Naturewalk Costa Rica expands its sustainable business model with acquisition of Hola Granola

JACO, Costa Rica - July 23, 2014 - PRLog -- Naturewalk Brands is delighted to announce the acquisition of Hola Granola. Hola Granola is a producer of Natural Granola products in Costa Rica.Hola Granola is now part of the Naturewalk Farms family of artizan and natural food products.

Hola Granola was started as a family business in the kitchens of MaryAnn, Michele and Sue, in Costa Rica. They perfected the granola recipes over a number of years by trial and error, creating a delicious and healthy snack treat with superlative flavor and goodness. The original flavor of Pineapple and Mango soon expanded to include Banana and Cacao, and then a “picante” treat with Spice and Savory. The ingredients include Naturewalk oven roasted and hand peeled organic cacao, real vanilla syrup infused with Naturewalk grown Vanilla pods, “Bio-land” premium oats, and organic dried fruits in every package.

Naturewalk is a masterplanned development on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. Owners can have a home on thier land and the land comes with the added advantage of high value, fully managed crops on their land, giving the owners an income.

Tim Alexander, President of Naturewalk Brands, commented “we are delighted to complete the acquisition of Hola Granola. I tasted Hola Granola some months ago and was immediately impressed at the delicious natural flavors. It was the best granola I had ever tasted. When the opportunity arose to purchase the company I jumped at the chance. Naturewalk brands Hola Granola allows Naturewalk to use some of its crops in the production of this delicious granola. Furthermore it allows is to increase our local employment and in line with our model of sustainability allows us to value add to our crops locally”.

Tim further added “we will shorly extend our product range to include our all natural Clover and Vanilla Hola Granola honey. The honey is produced in Naturewalk with the organic vanilla beans from Naturewalk “

Naturewalk Brands Hola Granola is available in shops and hotels throughout Costa Rica and will be shortly available in Canada. Granola is available in multiple bag sizes - Gift Shop size (230g), Hotel Mini Bar Serving (250g), home size (500g) and large multiserving bags (800g). Flavors include Banana and Cacao, Mango and Pineapple, Spicy and Savory. Hola Granola clover and vanilla honey is available in 400g and 800g jars

Naturewalk Farms

Naturewalk is located in the Central Pacific Area of Costa Rica 10 miles east of Jaco. Many of our ingredients come from the farm and additional production of Hola Granola is starts there in the 3rd quarter of 2014. Naturewalk is a community based masterplanned development incorporating resort, adventure center tours, resort homes and other community based enterprises. Please come and visit us at the farm on your next trip

Naturewalk

Naturewalk is a fully master planned community of 1200 acres in Turrubares Costa Rica. Owners in Naturewalk own fully serviced lots on which they can have their dream home. Owners further benefit from fully managed crops growing on their land, giving them an income. The masterplan for Naturewalk includes a condo hotel, eco hotel, adventure center, equine center and town center with shopping facilities in addition to homes.

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