Thistle
Prepared Foods · Nutrition & Dietetics
5open roles
Growinghiring pace, 71 of 100
200+people
39stories in the press
Overview
Thistle is a food company that delivers fully prepared, healthy meals, snacks, desserts and organic cold-pressed juices. Its meals are made without gluten and dairy, vegan options are available, and the company runs its own production kitchens and logistics. The company is headquartered in Vacaville, California, United States.
Key facts
As of Nov 13, 2026, Alion lists 5 open roles at Thistle. Thistle is headquartered in Vacaville, United States. It was founded in 2013. The latest round is Venture - Series Unknown of $1M, announced in 2015.
- Open roles
- 5Job postings Alion tracks, as of Nov 13, 2026
- Headquarters
- Vacaville, United StatesAlion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Founded
- 2013Alion company profile, updated Nov 13, 2026
- Employees
- 200+Alion company profile, an estimated range
- Total raised
- $1MSum of 1 equity round Alion knows
- Latest round
- Venture - Series Unknown · $1M · Oct 12, 2015Press report · techcrunch.com
- Technologies in its job postings
- 8Named in its job postings
Jobs
≈ $124k – $239k per year (Estimated) · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 10+ years exp · United States
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≈ $89k – $171k per year (Estimated) · Remote (United States) · Full-Time · 5+ years exp · United States
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Growth
Hiring Momentum
71/100
Growing
Open positions
5
4 opened / 5 closed in 30 days
Median time-to-fill
6 days
faster than 86% of the market
ATS activity
Every ~8 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics
0%
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.
Industrial Engineering
36% ▼
Operations
14% ▲
Hospitality
14% ▲
Administrative
7% ▼
Analytics
7% ▼
Design
7% ▼
Activity Timeline
Added GMP to stack
Nov 2026
New location: Chicago
Nov 2026
New location: United States
Oct 2026
New location: Burlington
Oct 2026
New location: Seattle
Oct 2026
+7 jobs in a week
Sep 2026
Financials
Total raised
$1M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
1
Funding rounds
| Round | Announced | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2015 | $1M | Details |
Tech stack
Technologies named in job postings at Thistle over the last 12 months, by layer, with the share of postings for each.
Technologies in use
8
Postings analysed
2
Stack modernity
72/100
Languages
Python
SQL
Databases
Amazon Redshift
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Developer tools
dbt
Practices & domains
ETL/ELT
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News
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
2
Hiring now
2
Countries
1
Busiest office
Vacaville
Vacaville
United States
HQ
1 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for HR
Burlington
United States
2 open roles 4 posted in 90 days 50-200 est. staff
hires for Industrial Engineering, Hospitality
Earlier presence
Seattle, United States
Chicago, United States
How to cite this page
Alion, "Thistle: key facts", as of Nov 13, 2026. https://alion.io/company/thistle-co
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