At Snackerie, we invent snacks people dream about. And we’re just getting started.
Founded in 2013, Snackerie was conceived by four snackers with a mission of providing the world with an easy and convenient way of eating fruit and living a healthier life. We are dreamers of new products, inventors of snacks, and lovers of fruits, who create healthy yet awesome-tasting snacks. We source the freshest ingredients from Guatemalan farmers and invest in our community’s well-being because we believe in winning by inspiring others to win with us.
LORENA
Lorena is an obsessed foodie who grew up in Guatemala. After graduating from Georgetown, she worked in consumer insights in the U.S. and Latin America, studying consumers’ palates and taste preferences. After several years of managing regional brands, Lorena joined forces with a team of equally passionate snackers to create Snackerie. Lorena has an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management.
CRISTIAN
Cristian hails from Guatemala City. He went to school at Virginia Tech and was Juan’s roommate and partner in crime. When the chance to start up something groundbreaking came about he connected the best group of people he knew to start pursuing this new adventure that became what we know now as Snackerie. Working in the industry as a business developer with world class organizations has given him the tools to help Snackerie jumpstart its operations.
JUAN
Juan is a Venezuelan turned New Yorker and one of six kids. Born in Venezuela, he was raised in Florida. Since graduating from Virginia Tech, Juan has been intrigued by the fast-paced nature of startups and has worked with his family developing various businesses. Through his passion of working with family, Juan and Cristian, his best friend –business partner - and brother from another family, came together to become the new family: Snackerie.
GERARDO
Born and raised in Guatemala, Gerardo first encountered food production during his early teens, and he was hooked! His passion for food drove him to earn a degree in food engineering at Purdue and later to become a pastry chef. Gerardo’s extensive knowledge of the food industry, combined with a well-seasoned palate, make him a perfect fit with Snackerie’s vision and fabulous products. Gerardo has an MBA from Babson College.
Contributing to Undernourished Communities In Guatemala
As a company, we have a responsibility to care for the planet and our community. And as a healthy food company, we have an even greater responsibility to contribute to undernourished communities.
Snackerie engages with the growers of the fruit that goes into our products and the packagers that carefully craft each bag of snacks. Both the growers and our manufacturing facility are located in Guatemala, a country where chronic undernutrition is the fourth highest in the world and five out of ten children under 5 go to bed hungry.
Some of our fruit chips break before they make it into their bags. We make sure that those bits and pieces don't go to waste, so we repackage them and distribute it to malnourished communities in Guatemala, where undernutrition rates reach 70%. Since our products are made of 100% real fruit, we give children from malnourished communities essential daily nutrients and vitamins.
