Mantry

Mantry is an American craft food subscription crate and gift box company founded in 2012. It positions itself as "The Modern Man's Pantry," curating full-size craft food products from small, independent American makers and delivering them in a handmade wooden crate. Rather than sample sizes, each crate contains six full bottles, bags, or jars — the kind of size that lasts weeks on a counter — along with product stories and recipes. The brand's core offering is a bi-monthly subscription or one-time gift crate. Each shipment features six different American food makers, spanning categories such as hot sauce, jerky, barbecue sauce, brittle, maple syrup, and single-origin chocolate. Past crates have included brands such as Yellowbird Hot Sauce, Bourbon Smoked Pepper, Maui Nui Venison, Pork King Good, Secret Aardvark, and Ground Up Nut Butter. Mantry emphasizes discoverability, giving recipients access to small-batch makers that typically do not appear in grocery stores. Mantry has built a significant corporate gifting business alongside its consumer subscriptions. The wooden crate itself is marketed as the gift — handmade American wood branded with the Mantry mark, or custom-branded with a company logo at scale — designed to remain on a desk, bar, or kitchen shelf long after the food is gone. The brand targets clients, executives, top performers, board members, and key partners. According to its website, Mantry has operated for more than a decade, curating over 12,000 products across 12 to 14 years of operation. The brand has been featured in media outlets including Inc., GQ, Forbes, USA Today, Bon Appétit, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, and by personalities such as Lauren Conrad. It offers free shipping on its crates and a bi-monthly subscription model with no commitment.

Mantry was founded in 2012 as an American craft food subscription crate and gift box company. From its early years, the brand differentiated itself by focusing on full-size products from small, independent American food makers rather than sample-size items, and by packaging each shipment in a handmade wooden crate. The company built its model around a bi-monthly subscription and one-time gift crates. Each crate contains six full-size products from six different makers, accompanied by product stories and recipes. Over time, Mantry curated a wide range of small-batch brands across categories including hot sauce, jerky, barbecue sauce, brittle, maple syrup, and chocolate. According to its website, the company has operated for more than a decade and has tasted over 12,000 products. Mantry expanded into corporate gifting, marketing its wooden crates as premium gifts for clients, executives, and teams. The crate itself — handmade American wood branded with the Mantry mark or custom-branded with a company logo at scale — became a central selling point, designed to remain useful long after the food is consumed. The brand has been featured in media outlets including Inc., GQ, Forbes, USA Today, Bon Appétit, and Esquire, as well as by personalities such as Lauren Conrad and Good Housekeeping.

• 2012

  Mantry founded as an American craft food subscription crate and gift box company.

• Expanded into corporate gifting with premium wooden crates for clients, executives, and teams.

The Modern Man's Pantry — full-size craft food from small American makers, delivered in a handmade wooden crate.

• Bi-monthly subscription crate

  Six full-size craft food products from six different American makers, delivered every two months in a handmade wooden crate.

• One-time gift crate

  A single wooden crate gift with six full-size products, free shipping, and a gift note.

• Corporate gift crates

  Premium gift crates for businesses, with optional custom branding on the wooden crate at scale.

1. 1Mantry | The #1 Men's Food Subscription Box & Gift Crates - Mantry Inc.mantry.com
2. 2Corporate Gifting | Premium Gift Crates for Business | Mantry - Mantry Inc.mantry.com
3. 3Mantry - Wikidatawikidata.org