Sarah Kaeck is the founder and CEO of Bee’s Wrap. For many years before starting her successful food storage product, people noticed her entrepreneurship spirit. She always had new ideas and was open to different thoughts and tips. She was smart and hardworking. Her company, Bee’s Wraps was founded in 2012 where she started her little shop right from her garage. Bee’s Wrap is made with machines that infuse a beautifully designed organic cotton cloth from Indonesia with beeswax, tree resin and jojoba oil to make it safe and very flexible for users. Her motivation for creating this product was reducing the plastic packaging used in the kitchen with materials from nature. The wraps are ingenious.
Kaeck says, “It took a lot of educating to get people to understand what this wax wrap was for and to explain why you would use this instead of plastic wrap. I felt like I needed a name that was in some way descriptive, and something that everyone could relate to. Hence Bee’s Wrap.”
What can you do with these wraps? Bee’s Wraps are perfect for sealing containers, wrapping bread, snacks, sandwiches, and so much more. It is a simple yet beautiful design. Not only are her products safe for people, but they are safe for the environment as they are reusable, compostable, and biodegradable. They are also waterproof, airtight, and hand-washable- not to mention come in adorable and creative designs. Her company has become an enormous success with her products selling in more than 3,000 stores in the United States including Amazon. Bee’s Wraps are also sold in 41 countries throughout Europe, Asia, and South America. Yearly revenue falls between $5 million to $10 million. Her company now has partnerships with National Geographic, Patagonia, and her products were even endorsed by the American cook and television personality, Rachel Ray. Sarah Kaeck is a great example of someone who saw a problem (literally in her own kitchen!) and sought out a way to solve it for others to benefit as well.
Check out the Bee’s Wrap website and products here.
Where most of us think of entrepreneurship as this world where we constantly come up with first-world ideas, one person went to a third-world place for innovation. Robert Felder’s story embodies not just innovation but also empathy. His journey began in high school with a transformative trip to South Asia, where he saw that while Bangladesh being a major apparel manufacturer, its people lacked basic clothing, and this deeply affected him. When he came home to the humid Florida winter, he couldn’t find any shorts he liked. These experiences became the driving force behind the company he founded right out of high school, Bearbottom.
