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BumbleBar Inc., a Spokane Valley-based manufacturer of gluten-free snack bars, has landed another sizable contract to create products under a private-label agreement with an undisclosed company.
BumbleBar founder and co-owner Liz Ward says the company has signed a nondisclosure agreement with the company that prevents her from divulging its name. She says, however, that once BumbleBar is in full production with that contract and another private-label contract it secured last year, it will be making between 300,000 and 500,000 additional bars annually. Currently, the company manufactures about 2 million BumbleBars a year.
"Later this year, we'd anticipate hiring more employees," she says, adding that the company currently has seven employees, in addition to herself and her husband, Glenn.
The latest contract involves developing three separate lines of nutrition bars. Those products are scheduled to launch this fall, and the company expects to start manufacturing them in August.
The contract that Bumble Bar secured last year is with one of the biggest natural foods companies in...