Family Run Since 1986

From our ohana to yours

We’re a small business, founded by a single mom, expanded to include a beloved stepdad, and now run by their daughter and son-in-law. Our granola’s history is our family history.

Our Story

My mom, Becky, started making granola in the Anahola Valley in 1986 to nourish her friends with something fresh, delicious, and just-sweet-enough. When she started selling her granola out of ziploc bags at farmer’s markets around Kauai, I was just two years old, making deliveries strapped into my car seat alongside her. Our goal is to continue Becky’s dream, baking her original recipes by hand exactly as they always have been, packed with aloha you can taste. Mahalo for being part of our ohana.

Mahalo,
Malia & Bill

How We Got Here

1969

One Way Ticket

Becky buys a one way ticket to Honolulu and works as a fruit trimmer on the graveyard shift for the Dole Pineapple Company over the summer.

1984

Becoming a Mom

Becky’s daughter, Malia, is born at Wilcox Hospital. They live in a one room house along the Anahola River in the shadow of the Kalalea mountain range.

1986

Anahola Granola is Born

As a single mom, Becky cares about eating natural, healthy foods. She starts baking her own granola to serve to friends who stop by. They can’t get enough of its light, crunchy sweetness and encourage her to sell it. Our first sales were at the Kilauea Farmer’s Market.

1986

Our First Kitchen

Our first certified kitchen is in Wailua part of a program for people with disabilities called Rehabilitation Unlimited Kauai, where residents become her dedicated employees, creating labels, baking granola, washing dishes, and packing bags.

1989

Deco Gecko

Becky opens the Deco Gecko, a cafe and bakery in central Kapaʻa (home to Java Kai today), pulling the island's very first espresso shots in the front of the house and baking granola in the kitchen. Next door was the original Bubba’s Burgers (now Mermaid’s).

1992

Beyond Kauai

Hurricane Iniki devastates Kauai and shutters businesses. Becky dons her first business suit, packs her briefcase with samples, and flies to meet with executive chefs from hotels on Maui, the Big Island, and Oahu who are enthusiastic about her granola. As the island recovers, we move to a small certified kitchen in the All Saint’s Church in Kapaʻa, in the back of a large gym used for hula and other dance classes.

2003

The Money Man

Becky marries Stewart at her parent’s home on Orcas Island, becoming Malia’s stepdad and bringing his background in banking to Anahola Granola.

2006

Moving to Hanapepe

We expand to a historic building in Hanapepe Town on the west side of Kauai, built by Mr. Shimonishi in the mid 1930’s with bricks he made by hand. We rent half the space out to Farsyde Tattoo.

2010

Becky posing next to a pallet of Anahola Granola bags.

Available in Costco

We begin shipping to Costco stores on Kauai, Oahu, Maui, and the Big Island. The full product line is now sold in retail stores throughout the islands.

2015

Expanding Our Team

We hire our first COO, Carmen, and bakery manager, Jojo, who remain the backbone of Anahola’s operations today. We’re so grateful for our team, many of whom have been with us for years.

2020

Becky, Stewart, and their two grandsons on a beach in Hawaii.

The Next Generation

Malia and Bill buy Anahola Granola to keep running it just like Becky did. Their sons crave Anahola Granola Bars in their lunchbox each day. Becky might be retired, but continues to be the heart of Anahola Granola.