Tag: Nick Wehrle

Upside Down Bakery

Tasty, healthy treats in a microwaveable cup: Omega Power Creamer founders launch Upside Down Bakery 

By Tommy Felts / January 19, 2021

Guilty pleasure treats — like brownies, muffins and pancakes — no longer require “guilt” as an ingredient, Greg Blome said.   “Upside Down Bakery is flipping baking on its head,” said Blome, who co-founded Upside Down Bakery with Nick Wehrle. “As in, we are making traditional high-sugar, high-carb products that taste good, and taking away the…

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Nick Wehrle and Greg Blome, Omega Power Creamer

KC-frothed Omega Power Creamer wins supermarket sweep with Walmart distribution deal

By Tommy Felts / October 15, 2019

Welcome the unexpected, Greg Blome said in reflection of the pitch that landed Omega Power Creamer a supermarket sweep: a 224-store distribution deal with Walmart.  “[Walmart] reached out to us and they were interested in carrying our products — or at least in us pitching them — and we were already selling on Walmart.com ……

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Meg Tomlinson, Nick Wehrle and Greg Blome, Omega Power Creamer

Omega Power Creamer founders turn keto craze into a million-dollar idea

By Tommy Felts / February 21, 2019

If it weren’t for the failure of a St. Louis tech startup where two friends found themselves working after college, their Kansas City-headquartered company might not exist today, pondered Greg Blome. “It kind of fell through and we were looking at [our idea] … we were trying for a long time to figure out a…

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