July 2014 BCBusiness 27 BCBuSinESS.Ca
1. earnest iCe
Cream
This grassroots ice
cream venture was
launched in 2012 by
co-founders Ben Ernst
and Erica Bernardi and
quickly earned a name
for itself with savoury
flavours such as salted
caramel, london fog
and whiskey hazelnut
($10 a pint; earnest
icecream.com).
2. tO Die fOr fine
fOODs
intrepid foodie Erin
ireland sold her first
loaf of chocolate
macadamia nut banana
bread to a café in 2011
and the business has
grown ever since, now
selling banana bread
and lemon loaf in tens
of shops throughout the
lower Mainland ($14 a
loaf; itstodiefor.ca).
3. Cartems
DOnuterie
Cartems owner and
uBC Sauder School of
Business
MBa grad
Jordan Cash launched
his business in 2012
after being inspired
by a dream where he
owned a doughnut shop
($3 each, $36 a dozen;
cartems.com).
4. DOmeniCa fiOre
Olive Oil
This high-end olive
oil was launched in
2010 by legendary B.C.
business mogul Frank
Giustra, and in 2014 the
Olio Monaco variety
was named to The
World's Best Olive Oils
yearly index ($19.85 for
250 ml, $34.95 for 500
ml; domenicafiore.com).
5. KrOKODile Pear
Entrepreneur nick
lewis opened this
cold-pressed juice
and smoothie bar in
2013 in kitsilano, an
appropriate Vancouver
neighbourhood for his
organic concoctions
($9.50-$12 for 16 oz.
bottle of juice, $8+ for a
smoothie; krokodilepear.
com).
6. HOly CraP
Cereal
Holy Crap co-founders
Corin Mullins and
Brian Mullins launched
their curiously named
cereal in 2009 and the
accolades were quick to
follow, including being
named a finalist in the
2012 Entrepreneur of
the year awards ($34.95
a 3-pack; holycrap.ca).
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