ButtaNutt Tree Nut Spreads took -up residency in the Nedbank Stellenbosch University LaunchLab business incubator in June 2015.
Founded by Antoine van Heerden, ButtaNutt, a natural foods business from Stellenbosch, hand-crafts a series of authentic, high quality tree nut spreads. By sourcing local almonds, macadamias and pecan nuts from small family farms, all ButtaNutt spreads are delicious, full of health benefits and environmentally conscientious. This range of tree nut butters is being sold from various food-stores, health and artisanal outlets and farm stalls. Twelve people form part of the company’s operations and management teams and they currently operate between two locations: the manufacturing plant in Cape Town and the management and distribution office in Stellenbosch.
Antoine attributes ButtaNutt’s successes to the genuine passion that the team has for this health food start-up, a key ingredient to the growth of the company.
Like most of the young and enthusiastic entrepreneurs housed at the incubator, Antoine’s motivation to join the incubator’s community of entrepreneurs in Stellenbosch stemmed from the need to be surrounded by magnetic entrepreneurial energy. “We wanted to surround ourselves with like-minded entrepreneurs and access to mentors. We found LaunchLab to be the motivating and inspiring space we were looking for”, says Antoine.
Since taking up residency at the LaunchLab, ButtaNutt has been part of the LaunchLab’s Lift-Off programme and, as a result, has not only enjoyed much growth in business and investor networks but has also grown entrepreneurially. Recent successes include a supply partnership with the health-food outlet Kauai- for which ButtaNutt will be the exclusive supplier. ButtaNutt has also been selected as a finalist in the Boost Your Biz challenge to become a supplier to the second-largest supermarket chain store in South Africa, Pick ʼn Pay.
On talking about what the future holds for ButtaNutt, Antoine believes it’s bright and exciting. “We have major growth plans nationally and want to expand into international markets as well. We’re constantly innovating our products and packaging and working on some exciting extensions in the plant based food and beverage category”, says Antoine.
If you want to know more about the range of tree nut spreads on offer, visit ButtaNutt’s website at www.buttanutt.co.za.
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