Boise Company In Walmart's Open Call

BOISE, ID — A Boise company, started in 2019 to support sustainable development in the Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique, has been chosen to compete in Walmart's Open Call program.

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Our Gorongosa is a small company located on Curtis Road. The company sends 100 percent of all profits to support the Gorongosa National State Park, an area ravaged by civil wars and human encroachment.

Each bag of coffee sold contains Gorongosa Green, grown by local farmers in the heart of Gorongosa National Park. Specialty coffee roasters have combined it with other sustainably-sourced Arabica beans to craft the blends.

The company has lofty long-term goals: 20,000 girls in the region with high school diplomas, 250,000 mammals roaming the area and 1 million rainforest trees planted, all by 2035.

The Boise company will now compete with 1,000 small and medium-sized businesses

s receiving their official invitations to pitch their shelf-ready products to Walmart merchants. It marks the largest number of business owners ever to take part in the one-day event. That includes seven businesses with products manufactured in Idaho that will pitch their shelf-ready products to Walmart merchants.

It marks the largest number of business owners ever to take part in the one-day event. That includes seven businesses with products manufactured in Idaho that will be taking part.

Walmart will hold Open Call in a virtual format for the second year in a row, set for June 30. Suppliers representing all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico will each have 30-minute one-on-one meetings with Walmart merchants, where they’ll have the opportunity to pitch their U.S. made, grown or assembled products. Participants could secure deals ranging from a few local stores to supplying hundreds of Walmart and Sam’s Clubs locations as well as Walmart.com and Walmart Marketplace.

“We’re thrilled with the growth we’ve seen in our Open Call event as we’ve seen time and again its power to support new and existing jobs and help small businesses and entrepreneurs,” said Laura Phillips, Walmart senior vice president for global sourcing and U.S. manufacturing. “We know that U.S. manufacturing matters a lot to our shoppers. Programs like Open Call serve to bolster communities, provide more value to our
customers and improve the way we do business.”

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