Co-Founders: Sarah Mullins & Jeannine Buscher
Site: FedUp Foods | Buchi
The Lowdown: Makers of Delicious Functional Fermented Beverages
Awesomeness: FedUp Foods, a women-founded, values-driven, benefit corporation, is one of the leading fermented beverage manufacturers in America, offering turnkey private labeling of organic functional RTD beverages for top global retailers.
The first commercial kombucha brewery in the southeast, Buchi is quickly growing from a women-founded and worker owned family business to a significant player in fermented beverages. Following a 2,000-year-old craft brewing tradition, Buchi kombucha brews its living, probiotic rich, and all natural beverages using the finest fair trade organic teas, fruits, spices, medicinal herbs and extracts. These health-nurturing drinks are now available at neighborhood co-ops and major natural foods retailers in over 20 states from the northeast to the southern U.S.
Press:
Fast Company: Sprinting and Sampling
American Express Open Forum: The Journey
Fast Company: Drive Your Business Forward 2014 Winner – Buchi Kombucha
