What it does: Premium nut butter manufacturer Turnover: Not disclosed Staff numbers: 20 in New Zealand and 3 in the US Compound annual growth rate: 50%+ Export revenue percentage: 20%+
Giving up their jobs as corporate lawyers to sell home-made peanut butter at a community lawns bowls club sounds like a risky career move, but that’s exactly what Roman and Andrea Jewell did in 2013.
“We wanted to do something meaningful, sustainable, and delicious. And so we kind of