Bath-based superfood wholesaler Supernutrients has appeared for the second year running in a prestigious league table of the UK’s fastest-growing businesses.
Rising demand for healthy and natural foods helped grow Supernutrients’ annual sales by an average of 86% over the last three years.
That placed the firm, which supplies Holland & Barrett and Waitrose, at number 26 in yesterday’s annual Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100. It made its debut in the rankings last year at 29.
The family-owned firm, which employs 27 staff, had a turnover of £12.5m in the 12 months to March.
Founded in 2010 by Martin Kemp and based at South Stoke, it is one of Europe’s largest importers and wholesalers of superfoods such as Goji berries, coconut oil and wheatgrass.
Supernutrients was the highest-placed of six South West companies in the table, which ranks Britain’s private companies with the fastest-growing sales over three years.
Supernutrients is included on the list alongside Swindon-based retailer Oak Furniture Land, high-growth fashion retailer Missguided, restaurant operator Bill’s, brewery BrewDog, and premium cycling clothing brand Rapha.
The league table and awards programme is sponsored by Virgin, Barclays, BDO and BGF, and is compiled by Fast Track, the Oxford-based research and networking events company.
Sir Richard Branson of Virgin, the title sponsor for all 19 years, said: “This year’s Fast Track 100 is packed full of entrepreneurs and family businesses tackling many different challenges head-on and thriving thanks to their team spirit and togetherness.
“Entrepreneurship and family values are at the heart of everything we do at Virgin. Like many on the Fast Track 100, we’ve turned a family business into a business family. Working with family works.”
