Seacoast Sweets

Handmade chocolate company + lifestyle brand from Newburyport, MA - original family recipe, portion of proceeds donated to local Boston charity. @seacoastsweets

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Food and Beverage
  • Location Newburyport, MA, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded November 2013
  • Employees 4
  • Incorporation Type C-corp
  • Website seacoastsweets.com

Company Summary

Handmade chocolate + lifestyle brand with a heavy social media presence. The original peppermint patty recipe was handed down by the owner's grandfather, the co. itself started out of her dorm room. $1.00 for every box sold is donated to a local charity. Year-round operations launched Oct. 2015.

Kickstarter (3/2016): $43k, 183 backers
Website Views (2016-7/2017): 51.6k views
Instagram (as of 7/2017): 16.9k followers
Sales (YoY 12/2016): +94.9%

Team

  • Kirstyn Pearl
    Owner

    27 years old, MBA - previously a financial analyst at CBRE (largest commercial RE firm in the world) - left the corporate world Jan. 2017 to fully give her time to Seacoast Sweets - spent an entire year working 110 hours/week balancing both jobs, she now maintains 100 hours/week to the one; previously a speaker at the MA Conference for Women and currently an active member in the Boston Business Women group.

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