🌟 UPDATE: Guide to Building a Food and Beverage Business. Thank you for your feedback on the guide outline, it was super valuable next step is finalizing the guide, here's how you can help: I've already started writing the guide with a goal of releasing it within June. 🍫 CPG Founders/ Teams: I'm looking to include your story within the guide. Comment below if you'd like to share your experience and advice. 👩🍳 Service Providers: In order to make this guide free I'm looking for sponsors to support the guide and contribute your expertise. Comment below if interested or send me a message. *I'll be filtering service providers who provide value first and have a good reputation amongst emerging CPG Brands. Thanks for all your help! #CPG #Foodandbeverage *Screenshot of the in progress guide below
We have had a crazy ride!!!! 🤣 we had a really good start right before Covid but got destroyed in the late stages of the supply chain problems. Always had a great full time job as a MRI tech while we tried to grow. Family recipe. I took it to work thinking we had a potluck, wrong day, ended up giving it to one of my favorite cancer patients. She loved it and I made it for her family gatherings and poker parties until she passed away. She motivated me to start the business. ❤️ we started in a small kitchen, then switched to a copacker, had 2 distributors ordering pallets of product. 300+ stores and growing until Covid hit 😬 Super excited to re launch 🚀 (try again 🤣)
I’m always happy to share my experience
🤚🏻 Jordan Buckner if you’re in need of some accounting/inventory management content, feel free to reach out.
Happy to contribute on the ecommerce, especially Amazon piece.
🙋♀️ I'd love to help!
Could probably share some “what not to dos” on the self-manufacturing front! Along with some benefits to controlling your product as well.
If you wanted to include market validation/ consumer validatiin happy to contribute
Jordan Buckner Happy to offer expertise from a retail buyer perspective - what buyer's look for, prioritize when decision-making and what they can and cannot negotiate with a brand on. Also, I know you are focusing on food and bev, but lots of pet brand founders out there could benefit from your guide, and pet is my jam!
I would be happy to contribute.
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7moI know you already have lots of finance sponsors and contacts - but let me know if you need any additional help.