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Think of us a gym membership for your food business.  You pay  a monthly membership fee and rent the kitchen as you needed. 

CommonWealth Kitchen provides state of the art equipment, knowledgeable staff (who can help you test your recipies, train you on the equipment, get your health permits, and adivise you as your business grows), professional cleaning services,  workspaces and wifi. 

Most importantly, we provide business and techncal support plus the connections you need to succeed.

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Incubation Stage

$150/month membership fee

  • WHO: Companies that are getting ready to hit the market and are not yet permitted.

    HOW LONG: Up to 6 months
  • One-on-one assistance to obtain your permits
  • Assistance from a team of culinary experts developing your recipes
  • Access to classes and workshops
  • Community of food entrepreneurs and peer learning opportunities, online forum
  • Access to Ready to Launch Program for new food business
  • Use of shared conference rooms, wifi, high-speed printer, copier, and scanner
  • Access to Member Resource Library
  • Free onsite parking
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Start-up Stage

$300/month membership fee, includes 50 hours of kitchen time, $35/hr. for additional hours

  • WHO: Permitted companies that are learning the kitchen, developing their product, and building initial sales channels.

    HOW LONG: Up to 3 months
  • Everything in Incubation Stage PLUS
  • One-on-one coaching on equipment, scaling up recipes, testing markets, and building a customer base
  • Technical assistance with product development
  • Monthly cohort meetings to discuss challenges and lessons learned
  • Shipping & receiving and janitorial services
  • 24/7 access to storage
  • Membership in professional organizations
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Growth Stage

$50/month membership fee, tiered pricing for kitchen rental

  • FOR: Companies that are growing, expanding their sales, and scaling their business by producing more efficiently.

    HOW LONG: 10-36 months
  • There is 5 hour monthly minimum:
    5-15 hours: $35/hour
    16-35 hours: $30/hour
    Over 35 hours: $25/hour
  • Everything in Start-up Stage PLUS
  • Access to sales opportunities and ability to participate in events such a our annual food show,
  • One-on-one assistance focused on: sell-sheet development, recipe development, financial model development
  • Opportunity to have your product manufactured at our in-house comanufacturer.
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Additional fees

Dry
Storage

Cage: $65/month
Pallet: lower $70/month, upper $60/month

Refrigerated Storage

Cage: $97.50/month
Pallet: lower $102.50/month, upper $92.50/month

Frozen
Storage

Cage: $113.75/month
Pallet: lower $117.75/month, upper $108.75/month

Food
Trucks

Parking: $100/month
Electric: $50/month
Cleaning & Inspection: $60/month

We cover the hidden costs of running a commercial kitchen

 
  • Equipment and repairs
  • Insurance
  • Pest control
  • Garbage/Recycling/Composting 
  • Janitorial services including a daily deep clean
  • Utilities
  • Basic equipment: sanitizer and soap, appropriate soap/sanitizer buckets, spray bottles, hairnets, disposable towels, green scrubbies, trash/recycling/compost services, cutting boards, some large pots and pan
196 Quincy Street Dorchester, MA 02121 info@commonwealthkitchen.org
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