The Mini Hippo Story
The Mini Hippo Story
We hand-select high quality lunch products so you can feel relieved your kids are enjoying healthy food (well, occasionally).
Founder, product tester, fellow time-poor parent
Meet Megan Mallen
As parents ourselves, we believe your family’s lunch products should be simple, fun and durable.
Simple for you to create each morning.
Fun (and delicious) for your kids to eat.
And durable so they can survive the wildest playground adventures.
These are products sourced by parents, for parents.
The Mini Hippo journey
Founded in Melbourne in 2009, Mini Hippo wasn’t born from a grand plan or big idea. Instead, Megan (now a mum of three) was shopping around for high quality products for her first born, but she quickly realised some of the best brands weren’t available in Australia.
With that, Mini Hippo was born — a brand created by parents, for parents. Soon after launching, Megan became the first business to bring leak-proof, bento-style lunch boxes to Australia and New Zealand. From there our range has grown.
Fast forward to today, our family-run business is at the forefront of lunch products. We’re scour the world to discover new brands, then bring them to Australia and New Zealand. Better yet, we personally test each product on our family before we recommend them to yours.
Our impact
As a business that supplies lunch products from around the world — and relies on transportation to do so — we recognise we have an impact on our planet. As all products do.
But as parents with young kids, we’re committed to evolving, learning and improving — just like you.
Knowing that, here are a few of the small ways we’re making a difference.
- We hand-select durable products so they can last for years, across multiple kids.
- We encourage replacement parts like latches, lids, liners and straps, so you can repair rather than replace.
- We donate a share of our stock to local charities every year, supporting families and kids who need it most.