Expanding your Food Business to the US? First Stop, New England!

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Expanding your Food Business to the US? First Stop, New England!

New England is becoming a leading region for food business launch and expansion. In partnership with Canadian Flavors Food Festival and the Consulate General of Canada in Boston, Branchfood hosted “Expanding your Food Business to the U.S.? First Stop, New England.” The event brought together leaders in the food industry to discuss viable paths to market, what it takes to get products into retail and foodservice sales channels, and how emerging businesses can succeed in an omni-channel environment.

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Delivering the Farmers Market to Your Front Door with Market 2day

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Delivering the Farmers Market to Your Front Door with Market 2day

Up next in our Member Monday campaign is Insa Elliott, co-founder of Market 2day. Insa’s background in technology and business strategy led her and her co-founder, Stephanie Marmer, to launch a solution for making local food more accessible to Greater Boston community. The Market 2day app seeks to support the local food community and bolster sustainability by giving farmers a direct-to-consumer (DTC) delivery platform and allowing consumers to shop small.

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Revolution Retail - Our first ever pop-up store in Boston highlighting the future of food!

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Revolution Retail was the first of its kind popup store showcasing emerging retail technologies and innovative CPG food and beverage brands from Boston and beyond. Branchfood, in partnership with Foodboro, Roche Bros Supermarkets, Survey.com, BREX, and the Faneuil Hall Marketplace built Revolution Retail and hosted GMDC and Retail Tomorrow’s Boston Immersion tour attendees welcoming 80+ national retail executives to experience the future of food. Revolution Retail launched in the heart of the Faneuil Hall Marketplace on Thursday, July 18th with a sold-out Community Event including 150+ attendees and remained operational until Sunday, July 21st. Over the course of just 4 days, we had more than 1K+ visitors from different walks of life and nationalities and were thrilled to share these startups with the community.

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The State of Food Innovation: Food Retail in Boston

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In the old days – meaning 20 years ago – Boston eaters had but a few options for filling their pantries and refrigerators. Some could find the ingredients they needed at a farmer’s market or a co-op, but most likely, we were visiting the local supermarket, with its lines, its crowds, and its fluorescent lighting. For many locals, it was Stop & Shop, which began in Somerville in 1914 as the family-owned Economy Grocery Store before adding dozens of stores throughout New England over the coming decades.

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