How TeaSquares, a South Side food startup, grew from an idea to soon selling in 187 Jewel-Osco stores
CHICAGO - TeaSquares will begin selling its tea-infused energy bars in all 187 Chicago-area Jewel-Osco stores later this year - a significant milestone in a challenging journey for the South Side food startup.
Tucked away in a nondescript brick building on West 75th Street in the West Chatham neighborhood, TeaSquares hopes to be a force for positive change in a community with high poverty and unemployment. It also aims to be a thriving food company in an expanding snack bar category. Since launching in Whole Foods Market in May 2016, TeaSquares has grown to sell its products - made with puffed millet, almonds and pumpkin seeds - in 12 Whole Foods stores and, soon, all Mariano's stores in the Chicago
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