Tastefully Simple

Tastefully Simple
Industry Multi-level marketing
Founded 1995
Founders Jill Blashack Strahan
Headquarters Alexandria, Minnesota, United States
Website tastefullysimple.com

Tastefully Simple is an American multi-level marketing company that sells food products.[1][2]

Products are offered through a network of more than 13,000 independent commissioned distributors, as well as through the company's website. As of 2014, the company employed roughly 200 people at its corporate headquarters in Alexandria, Minnesota.[3]

History

The company was founded by Jill Blashack Strahan in 1995. It first operated out of a small shed in Minnesota.

On July 8, 2014 the company laid off approximately 25% of its workforce.[3]

The company is a member of the Direct Selling Association.[4]

Awards

In 2000, Strahan was named an Ernst & Young Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year for the Minnesota and Dakota region.[5] In 2005, the company was included in the Inc. magazine 500 Hall of Fame list for making the Inc. 500 list five times.[6] In 2010 the company was ranked at number 4603 on the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing privately-held companies in the U.S..[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Glembocki, Vicki (May 27, 2011). "How Lia Sophia, Tastefully Simple and Pampered Chef are Taking Over Women's Social Lives". Philadelphia.
  2. ↑ Garland, Susan B (December 19, 2014). "So Glad You Could Come. Can I Sell You Anything?". New York Times. Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Tastefully Simple trims 66 jobs at its Alexandria HQ". Star Tribune. July 9, 2014. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
  4. ↑ Direct Selling Association. "Direct Selling Organization Membership Directory: Tastefully Simple". Retrieved September 14, 2017.
  5. ↑ O'Dell, Holly. "2006 Minnesota Business Hall of Fame". Twin Cities Business. MSP Communications. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  6. ↑ Inc. 500. "Inc. 500 Hall of Fame". Inc. 500. Mansueto Ventures LLC. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
  7. ↑ Inc. 5000. "Company Profile". Inc. 500. Mansueto Ventures LLC. Retrieved May 30, 2012.
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