Sustainable Snacks LLC.

Developing a great idea into a successful business requires a lot of daring and determination.  Sustainable Snacks’ founder Rebecca Scott has plenty of both. Ms. Scott is the CEO and Founder of Sustainable Snacks LLC, a plant-based healthy snack company committed to promoting public health through better snacking. Her products are sold in hundreds of Home Goods, Burlington Coat Factory and Intelligentsia locations among others.

Ms. Scott’s passion for developing nutrient-dense snacks arises from her own struggle with a chronic illness and background in medical nutrition therapy. However, Sustainable Snacks is about more than nutrition – Ms. Scott runs her business with an equal focus on health, community, and the environment. She provides her nutritious snacks to her low-income Bronx community through the Bronx Health REACH’s Healthy Bodega Initiative at reduced prices. Based on these exemplary community business practices, Sustainable Snacks was recognized as a Best for NYC Changemaker in 2018.  

At the BXL Business Incubator, BOC helped Ms. Scott develop a financial plan to present to potential lenders and investors. Two SBA Microloans through BOC Capital Corp. financed trade show booths to reach a national market. Ms. Scott also joined BOC’s M/WBE Growth Initiative, an intensive management training program and the Bronx Business Peer Exchange, part of the Good Jobs and Community Wealth Building Initiative supported by JP Morgan Chase. “The assistance provided by the Business Outreach Center has played a major role in the development of Sustainable Snacks business infrastructure,” Rebecca says. “With continued support, I’m confident we can achieve our future goals.”

Ms. Scott is committed to scaling Sustainable Snacks in the Bronx - the poorest urban county in the nation. She plans to transition from shared kitchen space at WHEDco’s, Bronx CookSpace to her own facility in the community as she grows and creates food manufacturing jobs that offer living wages to local Bronxites in the growing specialty-food industry.