Fast 100 growth stars: From ‘healthy’ chocolate to eco-nappies
These Fast 100 manufacturing finalists – Loco Love, Joonya, and York St Brands – are disrupting their sectors with unique products and high-growth strategies.
Loco Love emerged when Emica Penklis began playing around with ingredients to make chocolates that anyone could enjoy, regardless of their allergies.
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Still hand-made after 13 years of manufacture, Loco Love chocolates are free of all gluten, dairy or refined sugars.
The Byron Bay-based company now produces as many as 120,000 individual chocolate bars each week and continues to have trouble meeting ever-increasing demand. A banner across the company website warns “Due to High Order Volumes, Dispatch Delay of Ten Days”.
