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Food Product Business

Name

Company

How would you describe your current phase of your business? Sales are annually

Concept - exploring an idea

Early Stage Start-up - $15000

Growth Stage Start-up - $16000 - $50000

Established - $51000 - $150000

Established - over $150000

What Sales Channels do you participate in or think you would like to. (check all that apply to you currently)

Farmers Markets

E-Commerce

Direct to Consumer in another way

Small Wholesale (less than 10 local independent stores/restaurants)

Medium Wholesale (11-20 stores that may include larger chain stores)

Larger Wholesale (over 20 stores/restaurants with a regional or national presence)

You have a local or national distributor

What are your goals for your meetings at the SBDC? (Check all that apply)

Explore my idea

Understand the regulations licenses and requirements to operate my business legally

Know how much it will cost me to start or grow my business

Know if I am charging enough and if my business is financially profitable

Know how much it will cost me to start or grow my business

Review my marketing sales and customer engagement (website social media)

Understand the food industry and other sales channel opportunities

Other

If other, please explain:

What kind of accounting tools are you using to track sales and inventory?

Spreadsheets

Paper

QuickBooks or other online accounting tool

None

Not Applicable (just an idea)

I understand I need to bring in the following to my first appointment, if I have them. Please check any that apply

At least one product recipe with amounts and costs that I am currently purchasing the ingredients

Samples of my product and labels

Not Applicable (just an idea)

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