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The following is a list of consultants specializing in the food and beverage industry:

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CORE Food and Beverage Profit Consulting

  • Company: CORE Food and Beverage Profit Consulting
  • Website: corefoodconsulting.com
  • Address: 1025 Huntington Boulevard, Belle River, Ontario N0R 1A0, Canada
  • Company Size: 1 to 10 employees
  • About the Company: Patrick McClary, president and CEO of CORE, has over 35 years in the food and beverage service industry, where he developed a deep understanding of how to analyze operations, identify opportunities, and effectively communicate with operational leaders to provide actionable solutions that achieve immediate and long-term results. CORE offers exceptional creative products and customer service programs, redefines production and service cycles, implements strategic profit chain solutions, and trains outstanding leadership teams. CORE takes a straightforward approach, combining creativity, hands-on coaching, financial acumen, and proven solutions to help achieve business visions and goals.
  • Services:
    • Coaching
    • Power Team Workshop
    • Profit Consulting
  • Contact: Patrick McClary, Food and Beverage Profit Consultant

Food and Beverage Consulting

  • Company: Food and Beverage Consulting
  • Website: foodandbeverageconsult.com
  • Location: Atlanta, Georgia
  • Company Size: 10 to 50 employees
  • About the Company: Food and Beverage Consulting is an Atlanta-based firm specializing in implementing internal process controls and systems that result in accurate, easy-to-use financial statements to help their clients drive operational performance.
  • Services:
    • Standard Process
      • Phase 1 – Systems Review
      • Phase 2 – Weekly Process Creation
      • Phase 3 – Weekly Process Implementation
      • Phase 4 – Period Financial Implementation
    • System Implementations
      • Accounting Systems
      • Inventory Systems
      • Point-of-Sale Systems
    • Other Services
      • Access Database Creation and Fixes in VBA or SQL
      • Bank Reconciliations
      • Bonus Plans
      • Budgeting
      • Business Plans with Pro Forma Financial Statements
      • Cash Flow Controls and Reporting
      • Contract CFO/Controller Services
      • Excel Spreadsheets, including Macros and VBA
      • Financial Statements and Reporting
      • Food Cost Tracking
      • Payroll Cost Tracking
      • Process Controls
      • Recruiting and Training
  • Contact: David Swanson, President and CEO

Food Business Consulting

  • Company: Food Business Consulting
  • Website: foodbusinessconsulting.com
  • Address: 3515 Ringsby Court, Denver, Colorado 80216
  • Company Size: 10 to 50 employees
  • About the Company: Food Business Consulting is a Denver, Colorado-based consulting firm with expertise and resources covering the entire food industry. With more than 25 years of successful food product development experience developing products for many of the top CPG companies, Food Business Consulting is a one-stop resource for assistance with everything from the ideation of new concepts to commercialization and ongoing support.
  • Services:
    • Acquisition Advisement
    • Branding and Marketing
    • Commercialization
    • Ideation
    • Packaging Development
    • Product Development
    • Regulatory and Quality Assurance
  • Contact: Steffen Weck, President
  • Resources:

Food Buzz Consulting

  • Company: Food Buzz Consulting
  • Website: foodbuzzconsulting.com
  • Address: The Rural Enterprise Centre, Bath and West Showground, Shepton Mallet BA4 6QN, United Kingdom
  • Company Size: 10 to 50 employees
  • About the Company: As a team of food scientists with a combined experience of 55 years in the food and drinks manufacturing industry, Food Buzz Consulting has insider knowledge of what will work for a product from a technical and quality standpoint. Due to their background in product manufacturing, they understand the risks involved in scale-up, how to troubleshoot, what to expect, and how to mitigate those risks wherever possible. Food Buzz combines a proven track record in creativity, knowledge of ingredients and suppliers, and a practical approach to provide an efficient service for launching commercially viable products.
  • Services:
    • New Product Development
    • Factory Trials to Commercial Launch
  • Contact: Sharon Harvey, Director

Food Forward Consulting

  • Company: Food Forward Consulting
  • Website: food4ward.com
  • Address: 1417 Fair Oaks Avenue, South Pasadena, California 91030
  • Company Size: 10 to 50 employees
  • About the Company: By making your vision their own, Food Forward Consulting offers a fresh perspective for concept and prototype development and an experienced eye for developing new ideas. Clients can utilize their scientific, culinary, and production expertise to extend the capability of their teams. Whether launching a line extension, refreshing a brand, or scaling a family recipe, their innovative, creative processes, and technical expertise enables them to meet every challenge in moving products to market.
  • Services:
    • Food Safety and Quality Systems
    • Labeling and Regulatory
    • Product Development
    • Scale Up and Manufacturing
  • Contact: David Foerstner, Food Product Development Expert

Food Insight Consulting

  • Company: Food Insight Consulting
  • Website: foodinsightconsulting.com.au
  • Address: Henry Street, Ryde, New South Wales 2112, Australia
  • Company Size: 10 to 50 employees
  • About the Company: With over 25 years of innovation and commercialization experience across global and local fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) businesses, Food Insight Consulting has created and optimized new product development processes, resulting in increased top-line growth and improved bottom-line performance. They can accelerate your business’s performance by right-sizing your processes to align with your growth expectations and risk appetite, speed up your process, reduce costly commercialization issues, and resolve non-aligned team goals.
  • Services:
    • Aligning Cross-Functional Teams With a Common Purpose
    • Improving Innovation and Growth Speeds
    • Developing New Products
    • Optimizing Project Management
    • Reducing Innovation Risk
  • Contact: Stuart Clark, Director and Principal Consultant
  • Resources:

Food Safety and Quality Consultants LLC

  • Company: Food Safety and Quality Consultants LLC
  • Website: fsqc.biz
  • Location: Dover, Pennsylvania
  • Company Size: 10 to 50 employees
  • About the Company: Food Safety and Quality Consultants, LLC is a professional, full-service food safety and quality consulting firm offering complete training, consulting, and auditing services to meet every business’s needs.
  • Services:
    • Auditing
    • Consulting
    • Training
  • Contact: Arlen Keller, Food Safety Consultant
  • Resources:

Food Safety First Incorporated

  • Company: Food Safety First Incorporated
  • Website: foodsafetyfirstinc.ca
  • Location: Mississauga, Ontario
  • Company Size: 10 to 50 employees
  • About the Company: Food Safety First offers food safety consulting, training, and maintenance services for food safety management systems. Since 2007, the firm has worked within a wide variety of sectors, with a consulting team consisting of a multidisciplinary group of individuals with expertise in food engineering, food science, and biochemistry and over 40 years of combined experience consulting in the food-processing field.
  • Services:
    • Consulting
    • Food Plant Design
    • Food Safety Maintenance
    • Training
  • Contact: Oliden Herrera, CEO

Food Technology Consulting

  • Company: Food Technology Consulting
  • Website: ftcinternational.com
  • Address: 19021 Mitchell Road, Pitt Meadows, British Columbia V3Y 1Y1, Canada
  • Company Size: 10 to 50 employees
  • About the Company: Food Technology Consulting is a technical consulting firm specializing in the food industry and a resource for compliance with food labels in the United States and Canada. They offer accurate and complete information to ensure correct labeling compliance with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and U.S. Department of Agriculture. They also provide the most current, relevant information on food processing, formulation, and quality assurance.
  • Services:
    • Food Label Consulting Services
    • Nutrition Facts and Nutrition Analysis
    • Organic Certification Consulting
    • Product and Process Development Services
    • Quality and Food Safety Consulting
  • Contact: Walter Dullemond, Founder
  • Resources:

Haig Barrett Incorporated

  • Company: Haig Barrett Management Incorporated
  • Website: haigbarrett.com
  • Address: 450 North Brand Boulevard, Suite 600, Glendale, California 91203
  • Company Size: 10 to 50 employees
  • About the Company: Haig Barrett Food and Beverage Consulting is a full-service company that combines distribution, expansion, and strategic business development services to promote profitability, product exposure, and sales. They also offer agency design services to help brands build, develop, and accelerate market revenue.
  • Services:
    • Business Alignment
    • Customer Data-Driven Strategy
    • Customer Experience
    • Product Launch
    • Target Marketing
  • Contact: James L. Pinzino, Vice President, Food and Beverage

Whole Brain Consulting

  • Company: Whole Brain Consulting
  • Website: whole-brain-consulting.com
  • Location: Chicago, Illinois
  • Company Size: 10 to 50 employees
  • About the Company: Whole Brain Consulting comprises a team of outsourced operations professionals who specialize in the consumer products industry. They provide solutions catering to production, with experts who have over 350 years of collective operations experience.
  • Services:
    • Contract Manufacturer Strategies
    • Food Safety and Regulatory Compliance
    • Logistics Management
    • Operations Management
    • Private Equity Due Diligence
    • Supply Chain Management
  • Contact: Brandon Hernandez, Co-Founder and Partner
  • Resources:

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