Weekly Update July 5th

Tools to Start Q3 Off with a Bang

July 05, 2021

Hey ,

Happy 4th of July! You know what that means? It's the start of the 3rd Quarter... how are your growth goals holding up? Whether you're on track or a little behind schedule, I have some great new partners and tools to help start Q3 off with a bang.

Jordan

UPCOMING WEBINAR

Wednesday, July 14th at 11am CT | FREESelling in grocery stories is different in every single region, and Chicago and the Midwest have particular nuances that every CPG brand should know. Join me as Tina Adolfsson and I talk with industry legend, Don Fitzgerald on the launch of Dom's Market and Kitchen, Chicago's new innovative food hub. Don was previously the Group VP of Merchandising and Marketing for Mariano's, another pioneering midwest grocer which was acquired by Kroger.

YOU'LL LEARN

  • How Dom's Kitchen and Market is adapting to the changing grocery landscape

  • How to succeed in grocery in the midwest

  • What merchandising strategies work for CPG brands

  • How to stand out from the shelf

  • What are the hottest product categories

WIN FREE BROKER SERVICE

Amazing Brands is looking for the next new emerging brand to launch into the National Spotlight through their boutique broker services. 

The team has close connections with ALDI, Albertsons, Costco, Giant Eagle, Harris Teeter, Hy-Vee, iHerb, Korger, Lidl, Publix, Sprouts, The Fresh Market, Trader Joe’s, Wegmans and Whole Foods Market.

One brand will be selected to win 1 year of retainer-free sales brokerage services. 

CREATE CUSTOM E-COMMERCE SUBSCRIPTIONS - Get $50 In Sales

Trying to launch and scale a subscription offering on your products is a lot of work! Software can be tricky, customers want changes, and it’s difficult to find the right tools that can be tailored for your business.For anyone selling on WooCommerce, the Autoship Cloud plugin powered by the QPilot API makes subscriptions not only easy, but scalable. With the absolute best subscription portal, your customers can manage any and every aspect of their upcoming order, without affecting your operations.You can see how that works here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncPrmTAI3pIWe want to show the FoodBevy community that we care about growing your business. For anyone currently selling on WooCommerce that is trying to grow subscriptions, if you schedule a demo with us we’ll buy $50 of your product. And if you sign up for the software, we’ll give you an additional month free.Demo link: https://meetings.hubspot.com/mattqpilot/foodbevy-linkPlugin: https://autoship.cloud

HOW TO SHOOT PROFESSIONAL FOOD CONTENT VIDEO

I'm so excited about this partnership with Mitchel, who's an expert videographer. I get questions from founders all the time about how to create professional video content. Mitchel put together a 3-part educational series walking you through exactly how to create high-quality video on your own.

It'll cover:

  1. How to shoot professional food content without spending money on an agency

  2. The Video Content Marketing Blueprint Anyone Can Do

  3. Video Conversion and Video Ad Tips

COPYWRITING FOR F&B E-COMMERCE BRANDS

Chrissy Mize (aka Raw Honey Copy) is jazzed to be a part of the Foodbevy community. She's a copywriter for food & beverage brands and loves bringing personality to all kinds of copy.

Her sweet spot? Writing email sequences that get your readers to fall in love with your brand and products and buy buy buy!

She's looking forward to connecting with Foodbevy members, and is running a special on her Welcome Email 1-on-1 co-writing sessions. Save $50 today.

Spend an hour with Chrissy and craft your welcome email to your list. Your email is one of the best ways to grow your loyal customer base, so that first one needs to shine! Chrissy is here to help you get it right...

WEBINAR RECORDINGS

RECORDING

Chicago and the Midwest are a stronghold for the Natural Products Industry, but it's evolved over the past few years. Chicago has expanded from hometown Big CPG companies like MARS Wrigley and Tyson to RxBar and Simple Mills.

Join us for a conversation with three founders to learn how Chicago and the Midwest have evolved as a natural products hub, who are the best retailers and distributors, and how to be successful in selling into this market.

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:

  • Which retailers are the best performing for the Natural Products

  • Consumer behavior in the midwest

  • What categories are trending

  • Which cities perform best for natural products

PANELISTS:

  • Tina Adolfsson - Survey.com

  • Joel Warady - Catalina Crunch - Past GM of Enjoy Life Foods

  • Perteet Spencer - Ayo Foods

  • Emily Griffith - Lil Bucks

DEDICATED CO-PACKER SEARCH

Need helping finding a co-packer that fits all your needs? David Boyle at Sherpa CPG is your go-to guy to make the process quick and easy. He has tons of experience matching brands with great manufacturing partners so you can save yourself time and headache.

E-mail David at [email protected] and mention Foodbevy to get 10% off. That's $250!

DISCOUNTS

- Riser Design 

is an awesome branding and packaging design company that works mainly with food and beverage companies.

- Stripe 

is now providing $20,000 in fee-free processing for new and EXISTING customers.

The Accountrepreneur 

is your go-to outsourced CPA and CFO firm for the food and beverage industry. Receive

- Showcase 

allows you to conduct curated product testing with consumers at home. Send your products to their curated community who loves discovering new brands to collect valuable feedback.

- RangeMe

is used by hundreds of retailers to source products. If you use RangeMe,

- The Creative Exchange 

is a social media agency designed for CPG. If you need help on social, they are offering all Foodbevy members a

- WeStock 

allows you to identify where your tribe would like to purchase your products in retail. 

- Airtable

 can store information in a spreadsheet that's visually appealing and easy-to-use, but it's also powerful enough to act as a database that businesses can use for customer-relationship management (CRM), task management, project planning, and tracking inventory. 

- Hubspot 

is an inbound marketing and sales software that helps companies attract visitors, convert leads, and close customers.

With your help we're building an amazing community of Food and Bev entrepreneurs helping each other!

The Foodbevy Team

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