Gluten-Free & Plant-Based Baking Mixes; Top-9 Allergen-Free

The UCLA Anderson Venture Accelerator, part of the Harold and Pauline Price Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, is a transformative program designed for early-stage startups and their founders. It provides access to industry leaders, mentors, and UCLA's broad network, helping startups in various industries.

SKU provides an ecosystem that creates lasting change in CPG by providing all the resources founders need to accelerate the growth of their brands. SKU’s world-class program is driven by a community of the nation’s top CPG leaders, successful founders and industry experts. Our intensive programs offer best-in-class education, hand-picked teams of mentors and access to retailers and investors, all dedicated to building brands that change lives.

Unlocking Success in Food Innovation

In the ever-evolving landscape of the food industry, we understand the hurdles new food brands face when launching their products. Many struggle due to the complexity of the field and the lack of experience navigating it.

Our mission at Next Food Consulting is clear: to empower your success. We leverage our expertise and years of experience to fast-track your journey, helping you avoid the common obstacles that can hinder your progress.

Areas of Expertise:

➤ Food Industry

➤ Go to Market Strategy

➤ Startups

➤ Market Research & Analysis

➤ Branding

➤ Packaging Design & Sourcing

➤ Manufacturing & Supply Chain

➤ Social Media Marketing

➤ Regulatory Compliance

➤ Costing Analysis

With our dedicated team of experts and a comprehensive range of services, we're here to ensure your journey in the food industry is a smooth and successful one. Let's unlock the potential of your food innovation together.

Helping CPG brands to develop, validate and successfully launch new food products directly into retail.

➤ Go-to-Market (GTM): Created strategies including product placement, messaging, pricing, and packaging

➤ Program Management: Led commercialization efforts across product development, ingredient sourcing, manufacturing, packaging, regulatory and design in multiple languages

➤ Manufacturer Search, Selection & Setup: Performed extensive searches for manufacturers across U.S. and Canada and selected based on location, equipment, certifications, and allergens processed in the facility, for initial product launches and to scale production of products already on the market

➤ Product Development: Managed the development of over a dozen different food products, working closely with a Food & Molecular Scientist to finalize recipes based on requirements for specific nutrition facts, packaging claims, and allergen exclusions

➤ Cost Analysis: Developed costing scenarios to determine unit economics based on cost of ingredients, packaging, labor, freight, marketing, MSRP, distribution

Projects include:

➤ Premium Alcohol-Infused Popcorn: New manufacturer to scale in Canada and launch in U.S.; featured at the 2023 Oscars

➤ Allergen-Free Cookie Mix: New manufacturing facilities in U.S. and Canada for large-scale production and wider distribution in U.S.

➤ Healthier-For-You Ice Cream: Production and initial launch in the U.S.

➤ Multi-Purpose Baking Mix: Scale production for grocery store distribution in Canada

➤ Gluten-Free Toaster Pastries: Initial launch in Canada

➤ Vegan Deli Salads: Launch in U.S. grocery stores; replace the usual egg salad, tuna salad and chicken salad using vegan ingredients

➤ Chickpea Tofu: Initial launch of a novel product for distribution in Canada

➤ Asian Sauces: Developed in a restaurant for distribution throughout Canada

➤ Falafels & More: Move production of frozen, Mediterranean prepared foods with high-volume distribution to a larger facility