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Starting a food business comes with big dreams. But here’s something you won’t often hear: food business success might mean earning $65,000 a year while keeping your sanity intact. It means having enough in the bank to fix that mixer when it breaks and not panicking when a big client pays two weeks late. Finding…
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Ever notice how some foods just feel special? Like that raspberry jam you splurge on at the farmers’ market, even though the grocery store’s half the price. That local maker isn’t just selling jam – they’re crafting a food product experience that makes your morning feel put-together, even when you’re anything but. Let’s talk about…
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If your homemade goodies are flying off the shelves and you’re ready to level up production, congratulations! Scaling up can be exciting—and a little daunting. The biggest challenge? Making sure your recipe works just as well in large batches as it does in small ones. Here’s a straightforward guide to recipe scaling so you can…
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What’s the difference between margins and mark-ups? Which do you use, and when? Simply stated if you’re a packaged food/taxable grocery brand, you should use margin, not mark up. Why? Because that’s what stores, and distributors and brokers and wholesale buyers use. You need to be speaking their language, because when a business analyzes their…
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If it’s your goal to sell your product, in large quantities, to retailers and distributors, or if you have dreams of getting your product into the hands of more people, let’s get your product ready for wholesale. We’ve seen too many businesses enter the wholesale journey ill-prepared. Ultimately, that does more harm than good. There’s a…
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You’re ready to start your packaged food business and now you have a lot of little loose ends to tie up. Let’s talk about profit margins and pricing for profitability. It’s critical to make sure that you price your product for profitability. There are four common mistakes that packaged food business entrepreneurs make when they…
