50p from every box sold will be donated to Suffolk Mind charity.

10000 followers on instagram- wahoo!

🥳We’ve just reached the 10000 followers milestone here on Instagram, so we baked a cake to celebrate.

The last 12 months have undoubtedly been the hardest for Bean Daddy and I as business owners. Having started up right before the global pandemic thinking “surely nothing could be worse than 2020”, 2024 hit and slapped us around the chops a few times.

Sometimes it can be very tough to pick yourself up time and time again, but we have so much to be thankful for too.

In the last 12 months alone:

  1. ✅Celebrated our 5th year in business
  2. ✅Nominated for 3 awards including Family Business Entrepreneurs of the year @entrepreneursgb
  3. ✅Traded at some incredible festivals including @gonewildfestivalnorfolk with & @latitudefest
  4. ✅We won an ad break on @hollytucker podcast
  5. ✅Did a sellout collaboration chocolate bar with @thechocolatesmiths
  6. ✅We were accepted to join the @buywomenbuilt community
  7. ✅We were invited to represent Brownie and the Bean at the Houses Of Parliament
  8. ✅We were invited back to the prestigious @aldeburghfood festival and I compered the Main Stage on the Saturday
  9. ✅I recorded a podcast which will be out later this year
  10. ✅We hired more people (always a good sign) 🥰
  11. ✅I spoke at several business events this year with specific reference to women in business and mental health in the workplace (which triggered the thought behind the next big idea…)
  12. ✅We have decided to donate 50p from every box sold from 1st January 2025 to @suffolkmind Charity as a result of speaking at one of their business networking events
  13. ✅And finally… We got a brownie cutter for Super Sue- hurray! This means that she can process lots more orders in a shorter space of time

There are a few other personal wins for Bean Daddy and I that we’re also proud of too, but I won’t bore you with the intricacies 🤣!

All in all, an incredibly tough 12 months, with enormous risk involved, but we’ve also had an incredible amount of wins too.

Thank you all so much for supporting our small family business, we really wouldn’t be here without you. Thank you to our wonderful team (that make life so much happier) and thank you to our families for all of the advice and wisdom xx

10000 followers cake