Grand Meadows

Grand Meadows has made equine supplements in Orange, California since the mid-1980s, founded by a dressage rider and built around research-backed flagship products, including one supported by eight published trials. It sells direct to trainers and through Chewy and Amazon, with a six-person team known for bleeding company colors, profit sharing, and free Wednesday lunches.

Nick Hartog arrived in America on a 1979 road trip and never left. He joined Grand Meadows on a sweat-equity deal in the late 1990s, eventually bought out the founder, and along the way became the industry's conscience: after his testing found only 2 of 32 supplements meeting their label claims, he helped found the National Animal Supplement Council to fix it. At 67 he sold to spend his time restoring a 1915 Dutch hotel barge in Antwerp.

Nick connected with Christopher Starr on Rejigg in July 2025, and the deal moved as fast as trust allows: closed by the end of September 2025, with Nick financing the entire purchase himself. No bank, no third-party debt, just a seller confident enough in his buyer to hold the note.

Christopher Starr acquired Grand Meadows as an individual investor who moved decisively and earned the seller's confidence, closing on a fully seller-financed structure. The deal kept a loyal team and a research-driven product line intact under new ownership.