Eric Glandian – Food Business Blueprint Download

Description

Here’s What You Get:

Take your food business to $1 million in sales in 12 months!

I’ll teach you the full blueprint —what I used to take my food company (Zen Monkey Overnight Oats) from 0 to $2.5 million in sales, reaching national distribution in 3,000 stores.

What You’ll Get

✅ Top level strategy so you see the big picture

️ Library of actionable lessons/screenshares/over-the-shoulder training

Excel sheets, emails, powerpoints… all the actual documents we use

☎️ Live calls with Eric

Topics: Retail, farmers markets, production, packaging, ads, online sales, brokers, hiring, copackers, self manufacturing, investors, shelf life, machinery

REQUIREMENT: You must have an MVP to join (Minimum Viable Product). That means a product, with consumer ready packaging, nutrition facts and you’re actually selling. If you don’t have one, I have a standalone MVP Build-Along Workshop (food-business-blueprint.com). You don’t need to do my course, you just need an MVP.

 

Eric Glandian’s Food Business Blueprint

 

The Food Business Blueprint is a specialized mentorship program and community created by Eric Glandian, the founder who successfully scaled his food company, Zen Monkey Overnight Oats, from zero to $2.5 million in sales and achieved national distribution across 3,000 stores.

The program’s purpose is to teach serious food entrepreneurs the exact strategic and operational systems needed to scale a physical product food business to $1 million in sales within 12 months and beyond.

 

Program Focus and Target Audience

 

• Goal: To provide a clear, actionable roadmap for scaling a food business to the $1,000,000 annual revenue milestone.
• Target Audience: This is a high-level group, specifically for food entrepreneurs who are not hobbyists.
• Mandatory Requirement (MVP): You must have an MVP (Minimum Viable Product) to join. This means the entrepreneur must already have a product with:
  • Consumer-ready packaging.
  • Completed nutrition facts.
  • Active sales.

 

Core Content and Curriculum Modules

 

The curriculum is comprehensive, covering the entire lifecycle of a scaling food business, from production logistics to securing high-level retail deals.

 

1. Foundational Strategy and Mindset

 

• Top-Level Strategy: Detailed instruction on seeing the “big picture” roadmap needed to transition from a small-scale operation to a national brand.

 

2. Operations and Production Scaling

 

• Production: Techniques and planning for increasing manufacturing capacity efficiently.
• Copackers vs. Self-Manufacturing: Guidance on when to use external manufacturers (copackers) and when to transition to building or managing your own manufacturing facilities.
• Machinery: Advice on selecting and utilizing essential production machinery.
• Shelf Life: Practical lessons on testing and managing product shelf life for retail viability.

 

3. Sales, Retail, and Distribution

 

• Retail Strategy: The blueprint for getting products into retail stores and handling the demanding logistics of large chains.
• Farmers Markets: Effective strategies for maximizing revenue and customer feedback at farmers markets.
• Online Sales: Methods for driving direct-to-consumer online sales profitably.
• Brokers: How to identify, hire, and manage professional brokers to handle sales to major retail chains.

 

4. Business and Financial Management

 

• Hiring: Strategies for building a competent team to support rapid growth.
• Ads and Marketing: Practical approaches to running effective ads for food products.
• Investors: Guidance on preparing for and securing capital from investors.

 

Resources Provided

 

A key feature of the Blueprint is the access to proprietary business resources, including:

• Actionable Lessons: A library of on-demand content, including screenshares and over-the-shoulder training.
• Live Support: Regular Live Calls with Eric for Q&A, accountability, and direct feedback.
• Actual Documents: Members receive the exact working files Eric used for Zen Monkey, such as:
  • Excel sheets (likely for costing, inventory, or sales forecasting).
  • Emails (likely templates for pitching retailers or brokers).
  • PowerPoints (likely pitch decks for investors or buyers).