After chalking up two category wins in the Richmond Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence Awards (BEA) since 2011, Richmond’s Herbaland Naturals Inc. is the picture of evolution.
Five years ago, the manufacturer and exporter of gummy vitamins and gummy supplements was presented with the BEA for New Business of the Year. Last week, the company, which has grown in leaps and bounds in that time, was the recipient of the Mid-sized Business of the Year.
And in between, in 2014, the company was one of the finalists competing for the Best International Trade Award in the annual Small Business BC Awards Contest.
“It’s truly our honour to be nominated and awarded by Richmond Chamber of Commerce,” said Musharaf Syed, Herbaland’s CEO. “In 2011 we received the new business of the year award, in the last five years, we have grown from eight people to more than 50. The company keeps on growing. Now we are the only gummy vitamins manufacturer and exporter to more than 26 countries around the world.”
This time around at the BEA, the company was also named as a finalist in the Workplace of the Year category.
The amount of recognition the business has received for its efforts just makes you wonder in what category the Herbaland name will pop up in the future with another nomination.
“We will keep doing our best to maintain the best working environment,” Syed said. “And in the next few years, we have another business expansion plan and we will definitely stay and grow in Richmond.”
Herbaland began with gummy vitamin products for both children and adults.
Capsules and tablets have been the traditional supplement delivery form, however, consumers, increasingly seeking nutritious health products that are also delicious and convenient, have flocked to the products.
