MISSISAUGA, ON, May 14, 2024 /CNW/
- Stacy's Pita Chips, a woman-founded brand with a longstanding
legacy of supporting women entrepreneurs, is celebrating the five
Canadian grant recipients of its 2024 Stacy's Rise Project.
Stacy's® Pita Chips announces five Canadian
women entrepreneurs as grant recipients of its 2024 Stacy's Rise
Project.
This year's grant recipients will receive a $25,000 grant, mentorship from Frito-Lay and
PepsiCo leaders, and access to a cohort of women entrepreneurs.
The five Canadian women entrepreneurs, announced to be the grant
recipients of the Stacy's Rise Project Class of 2024, are:
Ajoa
Mintah (Waterloo, ON),
founder of Four All Ice Cream, is an
engineer-turned-entrepreneur who blends her education, diverse
experiences, and unwavering creativity to spread the joy of ice
cream to everyone, no matter their dietary preferences or
restrictions.
K. Dee
Howard (Cobourg,
ON) founded Sootsoap Supply Co. to detoxify,
deodorize, and sanitize with the power of white charcoal, inspired
by a lack of solutions for the devastating health effects of
firefighter exposure.
Evelyne
Nyairo (Calgary, AB)
founded Ellie Bianca, which
is inspired by her daughter Eliana. Evelyne wanted to develop a
range of skincare products that were not only highly effective due
to the natural, high-quality ingredients used, but also supported
the women who harvested the products main ingredient – raw
shea.
Kate
Tremills (Chemainus,
BC) founded Flourish Kitchen to bring yummy and
easy-to-digest meals to women who desire big, joyful lives.
Flourish Kitchen's meals are designed to ease the stress of
busy lives, while delivering all the flavour and nutrition of a
home-made meal.
Nadia
Ladak (Toronto, ON)
founded Marlow, a modern menstrual wellness brand that has
created the first lubricated tampon for smoother and more
comfortable insertion. Nadia is on a mission to revolutionize
women's health and positively transform the way women experience
their cycles, ensuring they no longer have to 'put up with it' when
it's their time of the month.
"The Stacy's Rise Project offers women founders access to
grants, mentorship opportunities, and a dynamic cohort of
like-minded visionaries. Empowering women on their business journey
isn't just about fostering economic growth; it's about championing
creativity, innovation, and resilience," commented
Jess Spaulding, CMO of PepsiCo Foods
Canada.
She continued: "This year's grant recipients - Ajoa, Nadia,
Evelyne, Kate and Dee - are women founders whose progressive
businesses are an inspiration. With the Stacy's Rise Project grant
and mentorship opportunities, we can help them on their
entrepreneurial journey and help them flourish as women business
owners in Canada."
To ensure the Stacy's Rise Project is supporting women
entrepreneurs across Canada, the
Stacy's brand has partnered with the Women's Enterprise
Organizations of Canada (WEOC) and
is providing a $10,000 corporate
sponsorship to the organization, as well as gifting products from
this year's winners' businesses to be distributed at WEOC
events.
Since 2017, Stacy's Pita Chips has connected thousands of women
founders and provided more than $1
million in funding. The annual Stacy's Rise Project has
provided mentoring, resources, and grants to a total of 75 women
across the US and Canada.
To learn more about the Stacy's Rise Project
visit stacysriseproject.ca.
About Women's Enterprise Organizations of Canada
Women's Enterprise Organizations of Canada (WEOC) supports a diverse
membership of organizations that directly impact the growth and
success of women entrepreneurs. WEOC's goal is to ensure that its
members have the tools needed to support their clients, providing
networking opportunities, access to an innovative resource library,
and impactful courses, conversations and events. WEOC also delivers
the WEOC National Loan Program, supporting women entrepreneurs as
they start, scale, grow and operate their businesses.
About Stacy's® Snacks
Over the last two decades the woman-founded brand, that grew
from a sandwich cart to a household snack brand, has evolved and is
building upon its legacy of helping women entrepreneurs to achieve
their goal through its Stacy's Rise Project™
Stacy's Snacks is one of the many brands that make up
Frito-Lay North America, the
$23 billion convenient foods division
of PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEP), which is headquartered in
Purchase, NY. Learn more about
Frito-Lay at the corporate website, www.fritolay.com.
About PepsiCo Foods Canada
PepsiCo Foods Canada is comprised of the Frito Lay Canada and
Quaker Canada businesses. The company employs over 6,000 Canadians
with seven manufacturing plants and sales and distribution
facilities from coast to coast. Frito Lay Canada is the country's
largest snack food manufacturer and the company's brands include
Lay's, Doritos, Tostitos, Ruffles, Smartfood and Cheetos. The
Quaker brand portfolio includes a wide range of wholesome cereals,
oatmeal, rice and corn snacks and snack bars, and features other
prominent brands such as Quaker Life, Quaker Chewy, Quaker Harvest
Crunch and Crispy Minis. For more information, please visit
www.pepsico.ca.
SOURCE PepsiCo Foods Canada