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We’re a membership-based kitchen with a mission and commitment to racial justice that informs everything we do. Nearly 80% of our member companies are owned by women, and/or people of color.
The food business is easy to enter but incredibly complex to navigate. We pride ourselves on partnering with our members along their journey to help them gain access to the knowledge, capital, markets, connections, and distribution needed to thrive.
We offer wrap-around business and technical support to members at every stage of growth.
Coaching & Mentoring: We offer mentoring, one-on-one advisory support, and a comprehensive online resource library.
Peer Support: Our community of food businesses provides crucial peer support. We also host monthly Town Hall meetings with all members and manage a local food business list with over 250 active members.
Workshops and Training:
Start a Food Biz: A 2-hour food business basics class for aspiring entrepreneurs.
Ready to Launch: An 8-week class that coaches aspiring entrepreneurs through the start-up and permitting process.
We broker connections to powerful industry networks to help members access new channels and secure sales.
We connect food trucks and caterers to office managers and event planners for catering jobs and vending spots and offer them an opportunity to run their own takeout restaurant in dedicated retail spots.
For bakers and product companies, we forge connections with distributors, specialty food retailers, large catering companies, grocery chains, and food service buyers. We also host our own buyer’s show and provide support for companies attending the Fancy Food Show and other trade events.
We forge strategic partnerships with anchor institutions, food service management companies, grocers, event planners, and distributors to drive sales and help our companies scale.
We connect businesses to grants, angel investors, and crowd-funding, coaching businesses on ways to negotiate better payment terms, and advocating with lenders in their underwriting process.
Plus access to:
For more advanced product companies, we offer the opportunity to outsource production to our trained kitchen crew so business owners can focus on sales and business growth. We take care of the whole process—sourcing, inventory management, food safety, quality control, and production.
