Healthy School Snacks, Tiny Grocers Near By, and the tech tools of CPG brands

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Hey there and welcome back to Farm2Me. We help you discover the best CPG brands, emerging trends, and the tech stacks powering them.

We hope you are staying cool! This week we have a new back to school snacks (Brewer’s Crackers, Bjorn Qorn) and New Independent Grocers nearby - a guide of grocers selling Farm2Me Sustainable & Healthy emerging snacks to feed your kids at lunch and after school, and grocers focused on transparency. As well as the OG plant based meal kit to discuss (Purple Carrot) how to keep your family eating plant based at least once a week..

Now, let’s get started 🛠️

Brewer's Crackers is an Up-Cycled cracker company driven to reduce food waste in the craft brewing industry. US Breweries in the US produce over 1 billion tons of edible food waste (spent grain) each year that ends up in our already crowded landfills!

Brewer's Crackers saves this spent grain and turns it into flatbread crackers and chips.  Try them now and save the planet!

Made in Somerville, MA

Founded by Kyle Fiasconaro and Matthew Fiasconaro in 2017

Purple Carrot

Power Your Plate With Purple Carrot’s Plant-Based Meals

Want to finally reach your daily recommended amount of plants in your diet? Want to enjoy them without scouring the internet for recipes or scavenging the grocery store shelves for dozens of ingredients?

Purple Carrot has the answer.

With fully plant-based, chef-prepared meals and meal kits that provide the exact amount of ingredients you need, plus an ever-growing “plantry” filled with healthy staples, Purple Carrot makes it easier than ever for you and your family to eat more plants - without spending hours in the kitchen each week.

What can you expect when you order from Purple Carrot? Fully customizable plans - pick from any combination of meal kits, prepared meals, and grocery items - plus the option to skip a week or cancel whenever you want. No matter which options you choose, you’ll always get nutritious meals that never sacrifice flavor.

What’s on the menu? This month, they’re offering five new light, fresh, and vibrant meals packed with seasonal produce. From Sesame Orange Tofu with Roasted Green Beans & Sticky Rice to Gnocchi Al Pesto with Charred Asparagus & Lemon Zucchini, there’s a mouth-watering option for every taste.

Bjorn Qorn products use homegrown non-gmo popcorn and season with all natural, gluten free, and vegan ingredients. There is no butter or cheese! BjornQorn's special flavor comes from nutritional yeast, which is a high protein and high B-vitamin seasoning that is popular in vegan cuisine, but is especially great on popcorn.

BjornQorn is popped using solar-powered equipment, making this popcorn good for the environment too.

Made in New York City, NY

Founded by Bjorn Quenemoen and Jamie O’Shea in 2011

Ebo Grocery is one of our favorite Boston emerging grocers is the community. Whether a tiny intimate dinner or a raucous rosé party, each product provides a sustainable good food, good drink, and a fun experience for parents to get out and try something you never have before. The mystery of it means everyone has to let their guard down a little bit and the levity of it means we are all that much more willing to get to know each other. It's one of my favorite ways to hang out with old friends and make new ones and I love being a part of the EBO community!

Power Your Plate With Purple Carrot’s Plant-Based Meals

Want to finally reach your daily recommended amount of plants in your diet? Want to enjoy them without scouring the internet for recipes or scavenging the grocery store shelves for dozens of ingredients?

Purple Carrot has the answer.

With fully plant-based, chef-prepared meals and meal kits that provide the exact amount of ingredients you need, plus an ever-growing “plantry” filled with healthy staples, Purple Carrot makes it easier than ever for you and your family to eat more plants - without spending hours in the kitchen each week.

What can you expect when you order from Purple Carrot? Fully customizable plans - pick from any combination of meal kits, prepared meals, and grocery items - plus the option to skip a week or cancel whenever you want. No matter which options you choose, you’ll always get nutritious meals that never sacrifice flavor.

What’s on the menu? This month, they’re offering five new light, fresh, and vibrant meals packed with seasonal produce. From Sesame Orange Tofu with Roasted Green Beans & Sticky Rice to Gnocchi Al Pesto with Charred Asparagus & Lemon Zucchini, there’s a mouth-watering option for every taste.

AI TOOLS

Tech tools powering the best DTC brands


Rebuy: AI-powered personalization for e-commerce (link)
Klaviyo: Email personalization with AI integrations (link)
Smartly.io: Personalize your Ads 100,000x with AI, per geography and customer use case (link)
Range.me: Meet 3 buyers free, and over 50,000+ emerging food buyers (link)
Okendo: Reviews & Loyalty based on paclaging, flavor, ingredients, CX, and more (link)
Fairing: Attribution Surveys to help make sense of customer intent blackholes (link)
Algolia: Personalized Search using AI for e-commerce (link)
Braze: Personalized Customer Profile Databases (CDP) (link)

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Garry & The Farm2Me Team 🌈

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