Top food and drink start-up is Pip & Nut
Natural nut butter firm Pip & Nut was the top food and drink manufacturer in this year’s Startups 100, placed 22nd on the list.
Pip & Nuts was founded by Pip Murray, following a crowdfunding campaign that raised £120,000 in nine days. Murray had previously won the Startups Awards 2016 Women in Business Award.
The company’s range of nut butters, including coconut and almond, have been supplied to the Chelsea Football Club, as well as restaurant chains Leon and Pret-a-Manger.
Over the next year Murray plans to double the business by expanding overseas into Scandinavia, the United Arab Emirates and the Netherlands, with sales projections of more than of £5.5M.