As a start-up, small business, woman, and minority owned, we want to say THANK YOU to all of the people who have been a part of our journey, aka Our Village!
It takes a village to launch and run a business, here is a look at the people who make up our village. We are so lucky that this list grows everyday!
We want to say THANK YOU to:
- First and foremost to The Almighty
- Our family, mom Perveen, husband Sohail, children Sofia, Omar and Ali, dad Javed, sister Sheri and family, and many many more!!!
- Our amazing CUSTOMERS!!!!
- Our mentors, advisors, and consultants, Stephen, Denise, Bob, Michael, Dennis, Curt, Ben, Andrea, Roz, Jen, Karina, Candy, Brad, Maggie, Imran Qi., Imran Qa, Anil, Tatiana, Kevin, Bill, Safiyat, Tam, Raghu, Gregory, Annum, everyone who has given us feedback
- Our manufacturers thru-out, Mansur, Salman, Amna, Shahida, Fahaad, Asrar, Sohel, Umair, Barry, Wally, Ignacio, Milton, and their amazing respective teams at the factories
- Our designers, publicity, legal, associations & affiliations, programs, and more, Michelle, Bryan, John, Anthony, Rachel, Joanne, Matt, Kelly, Andy, Michael, Nina, Elle, Ashley, Curtis, Bosco, Bob, Rachel, Steve, Lorrie, Mahreen, Daniel, Noel, Adam, Haroon, Brandon, Shaista, Tatiana, Colette, Louisa, Kate, SCORE, MIT Venture Cafe, Specialty Food Association, MA Supplier Diversity Office, Natural Foods Expo East, Let's Talk About Food Festival, ICB Wayland, Cultivate Small Business Program, USDA, FDA, ServSafe, OPEN, Saugus Community TV, Channel Boston 25, the National Frozen and Refrigerated Association, Asian Business Training and Mentorship Program
- Our suppliers, Cynthia, Cesar, Bill, Tammy, Don, Chris, Margaret, Wasim, Daniel, the countless farmers and producers of our wholesome ingredients, packaging, boxes, and many more!
- Our logistics, Chris, Downey, Wyatt, Shannon, Heather, Nathan, Jason, Judy, Jim, Tim, Cody, Bob, Rick, Anthony and the countless number of drivers bringing our supplies to the factory and taking our products to stores, the number of people getting our products from the freezer storage when we pick-up, our distributors, and many more..
- Our retail partners, Michael, Christine, Guy, Joellen, Chad, Mac, Robert, Deane, Moomba, Asif, Laila, Nustrat, Carey, Sam, George, Fouad, Tony, Nicole, Frankie, Michael, Karen, Adam, Mike, and to all their respective team members and more to come!
- Our interns and program advisors, Ken, Richard, Shamika, Ashley, Lucas, Gabriella, Alice, Jose, Allison, Daniel, Bemente, Amandine, Kanishka, Ciara, Kelly, Mohammed, Philippine, Ann, Tom, Fan, Emily, John, Megyao, David, Nicole, Kyle, Jiahao, Dorian, Krista, Wenbo, Benjamin, Joe, Angela, Tianyang, Bianca, Brady, Monique, Ashley, Morgan, Barb, Jeff, Lynn
- All those who have helped us on the home front with childcare, chores, etc. while we try to run the business, Sohail, Ana, Gretchen, Karen, Beverly, Euginia, YMCA, school aftercare, Shaheen, Sana, Farah, Zaara, Yasmin, Charlie, Debbie, Tony
- Our Financial Contributors!!!
- To All Those who SUPPORT and BELIEVE in Us and Our amazing products!!!
- To MANY MORE!!!
WE THANK YOU!!!