Turn your passion for food and beverage into an innovative, sustainable, and profitable food or beverage business that supports the life you want.
Launching a food business can be complex and challenging. Chances are you are an ambitious foodie or wellness enthusiast, who has a great idea for a product, but you find yourself stuck. You are questioning how to get started, how to scale, and whether your product will even be successful in the market. You are overworked and overwhelmed, and don’t have a team of scientists and engineers like the big corporate food giants.
That’s where I come in. I’m a food scientist and food & beverage business consultant. I apply my food industry experience to provide early-stage entrepreneurs with the expertise and guidance to start, grow, and succeed in their food or beverage business.
What is Food Business Consulting?
Beginning with a free initial consultation, I will work with you to understand your product vision, pain points, and opportunities. Whether you are just starting or looking for ways to grow your business, I provide 1:1 personalized consulting services to tackle the ins-and-outs of the food industry, so you don’t miss a beat in developing & launching a successful product. We will devise programs and necessary processes in order for for your business to stand out and survive in a complex and competitive food industry. Together, we’ll tackle product concept, marketability, regulations, consumer validation, quality, and much more to pave the road for your successful food business.
Why Food Business Consulting?
Scaling up a great-tasting recipe from its kitchen conception to production environment can pose many hurdles. Enter in a food and beverage industry that is highly regulated, complex, and competitive. These facts of launching a food or beverage business can ultimately pose obstacles to the vision and quality of your product—and quite honestly take the fun out of your business and slow you down considerably. Having decisive strategies, know-how, and reliable ingredient & business partners can save you from costly mistakes, and take away the uncertainty in doing it all yourself. My expertise and industry knowledge will save you countless hours researching and playing a guessing game of what you need to launch, grow, and maintain a successful food business.
Expert Knowledge
I apply my Food Science and food industry experience, working with some of the nation’s largest brands, to provide personalized consulting services, training programs, and action plans for early-stage food entrepreneurs. I bring in my scientific expertise, retail & manufacturing experience, and creative culinary viewpoints to not only walk you through all the necessary regulations and processes to build and solidify your product, but to make it shine & stand out from the competition. You’ll learn exactly how to develop & scale your dream food or beverage product for long-lasting success, quality, and consumer trust. Working together, you won’t need to face your business alone. You’ll have a clear step-by-step plan for exactly what you need to do do bring your food business vision to life, and grow your brand to be impactful, profitable, and (of course) delicious.
Hi! I’m Allie
I was like you. A creative entrepreneur and foodie wondering how to turn her passion into a business. After years of working for large food companies, I was stuck, constantly feeling pulled to do something smaller and more personal. Community and local culture have always been the biggest draws to food for me. That’s when I decided to share my food science education and industry knowledge to help grow small entrepreneurial focused brands. My mission is to support and grow the local creative foodie community by providing a road map for success to ambitious food business entrepreneurs like you.