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Unbeleafable zesty baby leaves crowned as The Grocer’s Top Launch of the Year 2024
We’ve got some Unbeleafable good news to share to freshen up your day. Our Unbeleafable zesty baby leaves have just been crowned Top Launch of the Year 2024 in the Fresh Fruit and Veg category by The Grocer! 🌟 This award celebrates the innovation and passion behind...
The Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2024!
Friday 8th November was one for the books at GrowUp! We had the honour of walking the red carpet of the food world—The Grocer’s New Product & Packaging Awards 2024—and it turned out to be an Unbeleafable night. Our Unbeleafable zesty baby leaves didn’t just win...
GrowUp secures £38m investment from Generate Capital
Just over two years on from its initial investment in GrowUp, leading sustainable infrastructure investment and operating company, Generate Capital, has shown its faith in our vision and purpose with a further investment of £38 million. The new funding will help us to...
Unbeleafable wins New Product Award at the Sammies
Another Win for Unbeleafable at the Sammies GrowUp is celebrating another win, this time at the Sammies—the Oscars of the sandwich and food-to-go industry. Unbeleafable took home the New Product Award at the prestigious ceremony, held at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in...
GrowUp Farms Named One of the UK’s Best Places to Work
We are over the moon to share that GrowUp Farms has been recognised by the Sunday Times as being one of the best places to work in the UK for 2024, for the second year in a row! The Sunday Times Best Places to Work list is like the ultimate validation for companies...
Vertical Farming: Kate Hofman at Institute of Imagination Workshop
Our founder, Kate Hofman, recently joined the Institute of Imagination for an inspiring workshop where she introduced young minds to vertical...
Kate Hofman named in The Grocer’s top 10 tech trailblazers
Kate Hofman, founder of GrowUp Farms, has been recognised in The Grocer’s prestigious list of top 10 women shaping the future of grocery technology. This honour acknowledges her pioneering work in sustainable farming and technology, with GrowUp using cutting-edge...
GrowUp wins gold at Vegan Food and Living Product Awards 2024
We’re thrilled to announce that GrowUp Farms' Unbeleafable rocket and baby leaves salad has been awarded gold at the Vegan Food and Living Product Awards 2024! Recognised as the best vegan side, this achievement is a huge milestone for our Unbeleafable range. Launched...
Vertical farm wins sixth award in six months
Pioneering vertical farm GrowUp Farms has added another award to its trophy cabinet after scooping the Best SME of the Year accolade at the edie Awards last week. Now in its 17th year, the edie Awards are the UK’s largest sustainable business awards scheme and they...
GrowUp Farms appoints Will Howard as new UK MD and CCO
Pioneering vertical farm GrowUp Farms has appointed Will Howard as its new UK MD and CCO. Howard, former MD at baby-food brand Ella’s Kitchen, who joined GrowUp Farms in February, was brought in to help GrowUp unlock their purpose of providing “Better Food For All”...
GrowUp Farms: The UK’s Fastest-Growing Salad Brand
The stories you don't know about some of the world's best and little-known brands “From a consumer point of view, everybody buys bag salad because it’s healthy and convenient,” says Kate Hofman, co-founder of pioneering UK vertical farm GrowUp. She then turns the...
My Food Job: Phoebe Stonier, Brand & Marketing at GrowUp
Name: Phoebe Stonier Age: 24 Job title: Brand & Marketing Associate Company & location: GrowUp Farms in Sandwich, Kent Education: Event management at Canterbury Christ Church University As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up? I dreamt of becoming...