LÄRABAR: Lara Merriken

Episode 87 of the How I Built This with Guy Raz podcast, hosted by Guy Raz | Wondery, titled "LÄRABAR: Lara Merriken" was published on March 19, 2018 and runs 53 minutes.

March 19, 2018 ·53m · How I Built This with Guy Raz

Summary

In 2000, Lara Merriken was 32, recently divorced, and without a job when she decided to make energy bars by mixing cherries, dates, and almonds in her Cuisinart. Eventually, she perfected the recipe and launched her company: LÄRABAR. After just two years, the company was bringing in millions in revenue. In 2008, she sold to General Mills, but stayed on to help grow LÄRABAR into one of the biggest energy bar brands in the U.S. Plus, for our postscript "How You Built That", how two brothers from Guinea, West Africa founded a company that makes Ginjan, a spicy-sweet juice from their boyhood, which mixes pineapple and ginger. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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