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Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
Business
Tamlyn Jones

How I Made It: Grenade's Juliet Barratt on building a £200m business

In 2010, Juliet Barratt and her husband Alan launched sports nutrition company Grenade in a bid to bring new products such as drinks and snack bars to fitness enthusiasts.

The pair enjoyed phenomenal growth and success over the following decade, including not one but two private equity buyouts and a string of awards.

This culminated in the duo selling the Solihull company for £200 million in March to Mondelēz International, the US food and beverage firm behind legendary Birmingham-based chocolate brand Cadbury.

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