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Thinking about starting a craft food business? Find out the steps you need to start and succeed in the craft food industry. Learn how to go from concept to reality by following these simple steps from Central Kitchen.

DASHES OF INSPIRATION

These entrepreneurs turned their big ideas into real, successful craft food businesses.
Let their stories inspire your next step.

Doozy Pots | Founder: Kirsten and Karl Sutaria

Killik Hot Sauce Co. | Founder: Michael Killik

Health Junkie | Founder: Nicole Lazar

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Fork to Farm to Facebook

Written By Melissa Harris In 2010, Colin Brown was 22 years old and had just started working at the Greenhouse Tavern. Beginning as a line cook and working his way up to sous chef and head butcher, he gained experience in (Read more)

How to Build a Sales Plan for Your Craft Food Business

Your sales plan establishes a strategy for identifying sales targets, i.e. prospective customers, retailers or even funding partners. It lays out the steps you will take to connect with them and the tactics and tools used to do so. Sales are (Read more)

Adina Watts’ Vegan Made Kids Adds a Tasty Twist to Kid-Friendly Cookbooks

Written By Miesha W. Headen Adina Watts wrote and self-published her cookbook, Vegan Made Kids: Recipes Children Will Love, in November 2020 with an eye toward building healthy, strong families. Adina and her husband, Marcillis Warren, live in Cleveland Heights with (Read more)

The Four P’s of the Retailer Pitch

Kim Heinen is the Manager of Packaged Goods at Heinen’s Grocery Store. Kim currently leads the Category Management team for the Grocery, Dairy and Frozen departments. Kim and her team are primarily responsible for product assortment, pricing and promotions within the (Read more)

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