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Inside The Journey Of a €2M+ Snack Brand - With Renco Schipper Co-Founder Snack with Benefits
What does the journey look like of a €2M+ Snack Brand ? In this episode of Tomorrow's Bites , we sit down with Renco Schipper , co-founder of Snack with Benefits — a Dutch vegetable snack brand that built its way to €1.1 million in revenue without ever relying on retail. Starting with a dinner for a plant-based friend, a borrowed kitchen at Kitchen Republic, and his father driving cauliflowers from the field to Amsterdam every weekend, Renco built a brand that now supplies restaurants, wholesalers, and catering companies across the Netherlands — and is eyeing Germany next. The secret? He said no to the supermarket when the moment wasn't right — and doubled down on the food service channel that was already working. We explore: Why Renco walked away from a listing in 400 Albert Heijn stores — and why he'd make the same call again How a bag of potato crisp waste from a Frisian factory became Snack with Benefits' signature crunch — and saved over 300,000 packages from the bin The "IKEA recipe method" that protects your formula when you hand production to a manufacturer Why getting into a wholesaler is only the start of the game — and what actually drives orders once you're listed How Snack with Benefits went from producing cauliflower bites by hand on weekends to hitting 40% quarterly growth with a brand new sales team Why the snackification trend is bigger than the microwave revolution — and what that means for everyone working in food Renco also shares what it's like to build a company with your life partner, why co-founders who share the same deadline sleep better than most, and what it took to turn a €15 student investment into a 250-euro return — back when he was 17. LEAVE A REVIEW If you like our podcast please leave us a review on your favourite platform – even one sentence helps! Thank you for your support; it helps the show a lot and it helps others to discover the show! GET IN TOUCH WITH US Linkedin Instagram Website The Guest: Renco Schipper





