EMERYVILLE, Calif.—Inc. Magazine ranked Nest Collective, home to leading organic baby and kids food brands, Plum Organics™ and Revolution Foods™, No. 77 on its annual Inc. 500|5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. In its first qualifying year, Nest Collective earned a spot in the top 100, after experiencing a three-year growth in sales of 3,054 percent.
Nest Collective is an organic baby and kid food company with more than 64 products launches in the past three years with an 88-percent success rate. Their portfolio of products includes a complete line of organic nutrition for babies, toddlers and kids with a focus on inspiring healthy eating habits for life.
“It’s an honor to be recognized on the Inc. 500, as it is a tremendous accomplishment for our young company,” said Nest Collective CEO and co-founder, Neil Grimmer. “More importantly, it validates this powerful idea that providing healthy food for our children can be big business. As we’ve grown, it has been rewarding to see our social mission of ‘organic right from the start’ impact the health of the next generation with products that fit today’s active lifestyle.”
Through its brand, Plum Organics, Nest Collective was the first U.S. baby food manufacturer of the spouted pouch, which has become the popular and preferred format to the conventional jarred baby food. In less than three years, Nest Collective has become the largest manufacturer of BPA-free spouted pouch products in North America.
“We attribute much of our company’s success to category-changing innovation,” added Grimmer. “The launch of the pouch specifically has revolutionized a dormant baby food category while fueling the growth of our company. Consumers have adopted our products because of their convenience and superior taste, and retailers have been seeing higher profits and greater savings.”
A year filled with entrepreneurial recognition, Nest Collective received this honor on the heels of earning a publicly voted Top 5 spot in Bloomberg Businessweek’s roundup of “America’s Most Promising Social Entrepreneurs” and becoming a finalist in Ernst & Young’s “Entrepreneur of the Year.”
Positioned for continued growth, Nest Collective will be expanding its product offering and availability beyond its current distribution in 6,300 stores nationwide. With more than 30 employees, Nest Collective maintains offices in both the Bay Area and New York.
