an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . december 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message youbar type private industry food manufacturing founded 2006 headquarters los angeles california u.s. key people ava bise co founder anthony flynn co founder number of employees 30 website http www.youbars.com youbar is a nutrition bar company producing energy bars that customers design . 1 2 3 4 ava bise and anthony flynn a mother son team from los angeles california founded the company in 2006 . 1 2 3 5 customers design bars using a nine step process on youbar s website then order boxes of thirteen bars each . 1 2 3 6 the service is designed for people with specific dietary requirements particularly vegans athletes and people with allergies and gives the customer control over what goes into the product . 3 contents 1 history 2 product 3 media 4 philanthropy 5 references history edit in 1998 bise and flynn started making nutrition bars at home using organic ingredients and recipes obtained by from swapping . 1 2 3 they launched their product by wrapping the bars in wax paper and distributing them to friends . 1 in 2006 after flynn graduated from the university of southern california with a degree in business administration 1 5 7 they expanded it into a custom bar company . 1 5 it continued to operate from their home kitchen and then borrowed commercial kitchen space from bise s synagogue . shortly after they moved into their own space an 800 square foot commercial kitchen on beverly boulevard in los angeles 1 and in 2011 expanded into their current 8 000 square foot facility in downtown los angeles . 7 youbar distributes its product internationally . 1 every bar is made to order then packaged in a custom wrapper . 1 2 3 the company s website averages 1 250 visitors dailyt and has had four million page views since 2008 . 7 in 2008 youbar sales doubled every month . 1 product edit the product offers more than forty million bar possibilities ; the customer can choose the base the add on protein powders nuts and seeds dried fruits and berries sweeteners and grains . 1 2 6 the company provides established recipes for the more popular bars and offers a satisfaction guarantee to customers unhappy with their choice of ingredients . 1 2 the firm also produces youshakes where customers in a similar manner pick the shake s ingredients and individual portion size . 8 in 2009 the firm introduced youtrailmix a similar product . . 9 in 2010 then launched youcereal a similarly personalized breakfast cereal . 10 11 media edit youbar has been featured in the new york times 1 the today show good morning america runner s world women s health and today s health and wellness . 12 philanthropy edit the firm donates 2 % of its annual profits to two charities the los angeles regional foodbank and the united states fund for unicef . 13 references edit a b c d e f g h i j k l m n napoli lisa 20 february 2008 . with these nutrition bars every order is special . new york times . retrieved 16 november 2012 . a b c d e f g youbar the custom nutrition bar company on foodcrafters . the food channel . retrieved 16 november 2012 . a b c d e f corbin lori 21 february 2008 . you bars good nutrition your own label . abc . retrieved 16 november 2012 . nonfiction review custom nation why customization is the future of business and how to profit from it . publishers weekly . 24 september 2012 . retrieved 2 december 2012 . a b c erickson jean september 2009 . youbar gets a thumbs up from the new pepsi generation . successful promotions magazine advertising specialty institute . retrieved 16 november 2012 . a b create your bar . youbar . retrieved 17 november 2012 . a b c about anthony flynn . custom nation . retrieved 16 november 2012 . about you shake . youbar . retrieved 17 november 2012 . about you trail mix . youbar . retrieved 17 november 2012 . toribio elyse 18 august 2012 . create a healthy care package for your college student . the record . retrieved 17 november 2012 . about you cereal . youbar . retrieved 17 november 2012 . news . youbar . retrieved 17 november 2012 . charities . youbar . retrieved 17 november 2012 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title youbar & oldid 743513478 categories companies established in 2006companies based in los angeles2006 establishments in californiahidden categories articles with a promotional tone from december 2013all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 00 36 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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