How to Start a Food Business

Whether you’re thinking about selling your famous jam or sauce, starting a food truck, or becoming any other type of food entrepreneur, understanding how to start a food business in North Carolina can be a daunting task. This course is designed for those looking to launch small scale food businesses and will cover a wide range of topics aimed at getting you started.

In this seminar, we’ll cover:

• Legal questions such as the permits you might need, commercial kitchen space, and insurance;
• For product makers, how to scale your recipe for larger production, and different selling and distribution options;
• Financial considerations such as how much does it cost to start and what are reasonable expectations for how much money your business can make;
• Key marketing strategies to make sure you have customers from day one, and how to maintain enough customers to sustain your business long term.