole Foods Market, Fresh Market, Sprouts, Amazon, and select premium grocers. Blue Stripes says its ingredient and production approach creates a more ecologically and economically sustainable cocoa supply chain by increasing the value of the cacao fruit and farmer incomes. The company was founded in 2018 by Oded Brenner and Aviv Schwietzer and is based in New York City. Blue Stripes recently named Nick DiGiovanni as a Brand Ambassador to help raise consumer awareness of the cacao fruit and its benefits.

Team

  • David Lannon

    Executive Vice President of Operations

  • Michael Bashaw

    President, Midwest Region

  • Jim Sud

    Executive Vice President, Growth and Business Development

  • Marci Frumkin

    Executive Marketing Coodinator