What started as a tandem of agriculture students hungry for a change (and some legumes!) is now a team of 25 mission-led individuals distributing to over 6,000 restaurants and 3,000 stores.

“HARi&CO is, first of all, the story of a conviction,” CEO Emmanuel Brehier explains. “My business partner ​​Benoît Plisson and I met at an agricultural engineering school in France. We learned all the agronomic interests of pulses and beans for soil regeneration. We were already convinced of the enormous challenge of encouraging a more plant-based diet – and then, everyday, we went to eat at the university restaurant, where we were mainly served meat or fish.” This was not an okay option for them, and so the idea to pursue what ended up becoming HARi&CO emerged. “Our mission is to help people eat more plant-based foods by offering them protein-packed, nutritious pulses (lentils, chickpeas, beans) cooked into patties to replace meat on their plates.”