Latesha Randall

Latesha didn't plan to start a food business, she stumbled into it! She was making coconut yoghurt at home to help Seb (her business partner) who has dairy allergies. They wanted to eat a dairy-free diet but didn't want to give up yoghurt as they both love it, so she found an alternative option. She offered a couple of jars to the Raglan locals to buy and had huge demand, and it grew organically from there with more and more people asking for it. 

"We have a brand that people love because we are authentically passionate about making a great product, taking care of our staff, and looking after the environment. We are a Living Wage employer, we make everything ourselves here in Raglan instead of contract manufacturing (most of our competitors contract manufacture) so we really understand the product and how to make the best possible coconut yoghurt, and we put a lot of effort into giving back and being a conscious company. 

Raglan Food Co are a certified B Corporation and have been Carbon Zero certified for three years which means they track and offset all their emissions, they are part of the Climate Leaders Coalition, packaging in glass jars instead of plastic since they can be infinitely recycled, as well as sponsoring beach-clean ups around the country, plant trees, and donating yoghurt to charities and good causes every week. They are now in over 600 stores, "I think our values and how we run our company has played a big part in this, as well as our delicious products" say's Latesha!