Harvard-educated lawyer builds healthy waffle brand from scratch

Healthy food swaps: Emily Groden wanted frozen waffles for her daughter, but with quality, nutrition and taste
Wednesday, November 18, 2020
From fine dining to the frozen food aisle, a Harvard-educated lawyer built her brand from scratch.

Evergreen makes frozen nutritional waffles, and is pretty new the market.
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Emily Groden, founder and CEO of Evergreen, joined ABC 7 Chicago Wednesday to talk about her product during the Week of Women.

Groden left the world-renowned Alinea Group to launch a "better-for-you" waffle brand.

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As a working mom, she wanted to give her young daughter frozen waffles for the convenience factor, but wasn't willing to sacrifice quality, nutrition or taste.
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To pursue her entrepreneurial dream, Groden worked three days a week as a lawyer and spent the rest of her time building the Evergreen business from scratch, from finding a co-packer to selling her waffles into retailers.



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