Rick Kellow and his wife, Beth, realized the boys weren’t making a mess because they were careless. They were making a mess because they only had two hands.

One was holding a paper plate piled with chips, salsa, a double-decker sandwich, a brownie and a pickle that’s clearly plotting its escape. The other was holding a drink.

That left exactly zero hands for maneuvering video game controllers, grabbing a slice of pizza, high-fiving their friends, or catching any item off the plate who was preparing to take a swan dive. 

That’s when it hit them. The problem wasn’t the people. It was the plate.

So Rick grabbed a pencil. One sketch became another. Then another. Those sketches became prototypes. The prototypes became patents. And those patents became GreatPlate – a family-owned, American-made company dedicated to helping people carry more, spill less and leave the juggle struggle behind.

Because paper plates have folded under pressure far too long.

From national television to retail shelves, GreatPlate has been helping people carry more, spill less and leave the juggle struggle behind for years.