What to know about Wicked Kitchen’s growth and grocery chain expansion:
- Wicked Kitchen, the Minneapolis-based plant-based food brand, will be available nationwide in Krogers (more than 2,800 stores across the United States)
- Wicked Kitchen will also expand into Sprouts Farmers Market (more than 360 stores across the United States)
- Pete Speranza, Wicked Kitchen CEO, said the expansion will translate to a significant sales revenue increase (per the Star Tribune)
- Wicked Kitchen is headquartered in FINNOVATION Lab
- In the Star Tribune interview, Speranza said the company will remain headquartered in Minneapolis because of the “talent and resources” in the city’s food industry
- Wicked Kitchen, created by brothers and chefs Derek and Chad Sarno, first launched in the United Kingdom in 2018 in partnership with Tesco
- The company recently secured a $14 million Series A funding round
