Ella's Kitchen

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Ella's Kitchen
Type Private
Founded2006
Founder Paul Lindley
Headquarters Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, UK
Key people
Mark Cuddigan (Managing Director)
ProductsOrganic baby and toddler food
Revenue£51.2 million [1]
Number of employees
62
Website www.ellaskitchen.co.uk   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Ella's Kitchen is a company that makes organic baby and toddler food, sold in supermarkets internationally including in the UK, China, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Ireland, Iceland, Finland, Belgium, Netherlands, Romania, Canada and the United States. Ella's Kitchen has a 30% share of the UK baby food sector [2] and a global turnover of $121m. Ella's Kitchen was founded in the UK in 2006 and is a member of The Soil Association and The Organic Trade Board.

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History

Five varieties of Ella's Kitchen food pouches in a supermarket Ella's Kitchen Brand Baby Food Pouches.JPG
Five varieties of Ella's Kitchen food pouches in a supermarket

Founding and acquisition

The Henley-based Ella's Kitchen was founded in 2006 by Paul Lindley. After graduating from the University of Bristol he trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant at KPMG in London and Los Angeles. He then spent nine years at Nickelodeon as deputy managing director before setting up Ella's Kitchen. The business is named after Paul's daughter, Ella.

The company launched in Scandinavia and the US in 2009 and now has a presence in sixteen markets.

In May 2013, it was announced that Ella's Kitchen had been sold to The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., [3] a North American natural and organic products company.

Campaigns

In February 2013, Paul Lindley, founder and CEO, launched a campaign focused on childhood nutrition called Averting A Recipe For Disaster. [4] A report of the same name was released at the time, including comments and support from representatives of the food and health industries, charity sector and media including Prue Leith, Tom Aikens, David Haslam (Chairman of the National Obesity Forum), Carmel McConnell (founder of Magic Breakfast), Rob Rees MBE (Chair of The School Food Trust) and Sheila Dillon (presenter of BBC Radio 4's Food Programme). [5] [6] The report outlined the need for a 'Food Manifesto for the Under Fives', [7] a long term, cross-party plan to improve nutrition for the under-fives and a series of recommendations about what might be included in it. [8] [7] In September 2013, Leicester City Council announced that it would be a year long pilot city to trial ideas and themes emerging from the report. This resulted in the Start Smart initiative launching in Leicester in March 2014, [9] which promotes collaboration between businesses, government and communities to raise awareness of healthy eating for the under-fives.

In 2015, Ella's Kitchen partnered with children's charity Save the Children, [10] for a limited edition Jingle Belly Christmas Dinner pouch. 30p from every sale was donated to Save the Children's FAST (Families and Schools Together) programme. [11] Also in 2015 they launched 'EllaCycle', [12] a scheme aiming to help parents learn how they can recycle and reuse all the different types of Ella's Kitchen packaging.

In February 2016. Ella's Kitchen was awarded certification as a B Corporation. [13] In May of that year, it launched a new campaign, Veg for Victory, [14] aiming to raise awareness of the benefits of starting weaning with vegetables.

Products

Ella's Kitchen currently has 216 products, suitable for babies aged from 4 months to 3+ years, including baby and toddler food, smoothies, snack ranges and more, all featuring organic ingredients. It was the first brand to bring pouches to the baby food market. [15]

The products contain no added sugar, salt, water, additives, E numbers or GM ingredients.[ citation needed ]

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