- Peter Rabbit Organics Founders Elizabeth and Mark Buxton
- Ben, Margreet, Katharine, Katie, Cheryl and Lee
- A weekly meeting at Peter Rabbit Organics
OUR COMPANY
PR Organics is a small, privately-owned company; we are passionate about what we do and we have a lot of fun working together.
The company was founded by Elizabeth and Mark Buxton for the simple reason that they couldn't find organic children's food with no added salt or sugar in the shops. Elizabeth and Mark are now proud grandparents to Finlay, and they have passed the carrot-baton on to the six of us.
So who are we?
We are Ben, Margreet, Katharine and Cheryl. We've all chosen to work at Peter Rabbit™ Organics because each of us wants to help create a product we can care about and believe in. Every one of us has worn a suit in a formal office - some of us saw the light after 3 months and some after 10 years, but we all had a lightbulb moment where we realised we wanted to do something a bit different. We're really lucky to have found jobs we enjoy, and to be able to wake up in the morning and actually look forward to going to work.
Our office is friendly; most of the time it's just the six of us here, though Margreet works from home one day a week so she can spend more time with Heston, who's 1.
- Our filing cabinet
We all take turns to answer the phone, and if you call our office you'll get a real person to talk to unless by some fluke we all happen to be in the loo at the same time (which would be interesting as we only have 3 loos). We don't have a fancy, high-tech 'choose option 1' phone system, and our desks are made from old doors with poles screwed onto them for legs - our namesake Peter Rabbit lived in a burrow so we'd feel a bit extravagant sitting on posh leather chairs at shiny marble desks...
If you like to get in touch with one of us click on the carrot below.
Contact the team directly
Katharine Hodgkinson sells our products. If you'd like to stock the Peter Rabbit™ Organics range or have a general Sales enquiry call Katharine on +44 (0)20 7590 4644 or email peter@peterrabbitorganics.com.
Favourite vegetable: Aubergine
Favourite book when she was little: The Worst Witch
Margreet Westerhuis, also known as Heston's Mum, keeps us all on track and is also in charge of all our new product development. Heston manages the young division of our tasting team. You can call Margreet on +44 (0)20 7590 4641 or email peter@peterrabbitorganics.com Heston doesn't have his own direct line yet since he's only 1.
Margreet's favourite vegetable: UK grown sweetcorn
Favourite book when she was little: Miffy
Heston's favourite vegetable: Carrots
Heston's favourite book: The Tale of Peter Rabbit (of course)
Cheryl Bowers handles our operations and logistics and makes sure that our products get from the factories to the shop shelves. You can call Cheryl on +44 (0)20 7590 4645 or email peter@peterrabbitorganics.com.
Favourite vegetable: Tomato
Favourite book when she was little: Mr Men
Ben Ford is our inspirer. Ben makes sure that what we do all day makes sense. You can call Ben on +44 (0)20 7590 4647 or email peter@peterrabbitorganics.com.
Favourite vegetable: Broccoli
Favourite book when he was little: Little Grey Men Go Down the Bright Stream
How do we know if our products taste nice?
- Heston and Margreet
We're surrounded by children and babies and we love hanging out with our tasters! Here are just some of our many enthusiastic tasters:
Margreet's son Heston, just 1
Ben's nephew Will, 13 months
Katie's godson Laurie, 14 months and his brother Arthur, 3, and sister Evie, 5
Katie's fairy goddaughter Rosa, 2
Katharine's 18 month old twin cousins Celia and Thaïs and their older brother Owen
Lee's friends Kylie, 7, and her brother David, 9
Cheryl's friend Emma's son Max, 3
The most rewarding part of our jobs is when we see children enjoying our products, or when parents email or call us up to say how much their children like our food. We're starting to put together a Rabbit Family Album, so if you have pictures of your children eating any of our products please email them across and we'll put some of them on the website. Link through to our Rabbit Family page here.
- Our delivery van