hello, we're midwest pantry!
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Hello, we’re Midwest Pantry!
Midwest Pantry’s Mission
To unify the food creator community to make Minnesota the #1 place to start
and grow a food business.
We are MN food entrepreneurs.
We help MN food entrepreneurs.
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• [email protected] • Owner of Lucille’s Kitchen
Garden • Hometown: Perham, MN
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ZOIE GLASSCHAD GILLARD• [email protected] • Senior Business Analyst at
GoKart Labs • Hometown: Kasson, MN
WHAT WE DO
We provide practical solutions for our members to solve business problems. This allows their companies to grow
faster and more sustainably by working together with others.
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Food creator progression
FRESHMAN(idea to $1m)
SOPHOMORE($1m-$5m)
JUNIOR($5m-$20m)
SENIOR($20m+)
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FRESHMAN(idea to $1m)
SOPHOMORE($1m-$5m)
JUNIOR($5m-$20m)
SENIOR($20m+)
Mentoring Education
Services
Funding
Events
MN Food Ecosystem
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We created a virtual cluster, and are converting it into the nation’s
1st private partnered food cluster…
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Northeast Food District
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Clusters are geographic concentrations of companies in a particular industry, managing services that increase the
productivity & growth of participants.
Phase 1 (October 2017) features: • 6 dedicated production kitchens • Packaging warehouse
Phase 2 opens in Jan 2018 and offers office and co-working space.
We create and organize wholesale & retail sales events that increase
brand exposure & drive sales.
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Midwest Pantry Trade Show
Shop Small Holiday Market
We create and organize events to strengthen and celebrate the local food creator community.
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Top of the Pantry Awards
Growing Your Business Series
Monthly MeetUps
Together we make Minnesota the #1 place to start and grow a food business.
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