Johnny Pops co-founders Connor Wray and Erik Brust were recently featured in a Star Tribune article discussing their new 80,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Elk River. The company and its 80-plus employees, now based in St. Louis Park, will be moving its headquarters to Elk River later this year following renovations and improvements at the new site.

“People look at food businesses and think it’s an overnight success, but for us it’s a 10-year overnight success,” said Erik Brust, co-founder and chief executive of JonnyPops. “This facility is a huge investment in our future and a re-commitment to Minnesota.”

Read the full article: www.StarTribune.com

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I am soooo proud we can finally talk about “Lucky Cricket!!” A great brand we named and designed for our awesome long time client Andrew Zimmern . Get Lucky my friends !! !! My wife Molly made it to the launch party ! I was in a ski yurt with 30 sweaty dudes . Of course . – Jeff Johnson

https://www.bizjournals.com/twincities/news/2018/02/03/andrew-zimmern-teases-new-restaurant-lucky.html

Well right on! A nice post to wake up to: two of our clients , Local Crate and The Wedge on CBS News this morning . We designed and named this awesome locally sourced meal kit . Enjoy !! http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/video/category/spoken-word-wccotv/3785969-are-meal-kits-right-for-your-family/

The Holiday Hot Stuff Train for ReplaceEvertyhing.com made another stop! The AWESOME folks at the Minnneapolis Parks Foundation have been STELLAR partners from way back when we first cooked up this great design solution to do greatness. They remain just as stellar. 50% of all of profits form #ReplaceEverything go to great MN charities like the MPLS Parks Foundations. Big thanks to sister Jennifer Downham for helping us be more awesome every day and for making great Parks for our great city. Big thanks to Dan Woychick at #LoveMplsParks for getting this whole darn ball of wax rolling from the get go. Go MPLS Parks!

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Bravo Open Arms of Minnesota!! The Holiday gift train keeps on rolling. 50% of all profits from ReplaceEverything.com goes to great MN charities like Open Arms. These fine folks provide GREAT chef-made meals for the chronically ill. Today I helped debone about 60 delicious roasted chickens! It was honestly one of the most fun days of the year for me. Great people, Funk music playing nonstop and loads of laughs with the volunteers. Im coming back and Im bringing my posse next time. Happy Holidays Opens Arms!
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Venture SuperflyI love this! My former biz partner and close friend John Benzick just did a great interview with Erik Brust: Also buddy of mine, client, and founder of Jonny Pops: The best frozen treat on the planet earth. I totally forgot this fun fact- both Erik and John have stayed over at my Mother-in-laws place in the OC while we were all on the road for different projects and events. In fact ONLY John, Erik, and 2 other Jonny Pops dudes have done the road time sleeping on the 1970’s era twin beds at Ma Wilson’s OC home while we all plotted to change the world: successfully it turned out. They would be in an elite group of the OC road warriors. Both John and Erik have dined on In-and-Out Burger with Ma Wilson in the Oc backyard. Enjoy!

 

Ep. 031: On How to Launch a Frozen Treat Company — The Erik Brust Interview

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