Alter Eco
Sells healthful, sustainable, specialty food products from around the world, such as quinoa from the Bolivian Andes, heirloom jasmine rice from Thailand, Swiss-made bars made from Amazon-grown dark chocolate, and cane sugar from the Philippines. The company buys the products from 25,000 farming families in the global south, who benefit from the large purchase volumes, fair prices, prepaid premiums, and local programs to strengthen the farmer co-ops.
2012 STATISTICS
3-year growth:199%
2011 Revenue:$4.4 million
2008 Revenue:$1.5 million
Employees:12
Jobs added, prev. 3 years:9
2012 HONORS
#49
Top 100 Food & Beverage Companies
#64
San Francisco Metro Area
