Brittany Canty is a co-founder of Comfort Eats. Reina, the other co-founder and Brittany’s best frien
d, moved to New Zealand. Brittany always took her snacks when visiting, but she had a hard time shipping them there. She tried to find a business in place but only one existed and it offered a preset package with snacks Reina did not like – which was a problem. The pair decided to start their own business that would allow people to send snacks to those away from home.
Brittany previously worked as a project manager and developer in Corporate America but left that behind to pursue her passion as an entrepreneur. Entrepreneurs need to be able to plan and organize, both skills came to Brittany from her previous work. Ambition and passion are also keys to success as an entrepreneur. Luckily, Brittany was able to use her passion of friendship and snacks as the basis of her business while also being ambitious enough to go full time on the project. All of Brittany’s traits set her up to be a successful entrepreneur.
Not only does Brittany have the qualities of a successful entrepreneur, but Comfort Eats is designed as an interesting business plan. The idea of giving people a taste of home while away is a new twist on the snack market. Normally, you must find snacks wherever you are but Comfort Eats allows you to get the snacks you love anywhere. The business also adds new items every 7-10 days which makes it very versatile. The business is hoping to add a slight pivot by adding global snacks. This addition will allow different cultures to try each other’s snacks and learn more about them. Her ability to innovate on snack sharing was very interesting to me. Overall, the growth of the business makes it an interesting take on snack sending within the growing food market.
Overall, Comfort Eats inspired me because of the founder’s friendship and ability to innovate within a huge market. The passion and determination Brittany has to pursue the business while also focusing on self-care is inspirational. I often think of entrepreneurs as people who do not prioritize themselves, so it was refreshing to see that she made sure to make it a focus. Her business taught me that ideas do not have to be new things but can be ways of changing how things are done in her case snacks abroad. Ultimately, Brittany Canty showed me that sources of inspiration are everywhere and all you need to succeed is determination and motivation.
