Since It’s Inception in 2007, Conzumables Has a Complete Team of Industry Veterans (Nestle, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Kellogg’s and Conagra) Who Together Help Clients With Their Product Ideas From Its Innovation Stage to its Creation and then Its Launch Into the Marketplace.
Complete Incubation Programs for Clients: The Conzumables Team and their state-based or region- based teams help brands with anything to do with the business. From our locations (Las Vegas, Dallas, Raleigh, Bentonville, Chicago, Troy, Orlando), we are available for any subject that involves with the following areas:
- Innovating a Brand: We help with everything from brand concepts, first-run recipes, branding exercises, customer research, competitor research, retail and format planning and anything else with the ideas behind the new brand.
- Creating a Brand: Most importantly with finding a contract manufacturer, we also help brands with ingredients, packaging, first test-runs, shelf-life testing, pilot plant testing and much more.
- Launching a Brand: After a product is created, we are vital for the launch of the brand into the marketplace. We have internal and external teams that cover most retail, food service and e-commerce channels (www.RetailFormats.com)
Our Latest Venture: Daily Farms
Conzumables is creating a new company with clients called Daily Farms (plant-based and innovative coffee complement products. Their products will be launched in early 2024 (www.Daily-Farms.com).
More About The Founders
The Conzumables Team has been involved within the consumer product industry (US based manufacturing, retailing, marketing, distribution) since the early 1920’s. From the first generation to the latest, our best practices have been handed down over time leading to a long legacy of successes in the business (creating and launching new brands into the marketplace).
Some of Our Successes, Shark Tank and More:
The Conzumables Team has been helping start-up and emerging brands since 2008. We have a long list of successes including being involved with over 40 brands seen on Shark Tank.
- been helping start-up and emerging brands since 2008. The team comes from the largest food companies on the planet (Nestle, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Kellogg’s and Conagra).
- We have offices in Las Vegas, NV; Honolulu, HI; Dallas, TX and Raleigh, NC.
- We have internal and external sales offices and partners.
- We have our own TV shows as well
Case Example: Perfect Snacks
We became involved with Perfect Snacks in its beginning years (starting 2008 as an equity launch partner) helping the brand become a national brand. We were successful in bringing on new DSD territory managers who not only sold the product but had their own routes in their specific areas. We recruited and managed a series of new territories preparing for the success of Perfect Snacks becoming a successful national brand now seen as the number one refrigerated health bar in the business today.
* We had our refrigerators that were placed in 1000’s of locations nationwide
* We were very successful in placing the product in many retail formats including colleges and universities, c-stores, supermarkets, natural stores, nutrition stores, sports retailers, fitness centers and many others.
Some of Our Projects and Assets
Founded by the Contract Packaging Association and its partners, the Contract Manufacturing Alliance works with other consumer product industry trade associations (and related groups) on combined incubation programs. Together, we help start-up, emerging and established brand groups with their manufacturing needs.
www.ContractMFG.org
Founded by the Contract Packaging Association and its Partners, Conzumables, we created the Co-Packing Network as its internal incubation program for start-up and emerging brands. Together (with our co-founding trade association partners), we help start-up and emerging brand groups with their manufacturing needs.
www.Co-Packing.net
We created Lemonaders to be a monthly program helping start-up and emerging brands with their needs for the business. We get involved with everything from helping find a contract manufacturer to helping set up territories (regions), finding sales broker partners to helping set-up 3PL (warehousing partnerships).
www.Lemonaders.com
The Food Away From Home Association meets the needs of a-number of food service formats that do not have their own specific representation. The new extensions cover smoothie shops (SmoothieShops.org), boba tea shops (bobateas.org), juice shops (juiceshops.org) and natural restaurants (naturalrestaurants.org).
www.FoodAwayFromHome.org
The Sports Retail Group was created to help build pro shop / retail space concepts as well as to meet the national and international product representation needs for our own and partnering start-up brands (sports nutrition, sporting goods items, related items). We are involved with sports retail formats such as fitness centers, bike shops and golf shops.
www.SportsRetailGroup.com
The Conzumables Team is creating Wiki CPG to be a complete consumer products industry solutions source. For anything to do with the business, WIKI CPG will have direct answers to with access to industry resources. The series will also include sister sites relating to subjects such as category management, trade deductions, shopper insights and more.
www.WIKICPG.org
A Complete Consumer Product Industry Guidance Group For Start-ups:
The Lemonaders Program: How It Works:
Lemonaders is a monthly program for start-up and emerging brands needing guidance on anything to do with the business. We personally mentor brands as well do get personally involved with core needs such as finding a commercial kitchen or contract manufacturer, setting up sales broker partners, creating territories, working with retailers and setting up 3PL partnerships amongst other subjects. We also avail our complete teams as needs as well.
The Lemonaders Group and its partners have mentoring programs available for start-up and emerging brand groups needing help with their growth needs. Subjects such as Sales Planning, Product Development, Ethnic Marketing, Business Modeling, Strategic Marketing, Business Plan Writing, Marketing Plan and Proposal Writing, Corporate and Product Branding, Marketing Research, Advertising and Media Planning, Sales Promotion and Special Event Development, Supplier Sourcing and Liaison, New Business Development, Direct Product Sales, Territory Development, Trade Show Marketing, Forecasting, Affiliate Marketing, Racks / POS / Fixtures, Web Development, TV Production, Retail Store Development, Floor Plans, Social Media, Schematics, Category Management and more.
Local, Regional, Farmer’s Markets
Farmer’s Markets: We have created an incubation program specifically for farmer’s market operators and their consumer product vendor partners.
The Co-Packing Network matchmakes consumer product entrepreneurs with commercial kitchens, co-packers / contract manufacturers/packagers and pilot plants nationwide.
Local, Regional, National Retailers
The Co-Packing Network has other resources that help with the placement of products as well. Our own RetailFormats.com site show-cases all-of the retail and food service formats that are ideal for placements.
Local, Regional, National Food Service
Food Service Operators: We help consumer product brand brands get their products manufactured ready for food service operators in markets nationwide. The Co-Packing Network has other resources that help with the placement of products as well. Our own RetailFormats.com site show-cases all-of the retail and food service formats that are ideal for placements.
Local, Regional, National E-Commerce
Food Service Operators: We help consumer product brand brands get their products manufactured ready for e-commerce/ catalog platforms in markets nationwide. The Co-Packing Network has other resources that help with the placement of products as well. Our own RetailFormats.com site show-cases all-of the retail, food service and e-commerce formats that are ideal for placements.
Launching a Product into the Marketplace?
The Co-Packing Network’s sales team partners have a-number of programs that help start-up and emerging brands launch products into market. They have over 35-years history working with some of the largest companies in the world as well have a long list of successful start-up manufacturing needs and launches with brands such as Nature’s Bakery, Perfect Snacks, Core Bar and Super Coffee (as a co-founder, equity partner, advisory group and/or with their own brands.
Consumer Product Brands (Start-up to Emerging to Established): We work with start-up, emerging and established brands in categories such as:
- Gloves
- Cosmetics
- Cleaning Supplies
- Laundry Care
- Snacks
- Beverages
- Frozen Foods
- Deli and Dairy
- Meat and Seafood
- Produce
- Bakery/Bread
- Pet Products
- Stationary
- Family Planning
- Apparel
- Health and Beautycare
- Audio-Electronic
- General Merchandise
- Sports Nutrition
- Paper Products
- Liquor Products
- Sporting Goods
- Party Supplies
- Religion Supplies
- Video Gaming
- Front-End Products
- Perfumes
- Pool Supplies
- Personal Care
- Charcoal and BBQ
- Condiments
- Sauces
- Pickles/Olives
- Picnic and Trash
- Side Dishes
- Supplements/Vitamins
- Kitchen Needs
- Peanut Butter/Jams
- Coffee/Cocoa/Tea
- First-Aid
- Pest Control
- Office Supplies
- Craft and Hobby
- OTC/Pharma/CBD
- Ethnic Foods
- Dietary Foods
- Baby and Kids Products
- Breakfast/Cereals
- Canned Goods
- Floral Products
- Grains and Pasta
- Batteries
- Tobacco Supplies
- Writing Instruments
- Water Softeners
- Confections
- Educational Materials
- Farm Supply
- Hardware/Electrical
- Auto Care/Parts
- In-Store Deli
- Baking Products
- Cooking Oils
- Spices/Seasonings
- Lighting
Also, Sporting Goods Stores, Bike Shops, Running Stores, Golf Shops, Pharmacies, Sports Nutrition Stores, Truck Stops, Dollar Stores, Print Shops, Pet Stores, Liquor Stores, Religion Stores, Book Stores, Educational Retailers, Baby Stores, Nurseries, Outdoor Stores, Campgrounds, RV Supply, Marine Stores, Fitness Centers, Bowling Centers, Food Service Formats and many others.
Our Extended Community Also Includes:
Agriculture
Shows
Incubators
Score.org
Universities
funding Groups
Labs
Kitchens
Markets
Websites
Also, Sporting Goods Stores, Bike Shops, Running Stores, Golf Shops, Pharmacies, Sports Nutrition Stores, Truck Stops, Dollar Stores, Print Shops, Pet Stores, Liquor Stores, Religion Stores, Book Stores, Educational Retailers, Baby Stores, Nurseries, Outdoor Stores, Campgrounds, RV Supply, Marine Stores, Fitness Centers, Bowling Centers, Food Service Formats and many others.
Conzumables: Solutions State to State, County to County
The Conzumables Team has regional and state-based programs available to brand groups (of all sizes), retailers and food service operators, pilot plants, contract manufacturers, commercial kitchens and others. Click on our map for all noted state programs.
Using Our Media For Start-up and Emerging Brands
The Out-of-Home Networks has been in television production since the 1980’s and has been involved with a-number of TV shows (including ones they produced) since then.
We created Entrepreneur Magazine TV (with the magazine) a couple years ago to help showcase start-up and emerging brands, food service industry entrepreneurs, celebrity entrepreneurs, sports star entrepreneurs and have experts give advice about different aspects of creating a product and being entrepreneurs.
Coming soon we are building out Entrepreneur High School for schools nationwide.
Co-Packing Network Video Library (Click On Each)
We have over a-hundred videos in our library.
The Conzumables Team and their partners have mentoring programs available for start-up food and beverage brands needing help with their growth needs. Subjects such as Sales Planning, Product Development, Ethnic Marketing, Business Modeling, Strategic Marketing, Business Plan Writing, Marketing Plan and Proposal Writing, Corporate and Product Branding, Marketing Research, Advertising and Media Planning, Sales Promotion and Special Event Development, Supplier Sourcing and Liaison, New Business Development, Direct Product Sales, Territory Development, Trade Show Marketing, Forecasting, Affiliate Marketing, Racks/POS/Fixtures, Web Development, TV Production, Retail Store Development, Floor Plans, Social Media, Schematics, Category Management and more.
