We hold ourselves accountable for the impact we make.

Our Zero Food Waste Commitment:

“Waste not, want not” is a proverb that we take to heart. When you wash, prep, and cut over 4,000 lbs of fresh produce every single week, you wind up with a lot of food waste. In the early days of The Real Dill, we were tossing around 200 lbs of food scraps in the trash every week. Cucumbers, raw horseradish, dill, and peppers were bagged up and taken to the dumpster. Throwing all of those scraps in the landfill never seemed like the best way to dispose of them. So, we partnered with a handful of local nonprofits, which turn our food trash into compost treasure. Every week, we divert about 775 lbs of vegetable waste from the landfill and into the hands of our composting partners. That’s over 40,000 lbs per year! With these partnerships and a little creativity, we've successfully progressed forward on our journey to becoming a pickle company that achieves zero food waste.

Our Certifications

Since 2016, Certifiably Green Business (recognized by city of Denver and state of Colorado)

Gold member of Environmental Leadership Program

Our Sustainability Initiatives:

Striving to operate a zero food waste facility through our composting and recycling programs

Our employee-led “Green Team” directs sustainability initiatives to further the company’s environmental impact

What We Compost 

Vegetable scraps (cucumber, dill, horseradish, peppers, onion, garlic, etc)

Non-soiled paper towels

Compostable food packaging

Certain cardboard

Food waste that is composted

>90%, only less than 100% when our partners have constraint that prevents 100% diversion

>40,000 lbs annually

>750 lbs weekly

Not only are we committed to humbly serving ourselves, our collaborators, and our customers, we are also devoted to supporting and leaving a lasting impact on our community. In the beginning of 2017, we launched our Charitable Partner Program, in which we partner with one local nonprofit on a long-term basis to achieve our goals of giving back through community outreach and fundraising.

The Growhaus (2017,2019-Present)

The mission of The GrowHaus is to cultivate community-driven food justice through education and food access. They offer food distribution programming and educational opportunities related to growing and cooking food, as well as overall wellness. The organization serves the Globeville and Elyria-Swansea (GES) neighborhoods, two vibrant neighborhoods in North Denver, rich in culture and tradition. However, residents of GES face barriers to living a healthy lifestyle. There is not one full service grocery store for the 10,000 residents living in GES. Additionally, the heavily industrious neighborhood has been deemed one of the most polluted zip codes in the country. However, residents of Globeville and Elyria-Swansea are incredibly resilient and passionate about supporting their neighbors and ensuring healthy food access. The GrowHaus strives to be a community-driven organization, meaning that their goal is to have all programs led and implemented by members of their community or others from similar neighborhoods. They are successful when the youth, families, and communities that they work with are empowered to feed, nourish and strengthen themselves and each other.We have raised over $47,000 to support The GrowHaus' mission to make healthy food a right for all and not a privilege for some.Every week, we divert about 775 lbs of vegetable waste from the landfill and into the hands of our composting partners. That’s over 40,000 lbs per year! With these partnerships and a little creativity, we've successfully progressed forward on our journey to becoming a pickle company that achieves zero food waste.

Denver Food Rescue (2018 - Present)

Denver Food Rescue is a Denver-local nonprofit that uses the sustainable method of bicycle power and an amazing volunteer crew to save good produce from grocery stores, farmers markets, and distributors that would otherwise be thrown away. Denver Food Rescue then redistributes this food directly to organizations that work with food-insecure communities. In 2018, we've raised over $8000 to support Denver Food Rescue's mission to address health equity, food security, and integration feedback. 

Inspired by Mother Nature, we do things differently. Here are some of the ways we create the best products of their kind in the best way possible.

Our Method 

We’re relentlessly committed to making the absolute best products of their kind.As a collection of culinary trailblazers, independent thinkers, and innovative makers, we're inspired by creativity and ingenuity and challenge ourselves to reimagine what’s been done before. We approach consumer packaged goods with a chef’s mentality, meaning that we’re slaves to the details. We handcraft all of our products in small batches, with obsessive attention to quality. In fact, when it comes to quality, we make no compromises. Everything is created in-house, and made 100% from scratch using whole, singular ingredients. That means that none of our ingredients contain other ingredients, and we don’t use anything that you don’t recognize from your own pantry or garden.

Our Ingredients

We make clean, real food that honors the finest and freshest ingredients on the planet.When it comes to the ingredients we source, we employ rigid standards for the quality we will accept. After all, we believe that in the end, our products can only be as good as the ingredients that go into them. This is a pursuit of passion and a labor of love, and our products reflect this commitment.Since we make all-natural products, we have to chase the harvest as the produce seasons change. We work with a produce broker to ensure that we receive the freshest, highest quality ingredients on the market that are up to our standards.We also believe in clean, simple, real food. We intentionally craft all of our products so that the raw ingredients shine. From the beautiful presentation to the fresh flavors, our products are designed around the natural ingredients that we use in each unique recipe.We source all of our spices from Savory Spice Shop, a Denver spice purveyor that grinds fresh spices in small, weekly batches.

 Our Company Culture

We are driven by creativity and strive to break the conventional mold. Above all, we have fun and love what we do.At the heart of it, we’re just a bunch of detail-obsessed food geeks who love taking on challenges in the kitchen. We care about making things the right way, not just the standard or easy way. We lead by example and foster a spirited community based on togetherness and teamwork. We take pride in pushing boundaries and choosing the road less traveled. It's what motivates us and fuels our creativity. Simply put, we're committed to making innovative products that stand out.