A five-alarm fire took Barchemy's main plant in 2022. Three years later the Donora, Pennsylvania ingredient shop runs three facilities, quietly supplies the chocolate inside better-for-you bars, and has private equity money behind it.
Brian Tate spent twelve years grinding high-stakes poker tables. Then he took his winnings, a shaker bottle, and a stubborn idea - that oatmeal could be worth waking up for - and built a business doing more than $200 million a year.
Factor built a sizable business by shrinking dinner to a two-minute microwave job. Now the HelloFresh-owned brand is testing whether the same refrigerated tray can travel beyond the subscription box - into offices, campuses, sports partnerships and Target aisles.