TrueStart Coffee

European Regional Development Fund

TrueStart Coffee is family- run, Bristol based, Certified B Corporation which supplies ethically produced award-winning coffee to more than four thousand retailers across the UK and international markets. Sustainability is at the heart of the company’s decision-making from sourcing to roasting and packaging to shipping.

TrueStart Coffee used its Business Growth Grant to extend its range of sugar-free, healthy coffee drinks, developing a new salted caramel flavoured drink to break into new markets and win new national listings.

Project Cost: £5,480

Grant Awarded: £3,566

The impact

The new product has quickly become a top-selling line for TrueStart Coffee and enabled the company to take on an additional field sales employee. It has helped to win new customers including Google and TrueStart Coffee’s products are now available at one hundred Spar stores across the South West.

Helena Hills co-founder of TrueStart Coffee said: “The grant meant we were able to innovate and confidently launch our new product. It's another big step on our mission to make the world happier and healthier with our exceptional coffee.”