In Get Retail Ready, your food entrepreneurs master the step-by-step framework to rocket their food and beverage CPG products from kitchen dreams to Walmart, Whole Foods, Target, and Kroger shelves—nailing co-packers, crushing FDA/CFIA compliance, crafting irresistible branding, and pitching buyers like UNFI to outpace Kind, Siggi's, Simple Mills, GT's Kombucha, and Siete.

This program delivers battle-tested tactics that slash costs, lock in approvals, trigger impulse buys, and scale to million-dollar velocity—with proven shelf placement results—generating the jobs, tax revenue, and welfare reductions funders demand.

Seven hours across six modules. This comprehensive deep-dive equips your food entrepreneurs with the complete playbook—from co-packers to shelf velocity—without shortcuts.

Every minute delivers battle-tested frameworks they'll use immediately to secure approvals, cut costs, win buyers, and scale fast, turning recipes into national brands with zero guesswork—producing the economic wins funders require.

Nail Product-Market Fit:

Validate your idea fast and build only what shoppers crave, buy repeatedly, and tell friends about instantly.

Master Recipe Development:

Turn kitchen recipes into consistent, shelf-stable products that scale flawlessly without ever losing their original taste.

Dominate Packaging & Labeling:

Craft compliant, eye-catching packs that demand attention, trigger impulse buys, and fly off shelves nationwide.

Conquer Food Safety & Traceability:

Build bulletproof systems to pass every audit, prevent costly recalls, and protect your brand forever.

Win with Co-Packers:

Find, negotiate, and manage partners while protecting quality, margins, timelines, and total control of your product.

Crush Sales & Distribution:

Land Sysco, US Foods, Dot Foods, UNFI, regional chains, and big-box slots to flood shelves nationwide—creating the jobs and tax revenue funders demand.

NAIL PRODUCT-MARKET FIT with Dominique Mastronardi
Dominique Mastronardi, biological engineer and serial CPG entrepreneur, serves as COO of Beck’s Broth, scaling wellness brands from concept to retail dominance.

MASTER RECIPE DEVELOPMENT with Karen Cardona
Karen Cardona, founder of True Leaves Consulting and key builder of Nuts for Cheese, scales bold ideas into award-winning, retail-ready CPG products nationwide.

DOMINATE PACKAGING & LABELING with Lisa Cove
Lisa Cove, food safety consultant and founder of Shelf-Ready, Inc., crafts compliant, eye-catching labels and packaging that pass retailer scrutiny and ignite impulse buys.

CONQUER FOOD SAFETY & TRACEABILITY with Lisa Cove
Lisa Cove, food safety consultant and founder of Shelf-Ready, Inc., delivers GFSI-compliant HACCP plans and traceability systems that ace audits and prevent recalls.

WIN WITH CO-PACKERS with Derek Vella
Derek Vella, food scientist, product developer, educator, and innovator leads teams scaling innovative food products through expert co-packer partnerships and R&D.

CRUSH SALES & DISTRIBUTION with Megan Silk
Megan Silk co-founded Gingerbug, turning a farmhouse soda recipe into a better-for-you craft brand distributed nationwide—fresh off a standout Dragons’ Den pitch.

Upon completion of Get Retail Ready, your food entrepreneurs earn a Certificate of Completion and Mastery from Food Venture Accelerator. This credential signals to co-packers, buyers, distributors, and investors they've mastered the proven 6-step system—from product-market fit to national distribution—securing co-packer contracts, landing shelf space, and producing the economic outcomes funders require.