Foodpreneur Advantage
Are you ready to turn your passion for food into a thriving business?
Foodpreneur Advantage is your one-stop resource for growing your food and beverage manufacturing company. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to scale, we provide the tools, expert insights and support network you need to succeed!
upcoming seminarsTools, expert insights and support network you need to succeed!
Access to 7 industry led expert seminars for starting a food or beverage manufacturing business.
Start-Up Program:
Expert-led training!
Hamilton entrepreneurs looking to start a scalable food-based or beverage manufacturing venture that produce consumer packaged goods (CPG) can now take part in a seminar series aimed at making their entrance into the industry as smooth as possible. Foodpreneur Advantage, a regional collaboration of Small Business Enterprise Centres, is offering a wealth of food industry knowledge through free online seminars being offered through the Hamilton Small Business Centre.
The program gives participants access to industry experts with detailed guides to starting a food business, marketing and branding their products, along with more in-depth aspects of the industry such as costing and pricing, packaging and labelling requirements, and navigating the world of regulatory compliance.
Register for a upcoming start-up seminar today!
Start-Up Program Seminars:
Barcodes and Beyond: What You Need to be Market-Ready
Learn how barcodes can get you market-ready for retail, online sales, and supply chain success.
Starting a Food Business & Regulatory Compliance
This session is for you if you are in the early stages of development and are looking to gain knowledge in the food and beverage industry.
How to Sell Your Food Product
This session is for you if you want to learn how to sell your food product at markets, online, or to retailers.
Costing & Pricing to Make Profits
This session is for you if you want to know how to price your food or beverage product appropriately.
Marketing & Branding your Food Product
This session is for you if you have a food or beverage product that needs the perfect brand to suit the right market.
Food Safety Fundamentals for Startups
This session is for you if you are starting a food business and want to make sure you are producing safe products right from the start.
Labelling & Packaging your Food Product
This session is for you if you have a food or beverage product that needs an accurate and compliant label.
Scale-Up Program:
10-week training, mentoring and coaching program.
For food production and distribution businesses already in market, the Foodpreneur Scale-Up Program is available. This is a 10-week training, mentoring and coaching program designed for businesses that have already shown high growth potential. Successful applicants to this program may also be eligible to receive up to $5,000 as part of the training and grant program as well as additional mentorship.
Training, mentorship, and coaching topics includes: Food Packaging and Labelling, Price and Costing, Traceability and recall plans, Working with wholesale distributors, Visual merchandising and in-store marketing, HR guidance on hiring, employee relations, training, and terminating, and Health and Safety regulations for growing businesses.
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