Two Degrees Food

Two Degrees is a one-for-one food company that produces vegan snack bars.[1][2] For every food bar the company sells, it donates a meal to a hungry child in need.[3][4] Two Degrees Food has provided meals to children in areas including the United States, Kenya, India, Malawi, Somalia, Colombia, and Myanmar.[5][6][7][8]

Two Degrees
Founded2010
FounderWill Hauser and Lauren Walters
Headquarters
San Francisco, California
ProductsNutritious Vegan Snack
Websitetwodegreesfood.com
Two Degrees Food products display

Overview

Will Hauser and Lauren Walters founded Two Degrees Food in 2010 and launched early 2011.[9] Hauser is a Harvard graduate and worked with Goldman Sachs prior to starting the company.[9] Lauren Walters is an entrepreneur, investor and advisor to various non-profits.[10] The company's board of directors also includes Keith Monda, the former President of Coach Inc.[9]

Hauser and Walters picked the name Two Degrees to emphasize the idea that only two degrees of separation exist between consumers to a hungry child.[10] In 2011, Two Degrees Food was recognized as a runner up in the Katerva Awards for Food Security.[11]

Two Degrees Food's board of advisors includes physicians Steve Collins and Judith Palfrey, the Boston Professor of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School.[9] The company is based in San Francisco, California, and has a staff of about 10 people.

Product and mission

Two Degrees Food produces a line of all-natural, gluten-free, vegan and GMO-free nutrition bars in several flavors, including Apple Pecan, Cherry Almond, Chocolate Banana, and Chocolate Peanut.[12] The recipes were developed by Barr Hogen, the former creative chef at Odwalla.[10][12][13]

The company distributes bars to health food, specialty, grocery, college and food service channels across the United States, including more than 1000 locations including Whole Foods, stores, Barnes & Noble College bookstores, coffee shops, and corporations.[14]

The meals are locally sourced, and the company partners with global nonprofits and NGOs in order to fulfill this mission.[15] Their partners include Feeding America, Partners in Health, World Food Program USA, Akshaya Patra and others.[4][16]

References
  1. "Two Degrees Food One for One Bars". The Grommet. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  2. "About: Two Degrees". Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  3. Nicole Carter (June 14, 2012). "Snack Company on a Mission". Inc. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  4. "Two Degrees Food™ Mission & Partnerships" (PDF). Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  5. "Two Degrees Food(TM) Feeds a Hungry Child With Every Product Sold". Reuters. January 10, 2011. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  6. "Take Action". ABC News. Archived from the original on 10 July 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  7. Jan Sluizer (January 14, 2013). "Snack Maker's Business Model Aids Hunger Relief". Voice of America. Archived from the original on 4 August 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  8. "Visit to Rwanda inspires a new beginning at 57". Today. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  9. "Our Story". Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  10. Connor Toomy (November 15, 2012). "'Two Degrees' of Separation Between You and a Hungry Child". AARP. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  11. "Katerva Awards Food Security Results, 2011". Katerva.org. Archived from the original on 14 August 2013. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  12. "Products". Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  13. "Chefs corner". Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  14. "A day With two degrees whole foods market". Retrieved 27 July 2013.
  15. Esha Chhabra (January 13, 2012). "Two Degrees energy bars support famine relief". San Francisco Chronicle. Hearst Corporation. Retrieved 27 July 2013 – via SFGate.
  16. "WFP USA Partners with Two Degrees Food to Combat Childhood Hunger". wfp.org. July 30, 2012. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2013.
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