Improving lives while making unique gourmet tasty treats is a sweet spot to be in!
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We make products that taste good and that do good. Creating empowering, good paying jobs in both small town and urban America is central to our founders’ ongoing vision. Renée’s was founded in 2018 by software and building material senior executives who wanted to create meaningful, good
paying jobs in a rural Wisconsin county racked by overseas job losses. Our Timeline of Success includes:
January 2018 Launched Renée’s Chocolates from founders’ software offices
April 2018 Began hand making chocolates in rent-by-hour commercial kitchen
October 2018 Converted office space into 700 sq. Opened first factory store in Two Rivers, WI. September 2020 Moved into 4,500 sq. production facility and factory store
November 2020 Rolled out signature line of seven gourmet popcorns
August 2021 Changed company name to Renée’s Specialties to reflect growing lines of product as popcorn reached 28 items and chocolates over 100
May 2022 Added frozen dessert lines which included small batch ice cream, traditional Italian gelato, and Italian ice
June 2023 Expanding online sales to Amazon and Walmart
2024 Pending new locations and developing future franchise opportunities `