This is the 26th year Inc. has published its list, which in the past has included Microsoft, PowerBar, Gateway and Domino’s Pizza.
The Schiller Park, Ill.-based company, with its three-year revenue growth of 783 percent, was ranked No. 361 on the list of 500. Enjoy Life Foods was one of only seven companies in the Food & Beverage category to make the list.
“Our success is clearly indicative of the work of an extremely energetic team…a team that is highly sensitive to the growing needs of more than 45 million Americans who have food allergies, intolerances or celiac disease,” says Scott Mandell, president, C.E.O. and co-founder of Enjoy Life Foods.
“Where others have tried, we have succeeded in developing products that serve as safe alternatives for those with food allergies and intolerances, and that taste great,” he adds.
Since its founding in 2001, the company has grown to be the leading allergen-free food company in the U.S. and Canada, offering more than 26 allergy-friendly and gluten-free products. Now in its sixth year of business,
Enjoy Life Foods continues to show rapid growth.
In the past year alone, the company has nearly doubled its revenue growth; significantly expanded its management team with industry veterans; expanded retail availability in the western U.S. and throughout Canada; introduced three new products and has two additional products scheduled to launch this fall; debuted on national cable television on the Food Network’s Unwrapped show; and more than doubled its warehouse space.