Summary
152: Celebration and Restoration at Markham & Fitz Chocolate
In this episode of the Startup Junkies Podcast, Lauren Blanco, CEO of Markham & Fitz Chocolate joins the team to discuss her passion behind creating a company and her spirit for bringing people together through chocolate. Lauren believes that businesses can be a driver towards making the earth a better place. In doing so, she ensures that Markham & Fitz leaves an environmentally friendly footprint, and takes a conscious effort towards zero waste. Lauren details her story about where she started; the changes that take place in a growing business, and everything that she learned in order to create a flourishing chocolate company. Markham & Fitz recently won a Good Food Award for their Ooh La Lavender bar, and are soon to be distributed internationally with some of the best chocolate in the world.
Good Food Awards: https://goodfoodfdn.org/awards/winners/2019/chocolate/
Connect with Lauren: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-blanco-06982372/
Markham & Fitz: https://www.markhamandfitz.com/
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