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Overview

Simple Mills is a natural food brand founded in 2012 by Katlin Smith that makes crackers, cookies, snack bars and baking mixes from nutrient-dense ingredients. Its products are distributed in more than 30,000 stores across the United States. The company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

News

News Forbes 3 years ago
What Would Regenerative Farming Mean For Almonds?
"Regenerative agriculture" is an evolving concept emphasizing soil health and resource circularity. Projects are underway to work out what that means for almond farming
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Award Good Housekeeping 3 years ago
34 Sustainable Products You Need in Your Life
The expert-tested winners of our 2023 Sustainable Innovation Awards, including brands like GreenPan, Beautycounter, Coyuchi, Listerine, Scotch-Brite and more.
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News Delish 3 years ago
The Women-Owned Food & Drink Brands You Should Be Supporting
In honor of Women's History Month, here some of our favorite women-owned food and drinks brands.
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News Forbes 3 years ago
Five Food Technologies To Curb Climate Change
From biomimicry to AI addressing food waste, food system innovation will be key to mitigating the climate crisis.
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Award SCM 3 years ago
Community Purpose and Impact Awards return to Expo West
New Hope Network is evolving its recognition and awards ceremony to reflect values thatall industry members support. Here
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News Redbook 4 years ago
6 Cracker Brands for Your Kitchen Pantry
Calling all cracker connoisseurs.
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News Forbes 4 years ago
Why This Innovative Food Company Uses Diverse Ingredients And Partners With Farmers
In an age when so many foods are sold for what they are not (fat free, sugar free…) Simple Mills promotes its products for what they are and how their ingredients are grown.
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Award Good Housekeeping 4 years ago
The 2022 Good Housekeeping Healthy Snack Awards
Registered dietitians in ourNutrition Labtested hundreds of snacks to bring you the top nutritious (and delicious!) picks for your grocery list.
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News NPR 5 years ago
Simple Mills: Katlin Smith
In 2012, 22-year-old Katlin Smith was growing restless at her consulting job, so she started experimenting with grain-free, paleo-friendly muffin recipes in her Atlanta kitchen. A buyer at a nearby Whole Foods agreed to sell Katlin's muffin mixes and plac
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Fast Company - Most Innovative Companies in Food of 2023
Good Housekeeping - 2023 Sustainable Innovation Awards
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Tech stack

Technologies named in job postings at Simple Mills over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
3
Postings analysed
5
Stack modernity
50/100
Cloud & platforms
Power BI
Developer tools
Microsoft Excel
Mandiant capa
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Salary insights

Compensation ranges based on this company's open jobs
Median
$100k
Typical range
$90k – $210k
Open positions
3
3 Jobs
Senior 100%
Level Jobs Median Typical range
Senior 3 $100k $90k – $210k
Highest paying role Senior Director, FP&A $210k
Normalized to USD per year

People

Katlin Smith
Executive Officer, Director
David Marshall
Director
Shahzar Visram
Director
Lewis Semones
Director
Cheryl Newman
Director
George Peinado
Director
James Barnhorn
Director
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Growth

Hiring Momentum
75/100
Scaling fast
Open positions
3
1 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
56 days
faster than 24% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~13 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics +200%
Hiring Focus
The percentage next to each role is its share of the company's job openings over the last 90 days; the arrow shows the shift versus the previous period.
Finance
40% ▲
Analytics
20% ▲
Operations
20% ▼
Field & Service
20% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added Power BI to stack Sep 2026
New location: Mill Valley Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Office to stack Sep 2026
Added Microsoft Excel to stack Sep 2026
Added Agile to stack Sep 2026

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
1
Countries
1
Busiest office
Chicago
Chicago United States
HQ
3 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 33% engineering 10-50 est. staff $133k Avg Salary
hires for Analytics, Finance, Operations
seen since Jul 2026 job postings

Jobs

$85k – $100k per year • Hybrid • Full-Time • Bachelor's Degree • Chicago
Power BI
Microsoft Excel
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Financials

Total raised
$6M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
2
Funding rounds
Round Announced Amount
Venture - Series Unknown 2019 $3M Details
Venture - Series Unknown 2016 $3M Details