Applications open for Food Venture Scale Up Program (Canada)

The Scale Up Program is a 12-week program designed for food entrepreneurs wanting to grow their packaged food/beverage product.

Benefits

• 12 weekly classes, held online
• One on one professional food industry mentorship from executives, dietitians, and serial entrepreneurs in the food industry
• Receive a Food Venture Program Certificate of Completion
• Lifetime access to a private community of food / beverage entrepreneurs with resources updated regularly.
• Learn
  • Everything about adding SKUs to your product
  • How to improve your sales calls/meetings & secure new retailers
  • Get a better handle on your cashflow and financials
  • Learn how to leverage your social media platforms to increase sales and customer engagement
• Grow
  • Meet other food entrepreneurs who share the same struggles and learn from their success stories
  • Improving company culture and bringing on new staff that work in line with your goals
  • By the end of this program, you will have the knowledge to be ready for large-scale distribution!

Who can apply?

This program is hosted by Georgian College’s Henry Bernick Entrepreneurship Centre, Grey County Small Business Centre and Simcoe County Small Business Centre. As such, the program is available to individuals in Barrie, Simcoe County and Grey County, Ontario. If you’re not in any of these regions, the program may open to citizens outside of these counties after the first round of vetting. They highly suggest you still apply!

Criteria to apply

• Must be operating a food or beverage product business
• Must have at least one product SKU
• Must have approximately over 10k in annual sales
• Must be selling via a minimum of one avenue (farmer’s market, online, retail, etc).

For more information, visit Grey County.