開食品廠

Bullshark

有冇老友知道，朋友打算開食品廠，如果要上架本地超市需要甚麼標準？渠系潮州人，話準備搞間正宗潮州食品廠。

如果有熟悉離方面既老友，請提供多少信息。thanks!!

pkphilip

Didn't know too much, but for a vendor to sell their products in local supermarkets, the first is to meet all the requirement from Canadian Food Inspection Agency. Then depends on how much volume your friend could produce, he/she needs to approach the buyers from the supermarkets and do a sale pitch and take it from there.  I would suggest your friend goes to the local chamber of commerce luncheons to start making networking and try to sell to smaller retailers as a start.

Generally the vendors pay the retailer stocking fees to have the products sold.

Bullshark

Thanks Philip, good to know!

blue20ae

You should get your friend to set up a focus group with samples of everything, so that we can do a taste test and give him feed back

Bullshark

You should get your friend to set up a focus group with samples of everything, so that we can do a t ...
blue20ae 發表於 2012-1-25 11:31

    That's a good idea, however it's just his plan for now. BTW, he was thinking about authentic Teochow meatball, what do you guys think?

blue20ae

I am not in the food industry.  But with the popularity of cross-over, I don't think people care much about "authentic" anything.  The "authentic" label may get people in for the first try.  Only taste good and at the right price point (not necessary cheap) will bring repeated customers.

I found locally produced "authentic" food is difficult to match the original, but to the availability of ingredients.

Bullshark

I am not in the food industry.  But with the popularity of cross-over, I don't think people care muc ...
blue20ae 發表於 2012-1-25 12:04

I agree, I guess what we can do here is try to get as authentic as possible, with good quality control and pricing.