Thrive Protein, Collingwood, ON (2025)

12/25/2025

Wishing you and yours a very Merry Christmas 🎁🎄 from all of us at Thrive Protein.

Have an amazing day and happy holidays!

Joe, Gillian, Grace and Alice

12/21/2025

Our local Foodland stores are your one stop shop for our whole product line!

Big thanks to Stayner Foodland for inviting us to share our products with the locals during Santa's visit and toy drive yesterday.

We had lots of great chats with families and people who are getting a head start on their nutrition goals for the new year, and who were looking for some last minute gifts 🎁.

Our retail partners make it simple for you to see the product in person right on the shelves, plus you are supporting local when you're shopping at Foodland stores, as the owners are locals themselves!

We are currently in four regional stores:

Stayner Foodland
Thornbury Foodland
Wasaga Beach Foodland
Penetanguishene Foodland

We have over 25 retail partners across Canada - contact us for the one closest to you!

There's still time to grab the perfect gift before Christmas so get out there!

12/11/2025

At Thrive, we’re avid supplement consumers ourselves, and we take market research seriously. With each new product we release, we share that research through our comparison blogs to give our customers insights into the product's design.

Every comparison article reflects the same process we use when formulating our products: identifying what athletes actually need, analysing the market, and applying Joe’s sport science background to develop evidence-based formulations.

Our goal is to help you make informed decisions by making our design process transparent, and to create products that genuinely stand out.

To see all of our comparison blogs, please visit our website and select "Blog" from the drop down menu, linked in bio.

12/02/2025

We've been sampling out the Endurafuel and new Hydrate flavour 🍓🍋 with some incredible reviews!

People are loving the smooth, clean, not too sweet taste of the Endurafuel, with many saying that it's been the perfect addition to their endurance sport training because it's extremely palatable, not sticky, not overwhelming in flavour, and refreshing during exercise.

And others are thrilled that we've expanded the Hydrate lineup with Strawberry Lemonade flavour - it's always nice to have options, and this was a no-brainer when we decided on a second flavour.

Both products have no artificial ingredients, flavours or colours, making them clean and suitable for the active individual who is focused on their health and nutrition.

They're scientifically formulated specifically for sweat loss, endurance sport, energy and athletic performance.

Today is the last day of our Black Friday sale, so don't wait to get your hands on them!

11/28/2025

We'd like to extend a warm welcome to Michael Tessarotto , who is our latest sponsored athlete on the team, and our first boxer to partner with us!

"I grew up playing sports all my life. Hockey, baseball, basketball and plenty more. But after high school I stopped and ended up in a pretty bad place mentally and physically. Out of pure curiosity I wanted to try out boxing to help me get in shape and I haven’t looked back since.
I’ve been boxing for over three years now out of a gym called 1 more round in Vaughan, ON. I recently began competing as an amateur boxer. Out of my three fights so far I have won them all, and two by KO. I’m working extremely hard year round and currently preparing for a big tournament in my area called The Brampton Cup. My main focus is qualifying for the 2028 Olympics. It’s gonna be a tough challenge and I’m excited to face it.

Outside the ring I’d say I’m a pretty chill guy. I love hanging out with all the people closest to me and my dog of course. Also I’m a big mental health advocate . If anyone reading this needs someone to talk to send me a message and I’ll be happy to talk!

I am so happy and excited to be a part of the Thrive team! Everyone here is a hard worker and likes to get things done. Nutrition is so important as a boxer especially when trying to make weight, so finding Thrive and all their different supplements was the perfect match! Can’t wait to be repping Thrive in the ring and watching the Thrive team grow!"

We are passionate about supporting athletes in all disciplines, and truly believe in the importance of proper nutrition in sport, which is why we continue to bring on new team members who stand behind our products with us, and who continue to train hard in their sport to be the best they can be.

Welcome, Michael!

11/25/2025

When we say family owned, family run - we mean it!

Ever since becoming a big sister earlier this year, Grace has learned how she can help around the house - fetching bottles, diapers, and toys for her baby sister Alice.

But recently, she started getting more interested in all the boxes 📦 and when we explained that we work for our business, she said "I'm working the business too!".

So keep your eyes peeled for our small team member making a delivery near you 👧🏼

11/21/2025

🚨New Product Alert🚨

EnduraFuel is here!

Our product line has continued to grow, based on the products we use ourselves as recreational athletes.

The latest launch brings a twist on our electrolyte drink - with added carbs to fuel your performance!

🍋 30 grams of carbs per scoop
🍋 Easily scalable for your fueling rate
🍋 2:1 glucose-fructose ratio
🍋 All 4 essential electrolytes
🍋 400 mg sodium
🍋 150 mg potassium
🍋 25 mg calcium
🍋 25 mg magnesium
🍋 Mild lemonade flavour for easy consumption
🍋 Clean ingredients

We have used other carb drinks on the market to fuel sport such as long runs over an hour in duration, grueling squash matches, long cross training sessions on the bike, and have even used carbs as an intra-workout drink during heavy lifting attempts in the gym.

Now we finally have one to call our own, one that we developed ourselves based on science!

Equally as exciting, today also marks the launch of our second flavour of Hydrate electrolytes -
Strawberry Lemonade 🍓🍋 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

With all the same benefits of the ever-popular Blue Raspberry flavour, this is going to add some variety to your supplement repertoire!

Who's excited ?!!!

11/18/2025

Big news for us! 🎉

We have been operating our business out of our home since we first launched in 2023. It seemed completely manageable at the time, as we only had two products.

Since then, we have seen rapid growth, loads of support, and have expanded our product line to 20 SKUs in just two years!

Every time we added a new product, this required us to find more space in our home to store stock. We do have a large warehouse where we keep most of our inventory, but for day-to-day operations, it was essential that we had a large amount of product available to ship.

This resulted in our home being about 75% business! With two young children, it was simply too much!

We are so thrilled to announce that we have found a commercial space where we are going to be doing fulfillments from moving forward 🙂.

Gillian and her brother James will continue to fulfill orders from the new fulfillment centre. Local deliveries still remain the same, and we will continue to provide excellent service to our local retailers with deliveries in a timely manner.

Online orders will continue to ship daily, with our same-day shipping cutoff time remaining at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time.

This is a huge step in the right direction for us, and really speaks to our growth and development as one of Canada's leading supplement companies.

We are thrilled to be launching two new SKUs into our product line this week, and we are also excited to be continuing to expand into more stores.

Thanks to everyone who has supported us from our small beginnings - we are so excited for what the future holds!

11/16/2025

New retail spot unlocked!

We have slowly been expanding into Foodland stores in Ontario, beginning with those closest to home!

The latest addition is Stayner Foodland - newly built and operated by local family man Kyle Krueger, it's a terrific addition to the growing community of Stayner, ON.

Our entire product line is there - you have the opportunity to browse it in person before you buy! 🔥

We appreciate all the Foodland stores that have brought us on board in our region - shoutouts to local owners:

🌟Kyle in Stayner
🌟Sean in Thornbury
🌟Sim in Wasaga Beach
🌟Chris in Penetanguishene

We continue to personally approach Foodland stores across the province to expand into one near you!

11/12/2025

We don't always post about our own athletic pursuits and achievements, but a huge part of why we started our business was because we are recreational athletes ourselves.

It has been a successful year for our own Joe Clark, who plays squash as his sport of choice. Joe kicked off 2025 with a win in the B-division (the top division of the tournament) at the Richmond Hill Squash Club's Doug Allen Tournament, only 5 weeks after our second child Alice was born earlier this year.

Joe plays squash 4-5 days per week, in addition to cross-training for cardiovascular fitness through running, and weight training for strength and power, and finally sport specific agility and ghosting drills. It takes a serious level of dedication to be good at this sport, as it is highly technical and physically demanding.

He recently played in the HRC Open in Orangeville last month, and secured his second win of 2025 in the B-division singles.

Joe is gearing up for his last tournament of 2025, where he will play at the Black Knight White Oaks Cup in Niagara-on-the-lake at the end of November.

Let's go, Joe !!

11/09/2025

How it started:
Two recreational athletes with an entrepreneurial mindset and a personal need for high quality fitness supplements.

We started our business when we became frustrated with the Canadian fitness supplement market - it seemed like most products we tried had their issues in some way!

Problems we identified:
😰Not enough protein/ poor macro split
😰Lacking amino acid profile
😰Too many fillers
😰Artificial ingredients
😰Bad taste
😰Shrinkflation/low value and high cost
😰Poor formulation
😰Companies using fancy words to market low quality products
😰Faceless corporations

The list goes on!!

We solved the problems in the market, creating a business and a brand with these solutions for people just like us:

Solutions we implemented:
💪🏼High protein content and optimal macro split
💪🏼Excellent amino acid profile
💪🏼No fillers
💪🏼No artificial ingredients
💪🏼Great taste
💪🏼More product for less money
💪🏼Scientific formulation
💪🏼Transparency and backing up claims with science
💪🏼Family-owned company with us handling everything to do with the operation of our business

It's hard to believe we only started with two SKUs : plant based vanilla and plant based chocolate proteins.

We have 18 SKUs now, launching our 19th in about 1.5 weeks (HELLO EnduraFuel!!) and have three more in development.

We are so thankful to have connected with people who saw the same issues we did with other brands on the market, and who gave us a chance. Your loyalty and support means the world to us!

11/04/2025

The Thrive athlete team is growing again! We want to extend a warm welcome to Soleil!

Soleil is a ball hockey player - for those who don’t know, ball hockey is played either outside in the hot sun, or in boiling hot arenas (no air conditioning).

"My nutrition has become a huge factor in my life. I have to prepare myself for these conditions months before the actual event. Some ways to prepare other than working out and playing, include sitting in a sauna, taking hot and ice baths, drinking a ton of water with electrolytes, and making protein shakes with creatine.”

Here is how Soleil came to play ball hockey: 🏑

"I grew up in London, Ontario and started skating at the age of three when my parents put me in figure skating. Very quickly I realized I didn’t like it, so when my parents put my siblings in hockey they switched me over as well. When I was about 8 years old I decided I wanted to be a goalie. Being a goalie took me to a lot of different places. My grade 11 year I ended up playing hockey two hours north for a U-18 AA team.

The year after I moved down to San Jose, California to play U19 AAA with the San Jose Jr. Sharks. It took me to a bunch of new places like Alaska, Vancouver, Wisconsin, etc. This helped me get the opportunity to play college hockey in the states for 5 years. My final year of college hockey I got nominated for NCAA Woman of the year from both my school and conference, awarded for goalie of the year for the conference, and female athlete of the year for my school.

While I may be done playing ice hockey competitively, I found a new love in Ball Hockey. I’ve played in many leagues in my hometown and had the opportunity to play on both Team Great Britain and most recently with Team North America. Aside from that, I have played in World Championships in places like Czechia, Dominican Republic, USA, etc."

We are thrilled to continue diversifying our team of athletes with people from all different sports disciplines! Welcome, Soleil!

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