Posts Tagged ‘food business’

Food Marketing Firm announces $1,000 service giveaway for food businesses

July 22nd, 2009

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Food Marketing Firm announces $1,000 service giveaway for food businesses

July 22, 2009, CLEARWATER, FL - Innovative food marketing and consulting firm, Gourmet Business Solutions, announced a new promotion that will give $1,000 in free services to one deserving food company during the month of July, here today.

As part of their “Summer Sizzle” Food Business Stimulus program, Gourmet Business Solutions feels that the giveaway will be a great way for deserving startups or emerging food businesses to get some much-needed assistance during the slow summer months. Companies will be able to use the $1,000 voucher for services such as general consulting hours, website development or re-development, marketing, PR, sales materials, and/or other services offered by Gourmet Business Solutions.

“We’ve been fortunate enough to grow our business by over 100% this year, and we want to give back to the industry that has been so good to us”, said Gourmet Business Solutions’ Founder, Ryan Montague. “Although the industry has proven to be relatively recession-resistant, we understand that many food companies could still use a helping hand, and sometimes just a little boost can go a long way”.

Interested food companies can submit their entry by emailing the following information to stimulus@gourmetbusinesssolutions.com

1. Name of Company
2. Founder/Owner’s Name
3. Phone Number
4. Website Address
5. Email Address
6. Company story and background
7. Why $1,000 in services from Gourmet Business Solutions is deserved.
8. What the voucher would be used for (i.e. consulting services, website help, marketing, PR, graphic design, etc).

Companies need to submit their application by Friday July 31st at 8pm Eastern Time, and the winner will be selected and publicly announced on Monday, August 3rd.

For more information or media inquiries, contact Chris Colby, VP of Marketing at:
800.975.7068 ext. 707
chris@gourmetbusinesssolutions.com
www.GourmetBusinessSolutions.com

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LabelCalc Launches Professional Marketplace

December 8th, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO-LabelCalc launched an online Professional Marketplace, designed to help visitors to its Web site access information on related business service providers. LabelCalc offers an online nutrition analysis tool to generate nutrition facts panels; partner businesses include Continental Packaging Solutions, Nashville Wraps, Label Technology Inc., Gourmet Business Solutions, Natural Food Network and Simply Barcodes. The company’s Web site already features online tutorials and special features, such as the Claims Calculator, which allows companies to determine whether the qualify for FDA-approved nutrient content claims.

Virginia-based investment firm acquires iBuyGourmet.com

October 7th, 2008

Clearwater, FL - October 2008. Virginia-based K and C Enterprises recently finalized the acquisition of rapidly-growing gourmet food shopping website, www.iBuyGourmet.com for an undisclosed amount. Company officials entered discussions in late-September and met here over the weekend to complete the negotiations and sale.iBuyGourmet.com, previously a subsidiary of food industry consulting firm Gourmet Business Solutions, will continue operations using the same iBuyGourmet.com name and identity. Customers of, and vendors currently affiliated with iBuyGourmet.com will see no changes in services previously offered.

Company officials from both parties agree that, unlike mergers and acquisitions currently taking place in the financial sector, this acquisition is mutually positive not a hostile takeover. Gourmet Business Solutions’ CEO Ryan Montague, who developed the hybrid iBuyGourmet.com model says, “With new ventures and opportunities of large scale taking precedence within our organization, we decided to re-allocate efforts and human resources in order to capture a larger market share in our core business segment - consulting and marketing services for specialty food companies. Liquidating subsidiary assets like iBuyGourmet.com not only allow us to free up human resources, but provides necessary expansion capital.”

K and C Enterprises executive Christine MacNulty stated that her firm was preparing to enter the online world of gourmet food sales and being able to acquire an existing platform such as iBuyGourmet.com allowed them to ‘hit the ground running’. MacNulty was quoted as saying, “iBuyGourmet.com’s existing product database, vendor relationships, and tremendous online presence are something that would have taken us years to build from ground level. Now we can take a quicker route to profitability and start doing what we love - working with gourmet food products - immediately.”

About Gourmet Business Solutions

Gourmet Business Solutions is a privately-held LLC based in Clearwater Beach, FL that provides management consulting and marketing services to gourmet and specialty food companies ranging from conceptual stage startups to multi-million dollar international corporations. For more information regarding Gourmet Business Solutions, contact Ryan Montague by emailing ryan@gourmetbusinesssolutions.com or calling 800.975.7068 ext. 703.

About K and C Enterprises

K and C Enterprises, LLC is a privately-held investment firm based in Arlington Virginia led by proprietors Kirk and Christine MacNulty. K and C enter the gourmet food arena with years of business experience in numerous sectors and now aims to take a full-time position in the gourmet/specialty food industry. For more information regarding K and C Enterprises and newly acquired iBuyGourmet.com, contact Christine MacNulty by emailing chris@iBuyGourmet.com or calling 703.528.3981

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