Stories

We believe green living is not only possible, but it is also tasty and cool! Raw and vegan food chef Cherif, draws on inspiration from the layered tastes of the West African and Caribbean cuisine to offer a tasty and healthy plant-based alternative to modern eating.  

Tags: West African / Caribbean, Plant-based, Vegan

We are four Norwegian guys that want to make and serve tasty food, while giving the first job to refugees, ex-convicts and others that struggle to find a place in the job market. But that is not all! For every meal bought at TUNCO, a meal is given to a child in need in the tiny village of Mikindani, Kenya. Through the project “lunch buddy” run by our partner organization, Star Of Hope, we help giving school children one meal a day.

Tags: Meal for a Meal, Ex-refugees, Youth, Ex-convicts

We are three motivated women, originally from South America, who joined forces to build a passionate business in Norway.

The common interest for cakes and desserts made it easy to define our core, as well as the idea of spreading worldwide flavors, new and unexpected tastes, mouthwatering joy!

The certainty of success comes from the Latin positive spirit and our families’ support, pushing us to move ahead. With our cakes, creating enjoyable experiences for our customers is a piece of cake.

Tags: Latin Sweet, Women, Immigrants

Sandwich Brothers is a bunch of new Norwegians who produce and sell ecologic sandwich ice cream. We strengthen the existing integration processes in Norway by offering a platform for which refugees get work experience and the market gets delicious ice cream sandwiches. We work as a unified team to build each other’s expertise; this is reflected in a safe and positive working environment.

Partner companies in the business world provide quality raw materials production and job offers for our employees after a year of work experience and training at Sandwich Brothers.

Tags: Ecologic, Ex-refugees, E-bikes

When I moved to Norway as a child, I brought with me the Indian food traditions and flavors I grew up with. My vision since then has been to make Indian food as popular as pizza, pasta and taco.

Masala Magic is my dream-come-true. I have created a line of Indian products now sold in most grocery stores. I have written two Indian-recipe books, created food-making courses, lead several food-trips to India, and created a blog. Recently, I opened a catering service where I employ newly arrived Indian women that are becoming proficient in the Norwegian Language and give part-time opportunities to students.

Tags: Ethnic, Women, Immigrants

We stand for unfiltered love for food and people. We take care of the food which stores and wholesalers do not sell and we process these into beautiful flavors and dishes. We think smartly in terms of utilizing surplus food, as well as using traditional cooking and preservation methods. Everything can be used.

In collaboration with Kompass & Co’s youth program, we also create jobs for young people who somehow fall outside the ordinary school and labor market. The youth receive training in the circular economic principles when it comes to excess food and food waste issues. This gives them a competence within the green shift.

Many believe it is impossible to make money from having a triple bottom line as a business model. We believe this is a prerequisite.

Tags: Surplus Food, Youth

After moving to Norway, I was a job seeker for almost four years. In 2016, during a camping trip in the woods where I found myself eating a lot of junk food packed in too much plastic, I realized that there was a need for healthy, organic and plastic-free, good snacks.

A few months later, I founded Drive Me Nuts. Drive Me Nuts has been possible thanks to Moving Mamas (A non-profit organization that creates opportunities for immigrant women in Norway).

Tags: Vegan, Ecologic, Women, Immigrants

Injera Palace was born as a win-win proposition to give employment opportunities to Eritrean refugees while bringing exotic and tasty new cuisine to Norway. We believe that having a job is the best platform refugees can have to become independent and contributing citizens. Our food is made with ecological ingredients and it is delivered in organic decomposing containers.

Tags: Eritrean, Ecological, Refugees

Aleppo Bahebek was born as a win-win proposition to give employment opportunities to Syrian refugees while bringing exotic and tasty new cuisine to Norway. We believe that having a job is the best platform refugees can have to become independent and contributing citizens. Our food is made with ecological ingredients and it is delivered in organic decomposing containers.

Tags: Syrian, Ecological, Refugees