We are Elisa and Jill, instructors of the Getting Your Recipe to Market (GYRM) training program at the PCC SBDC. Today, we're sharing tips and tricks for getting your recipe onto the grocery shelves. Let's start with packaging. What are some things you can do to secure your space on the shelves and ultimately get into customers’ baskets?
Topics: Small Business, Growing a Business, Getting Your Recipe to Market, business builders
Five clients of the PCC Small Business Development Center have been selected as 2022 recipients of the Good Food Award by The Good Food Foundation. These 5 business owners are all graduates of the Getting Your Recipe to Market program that teaches entrepreneurs how to produce, promote and sell their culinary recipes. Here is a list of the 5 winners and their products. Please join us in reaching out and saying "CONGRATULATIONS" to these winners -- and don't forget to look for them in your local grocery and/or farmer's market!
Topics: Small Business, Food, Getting Your Recipe to Market
Mathilde Wilson owns Mathilde's Kitchen beverage company using fresh and locally sourced ingredients that showcase the vibrant Haitian/Caribbean flavors. Mathilde is a graduate of the PCC Small Business Development Center's "Getting Your Recipe to Market" program and proud recipient of the 2022 Good Food Award. This is her story...
Topics: Small Business, Business Profiles, Food, Getting Your Recipe to Market, #restaurant
Elisa Wickstrom began her work with the PCC Small Business Develop Center in March of 2021. She is an advisor in the Getting Your Recipe to Market (GYRM) Program. This is her story.
Topics: Meet the SBDC Team, Starting a Business, Getting Your Recipe to Market
Lisa Tran and her family have been in the restaurant business for at least 3 generations. When she
became a mother to twins a few years ago she realized she was going to have to do things differently. That's when she found the Small Business Development Center's "Getting Your Recipe to Market" program and began bottling the family sauces. This is her story.
Topics: Small Business, Business Profiles, Food, Getting Your Recipe to Market, #restaurant
Orientations offered by PCC’s Small Business Development Center (at no cost!) are a great way to learn about the opportunities we offer to help turn business ideas into action. A typical orientation includes a small group of future entrepreneurs – but may also include sole-proprietors and small business owners seeking to find efficient, practical and effective solutions to common business-related challenges. You’ll leave our 2-hour orientation having identified new resources, and with an action plan to guide your next steps.
Topics: Small Business, Encore Entrepreneurship, Starting a Business, Growing a Business, Getting Your Recipe to Market
Inspired by her grandmother Dorothy, Robyn Galbos believes that food has role as a medium beyond basic nourishment. Food can tell a story of a culture, a time, a place, an experience, and even an ethos. While starting Robyn's Craft Bakehouse, making and selling whole grain crackers and crisps, Robyn attended the Getting Your Recipe to Market program at the PCC Small Business Development Center. This is her story.
Topics: Small Business, Business Profiles, Food, Getting Your Recipe to Market
Orientations offered by PCC’s Small Business Development Center (at no cost!) are a great way to learn about the opportunities we offer to help turn business ideas into action. A typical orientation includes a small group of future entrepreneurs – but may also include sole-proprietors and small business owners seeking to find efficient, practical and effective solutions to common business-related challenges. You’ll leave our 2-hour orientation having identified new resources, and with an action plan to guide your next steps.
Topics: Small Business, Encore Entrepreneurship, Starting a Business, Growing a Business, Getting Your Recipe to Market
With a deep background in the wine industry, professional education in agriculture and business, and experience as a food researcher, Jill Beaman came to lead the Getting Your Recipe to Market Program at the PCC SBDC 7 years ago. This is her story.
Topics: Small Business, Business, Food, Getting Your Recipe to Market, PCC Stories
What do Brazi Bites, Seely Mint, A Better Bean Co, Pozole to the People, and Driftwest Water Kefir have in common? They are all graduates of the PCC Small Business Development Center Getting Your Recipe to Market program (GYRM).
Topics: Small Business, Food, Getting Your Recipe to Market, PCC Stories