In these uncertain times we’re all looking for ways to stay connected; to feel normal. Everyone adjusts to a new reality differently…we’ve traded happy hours for video hangouts, exhausted the entire Netflix catalog, and bought gift cards from our favorite restaurants.

While there are few industries unaffected by this crisis, we’re seeing tremendous strain on small and startup food companies. Without the luxury of mass distribution and brand awareness that many larger brands have, getting products into peoples’ homes (and quarantined bellies) is a significant challenge.

If you’re able, we ask you to join us in supporting the upstarts! Below you’ll find links to buy many of our clients’ products directly from their web stores. Most of these have become staples in our own home – we hope you’ll give these awesome brands a chance, too!

In these uncertain times we’re all looking for ways to stay connected; to feel normal. Everyone adjusts to a new reality differently…we’ve traded happy hours for video hangouts, exhausted the entire Netflix catalog, and bought gift cards from our favorite restaurants.

While there are few industries unaffected by this crisis, we’re seeing tremendous strain on small and startup food companies. Without the luxury of mass distribution and brand awareness that many larger brands have, getting products into peoples’ homes (and quarantined bellies) is a significant challenge.

If you’re able, we ask you to join us in supporting the upstarts! Below you’ll find links to buy many of our clients’ products directly from their web stores. Most of these have become staples in our own home – we hope you’ll give these awesome brands a chance, too!

ANTHONINO’S TAVERNA

Anthonino’s Taverna is a popular local St. Louis eatery located on The Hill, specializing in Italian and Greek cuisine. They’ve appeared on Diners, Drive-ins and Dives, and have earned countless awards for best pizza, best t-ravs, and other accolades. We helped them launch their family-recipe marinara sauce at retail. You can buy the Marinara from their online store and order food from the restaurant online for curbside pickup.

AXEL

AXEL is a grilling provisions company from Houston, TX. They make INCREDIBLE, authentic chimichurri sauces, as well as Spanish onions, and a variety of really flavorful seasonings. We just completed a rebranding project with them, and are working on labels for several amazing new products. The new brand just launched, so check them out. If you’re a killer griller, AXEL should be a staple in your kitchen!

BITTERSWEET KITCHEN

Bittersweet Kitchen is a local St. Louis brand of decadent small batch dessert sauces. They are SOOOO good! We developed their packaging design, and really enjoyed working with them. Keep your sweet tooth satisfied and buy some Bittersweet Kitchen Sauces today!

BLENDS BY ORLY

Blends By Orly makes a variety of gluten-free, grainless, and challah flour blends/mixes, specifically formulated for superior performance in a multitude of baking applications. We overhauled their branding, story, and packaging design to better communicate their value and to highlight the owner, Orly Gottesman, who studied at Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts Institute, and is an innovator in gluten-free baking. For those with a gluten sensitivity or Celiac Disease, this is a must-have product that allows you to make amazing-tasting baked foods!

EZIE BEE

If you’ve never tried manuka honey, you’ve been missing out! It’s one of the rarest, most incredible, functional foods on the earth. Its antibacterial properties are so high, people dress wounds with the stuff! Ezie Bee makes several strengths of manuka honey and some wonderful, floral bush honey. We’ve done a lot of work for them (complete rebranding, packaging, website, etc.), and highly recommend them.

G&W SAUSAGE

A legendary St. Louis institution since 1965, G&W Sausage makes authentic Bavarian-style sausage. We designed the packaging for their landjager original, cajun, and maple beef sticks – awesome high-protein snacks. You can order a variety of awesome, handmade products from their website.

GRACE’S BEST COOKIES

Grace’s Best Cookies are some of the most addictive, crunchy little cookies you’ll ever eat. Made with sunflower seeds, rolled oats, and ingredients you’d find in your own kitchen, this is the kind of cookie you stock up on! Grab some today.

HAYMAKER IMMUNITY TONIC

Haymaker Immunity Tonic packs a serious wellness wallop! With the power of potent elderberries, raw honey, apple cider vinegar, echinacea, astragalus root, turkey tail mushroom, and lemon oil, every taste is an herbal sucker punch to the senses and a huge boost to the immune system. Perfect time to stock up!

LIOKAREAS

For more than 5 generations, the Liokareas family has cultivated, harvested, and carefully pressed premium koroneiki olives in southern Kalamata, Greece, into the world’s very best, award winning olive oil. We’re huge fans of great olive oil, and Liokareas makes a truly impressive, clean, flavorful product!

PILOT KNOB COMFORTS

Pilot Knob Comforts is one of our favorite brands of all time. Great people (5th generation farmers) and the very best popcorn you’ll ever taste. Their premium heirloom red and blue popcorn varieties have thinner hulls that don’t get stuck in your teeth. They also have a really unique product called a Popcob – it’s a whole cob of red popcorn that you cook in the microwave; pops right on the cob for a truly different flavor and tons of fun for the whole family (not to mention, WAY better for you than traditional microwave popcorn)!

PLANT BASED PANTRY

Plant Based Pantry has an awesome concept – that the shelves of every pantry should be filled with nutritious plant-based products. And their products are REALLY good. Right now, they have vegan quesos and sauces, but their goal is to add to this mix as they grow. If you’re one of the many people in the US moving to a plant-based lifestyle, this brand is definitely for you!

SAUER FRAU

If you love sauerkraut, Sauer Frau is a life-changing product! They have three flavors: Classic, Craft Beer Mustard, and Bavarian with Caraway Seeds. Sauerkraut in a squeeze bottle might sound strange, but this incredible innovation truly makes kraut convenient, and the taste is legitimately exceptional. We developed this brand from the ground up – name, story, surly German character, branding, packaging, website, etc. – and are excited to see the national success it’s having. Try some today!

SEASONED HUNTERS

If you’ve never tried your hand at sausage making, you should give it a go! If you have…you’ll find the Seasoned Hunters brand to be the very best summer sausage and snack stick seasoning you’ve ever used! Expertly blended in small batches, their recipes have been refined over years of working with seasoned hunters from the woods of Wisconsin. Order a complete kit with curing salt, meat binder, casings, and string – everything you need to make great homemade summer sausage and snack sticks!

SWEETER CARDS

We’ve only worked with Sweeter Cards on a few small projects, but we LOVE their concept – small batch chocolate bars inside fun, quirky greeting cards! With messages for every occasion, Sweeter Cards are the perfect gift to raise the spirits of friends and family who are isolated in their homes. Check out their everyday and holiday options, and send your friends, family, and co-workers a warm, chocolatey sentiment today!

TWO MEN & A GARDEN

Two Men and a Garden is a St. Louis-based pickle and salsa brand with some of the best garden-fresh products you’ve ever tasted. We’re working with them on a rebranding project, and hope to launch the new look soon! It’s what’s in the jar, though, that really counts – nothing artificial, select whole ingredients, and bold flavors that overload your senses (in a good way!). Join us in supporting a company that really does things right!