Wicked Kitchen, a Minneapolis MN-based plant-based foods company, raised $20M in Bridge funding.
The round was led by Woody Harrelson, Ahimsa VC, and NRPT.
The company intends to use the funds to further ramp up global brand awareness initiatives and expand retail distribution and other channels to include food service.
Led by CEO Pete Speranza, and created by chefs and brothers Chad Sarno and Derek Sarno, Wicked Kitchen provides meal solutions across multiple supermarket departments. Products, including frozen and shelf-stable, chef-driven animal-free foods including noodle cups, sauces, frozen entrees, pizzas, meal kits, and ice creams, are currently in more than 6,500 retail stores across the U.S. at Kroger stores and its banners including City Market, Dillons, Foods Co, Fred Meyer, Fry’s, Gerbes, Jay C Food Store, King Soopers, Mariano’s, Metro Market, Pay-Less Super Markets, Pick’n Save, QFC, Ralphs, Ruler and Smith’s Food and Drug. They are also available at Sprouts Farmers Market, Publix, 7-Eleven, Lazy Acres, Giant Food Stores and Wal-Mart. In addition to expanding its footprint and offerings in the U.S., the brand launched 23 products in Finland’s leading grocery retailer, S-Market, and, next month, it will introduce 17 products into Thailand’s largest retailers, Tops Market and Central Food Halls.
Wicked Kitchen also owns Good Catch, a consumer packaged goods company offering seafood without harming the environment and sea life.
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28/09/2022