Health + Flavor — The Perfect Recipe for FlavaNaturals Chocolate

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Health + Flavor — The Perfect Recipe for FlavaNaturals Chocolate

Member Monday continues with a spotlight on Alan Frost, Founder of FlavaNaturals. FlavaNaturals specializes in performance-fueling (and tasty!) dark chocolate and cocoa powder products delivering cocoa flavanol levels proven to enhance brain, cardio and metabolic function. Keep reading to learn more about Alan’s successful career and the driving force behind FlavaNaturals. And, if you missed the Instagram sorry, check out the Member Monday Highlight on our page.

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Discover Spritzal Cookie Company + Branchfood Member Monday

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Discover Spritzal Cookie Company + Branchfood Member Monday

At Branchfood we strive to support the efforts of our industry-leading members and highlight their great work in many ways. To that end, we launched Member Monday, a campaign that seeks to support members’ and their efforts in building industry transformative businesses. Tune in to check out our members taking over our Instagram and revealing what inspired their entrepreneurial pursuits, how they launched their products, and what is in store for their future.

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Branchfood x Off Their Plate Team Up to Provide F+B Products to COVID-19 Medical Workers

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Branchfood x Off Their Plate Team Up to Provide F+B Products to COVID-19 Medical Workers

Branchfood is thrilled to announce our partnership with Off Their Plate, a grassroots movement that was just stated in Boston and expanding nationally, to provide meals to frontline medical workers in partnership with leading restaurants. The organization is moving very fast as the pressure is quickly building on our hospitals.

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Celebrating Food, Startups, and Entrepreneurship at the annual Branchfood Holiday Bash!

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Celebrating Food, Startups, and Entrepreneurship at the annual Branchfood Holiday Bash!

On December 17th, we hosted the annual Branchfood holiday bash celebrating another successful year of food, entrepreneurship, and community development in partnership with Clover Food Lab in Boston’s Financial District. We were thrilled to again welcome so many of our wonderful members, friends, and sponsors to the event.

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Announcing the 5 Canadian Food/Foodtech Companies Expanding to the USA!

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We’re thrilled to announce the first cohort of food and foodtech startups participating in the Branchfood x Canada program in Boston this Fall! This partnership provides an opportunity for Canadian entrepreneurs growing food and food-related businesses to develop relationships and partnerships to expand their activities to the US retail market and further contribute to the future of food. Check out the participating companies and let us know if we can help you connect with them!

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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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2018 - The most successful year to date for New England food startups!

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2018 - The most successful year to date for New England food startups!

Entrepreneurs in the greater Boston area are accomplishing incredible things, like mapping the global food supply chain, landing major funding for robot restaurants in partnership with culinary celebrities, leading positive food system change through new food recovery initiatives, creating novel biofilms, and a whole host of others are inspiring massive food industry evolution. Branchfood isn’t the only one to notice either! This past year, we launched Branch Venture Group - a network of angel investors seeking to fund food startups and made four investments to date! Branch Venture Group’s portfolio currently includes Open City, Willie’s Superbrew, Waku, and Ocean Approved.

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Know Your Food Entrepreneurs #7: Liat Racin, Founder and CEO of Tamim Teas

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An Interview with Liat Racin, Founder and CEO of Tamim Teas. Liat first learned about medicinal mushrooms when her good friend contracted an immune deficiency disease and was recommended to integrate functional mushrooms into his diet for immune system support. She soon started to carefully pair these functional mushrooms with tasty organic herbs to enhance the flavor and health properties of each mushroom, all-naturally. She strives for her community to enjoy medicinal mushrooms in the same way they have been used for centuries, in a tea, and without any processed ingredients from unknown sources. Nothing brings her more joy than sharing the gift of a delicious mushroom tea that stays true to tradition.

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Planting the Seeds of Growth - How Bohana is Bringing One of India’s Favorite Snacks to the U.S.

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Our blog series, “Five Food Startups Winning the Branding Battle,” is all about founders at rising startups in the Branchfood community who are launching the next wave of exciting food brands. We spoke to five incredible founders about product development, branding and marketing, and the success stories they’ve experienced so far. Wrapping up our series is Nadine Habayeb, cofounder and CEO of Bohana, a snack food brand selling popped water lily seeds. Join us as we hear from Nadine how she and her cofounder, Priyal Bhartiya, built their own global supply chain, why brands have to reflect consumers’ lifestyles, and the harrowing story of how they made it to Expo West this year.

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Making Mealtime More Mindful - How Kinsho is Getting People to Slow Down and Pay Attention to Food

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Our new blog series, “Five Food Startups Winning the Branding Battle,” is all about founders at rising startups in the Branchfood community who are launching the next wave of exciting food brands. We spoke to five incredible founders about product development, branding and marketing, and the success stories they’ve experienced so far. Part 4 features Heather Sears, founder of Kinsho (formerly Kensho Kitchen), a retailer of kitchen products based on the idea of mindful eating and food choices. In this interview, you’ll learn Heather’s approach to starting her own online retailer, how her mission drives her decision-making, and why she’s changing the name of her company.

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Guilt-Free Pet Snacks - How Shameless Pets is Upcycling Food Waste into Tasty Treats for Dogs

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Our new blog series, “Five Food Startups Winning the Branding Battle,” is all about founders at rising startups in the Branchfood community who are launching the next wave of exciting food brands. We spoke to five incredible founders about product development, branding and marketing, and the success stories they’ve experienced so far. Part 3 of the series features Alex Waite, cofounder of Shameless Pets, a pet food company making delicious dog treats using upcycled ingredients. Learn how Alex and her team are combating food waste by finding a productive use for unwanted ingredients, how she’s building a brand pet parents can trust, and why entering a space dominated by big corporations can be a great idea.

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Strength from Diversity - How i-Bars Club is Creating Innovative Protein Bars With International Ingredients

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Our new blog series, “Five Food Startups Winning the Branding Battle,” is all about founders at rising startups in the Branchfood community who are launching the next wave of exciting food brands. We spoke to five incredible founders about product development, branding and marketing, and the success stories they’ve experienced so far. In part 2, we spoke to Moemen Abbas, CEO and founder of i-Bars Club, whose mission is to create internationally themed, healthy protein bars. Read on to learn how i-Bars Club tests new ideas, how an incredible team is driving his innovative products, and the secret ingredient in his soon to be released Tokyo-themed bar.

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Familiar Foods Made Healthy - How Veggie Table Foods is Building a Brand Around Healthy Takes on Classic Foods

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Our new blog series, “Five Food Startups Winning the Branding Battle,” is all about founders at rising startups in the Branchfood community who are launching the next wave of exciting food brands. We spoke to five incredible founders about product development, branding and marketing, and the success stories they’ve experienced so far. We’re kicking things off with Dale Roseman, CEO and founder of Veggie Table Foods, a maker of healthy twists on familiar foods. In this interview, Dale discussed how she developed her initial concept for her company, what makes her brand unique, and how building a great team became the foundation for her success.

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Introducing Our New Blog Series: ‘Five Food Startups Winning the Branding Battle’

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There’s no one recipe for success in the food industry. The space is crowded and many verticals are dominated by massive corporations. How can a startup food brand succeed? This is the question we put to five startup founders at Branchfood, our community that promotes food entrepreneurship and innovation. Over the next five weeks, we’ll be publishing interviews with a few of the most exciting and promising food brand founders in our community to understand how they’re building standout brands and developing their products. Though each of these founders’ journeys is far from over, they’ve learned a lot that other founders can and should apply to their own businesses.

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