Revolution Foods, the preeminent provider of healthy, kid-inspired school meals and retail products, announced a significant new investment from Revolution Growth. As part of the investment, Steve Case will join the company’s board.
The investment will help Revolution Foods expand its school meal service and line of ready-to-eat Meal Kits into new schools and stores, providing more American families with access to affordable, delicious healthy food.
Founded by two moms with backgrounds in education, Kristin Groos Richmond and Kirsten Saenz Tobey, Revolution Foods helps solve the challenge of providing access to high-quality, delicious food that meets (and exceeds) the Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act requirements under the National School Lunch Program and Child Adult Care Food Program guidelines, which allow school meals to be reimbursable.
The company currently prepares and delivers more than one million fresh meals each week to approximately 1,000 schools nationwide, the majority of which are in the nation's most underserved communities.
Revolution Foods Meal Kits, launched in 2013, are available in grocery stores throughout the country, and the high-quality ingredients make them the first of their kind in the category. Their kid-designed meals are made from high-quality, natural ingredients that never include high fructose corn syrup or artificial colors, flavors or preservatives.
"We are thrilled that Revolution Growth believes, as we do, that kids should not have to face a tradeoff between eating great-tasting healthy food and eating affordably," said Kristin Groos Richmond, co-founder and CEO of Revolution Foods. "We look forward to partnering with Steve Case and the Revolution Growth team as we bring our mission of building lifelong healthy eaters to families across the United States."
Revolution Foods' unique distribution model allows them to deliver fresh and healthy meals to schools every day via seven culinary centers, which employ more than 1,000 individuals around the country with an emphasis on providing jobs for inner city workers.
Revolution Foods' school meals are reimbursable to students who qualify and costs are kept low in part by an innovative supply chain and national scale.
