LesserEvil Snacks
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| Private company | |
| ISIN | 🆔 |
| Industry | Food products |
| Founded 📆 | 2004 |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Danbury, Connecticut |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Charles Coristine (CEO) |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 100 |
| 🌐 Website | lesserevil |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
LesserEvil Snacks is a snack food company located in Danbury, Connecticut. The company manufacturers and distributes its own products.[1]
History
LesserEvil was founded in March 2004 in Tuckahoe, New York. Their first products included potato puffs and kettle corn advertised as low-carb. In early 2005, the company shifted from the low-carb line to an all-natural line. In November 2011, the company was sold to Charles Coristine. Charles and his partner Andrew Strife opened a new office in Wilton, Connecticut. The company opened up its first manufacturing facility on Finance Drive in Danbury in 2012. Since then, they have opened a factory on Commerce Ave, an office on Eagle Drive and a warehouse in Brookfield, Connecticut. The company employs approximately 100 people amongst its three locations.[2] In 2018, the company received further backing from InvestEco Capital, a private equity firm focused on sustainability investing.[3]
In April 2022, LesserEvil acquired plant-based energy bar maker R.E.D.D., in an effort to expand its business into the energy bar market.[4]
Media
In 2012, Dr. Oz featured LesserEvil's Chia Crisps as the “Ultimate Snack”.[5] In early 2012, LesserEvil was named the Gluten Free Snack of the Year by the Connecticut Specialty Foods Association.[citation needed] The company was also featured by Rachael Ray,[6] Hungry Girl,[7] and Inc. magazine,[8] among others.
In 2020 the company's holiday products were featured by E News, Forbes and Food Business News.
See also
References
- ↑ "Snack Food Company is on a Mission to Make the World Less Evil". Business Wire. June 18, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
- ↑ Soule, Alexander (November 19, 2018). "Danbury snack maker eyes $6M expansion". The News-Times. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
- ↑ "US healthy snack company LesserEvil backed by investor". Just Food. November 15, 2018. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
- ↑ "LesserEvil Acquires R.E.D.D., Expanding Product Offering Into Bars". Business Wire. April 13, 2022. Retrieved October 17, 2022.
- ↑ "Dr. Oz Show". November 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
- ↑ "Rachel Ray Show". 2007-10-05. Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-07-15. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "TOP ATE Food Finds of 2007". Hungry Girl. 2007-12-31. Archived from the original on 2008-01-06. Retrieved 2008-07-15. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Inc. Magazine". September 2009. Retrieved 2009-08-20.
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