Restaurant to Retail

This program aims to equip food service entrepreneurs seeking to transform recipes into retail-ready products with the essential skills and knowledge. The goal is to guide them in navigating the process of getting their creations onto store shelves while ensuring compliance with all regulatory requirements established by local and national governing bodies.

Program + Learnings

Develop the skills and knowledge of how to turn your restaurant services to scale for large-scale production, and/or retail sale

Increase understanding of principles of food safety and safe food production techniques

Explore opportunities for and application of sustainable food business practices

Understand the basics of the psychology of food branding, purchasing behavior, and best practices for building a food-specific marketing strategy

Learn the methods behind scaling a restaurant or food service business with efficient, and proven business practices

Understand and apply principles of food packaging and nutrition labeling requirements as per the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Entrepreneurs will leave with the basic knowledge to be able to finance, package, label, brand, and market their own food products.

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