Growing with Grain, Honeyville - August 2017 - 3

The benefits of working with formulation,
blending and fulfillment experts.
PRODUCT
CONCEPT

CUSTOM
FORMULATION

INGREDIENT
SOURCING

MIXING &
BLENDING

CONTRACT
MANUFACTURING

QUALITY
CONTROL

WAREHOUSE
STORAGE

.COM

SMALL ORDER
FULFILLMENT

WHOLESALE
DISTRIBUTION

The food industry
is overflowing with
entrepreneurs. Startups
must decide whether
they want to invest in
formulating, processing,
packaging and warehousing
or to partner with a contract
manufacturer. More time
than not, entrepreneurs and
smaller companies choose
to partner with an expert to
manufacture their products.
There are many reasons why
this is the smarter option.
"Let's say you have your
grandmother's signature
pancake recipe and you
want to sell it on store
shelves," says Johnny Ferry,
vice president of business
development at Honeyville.
"Our in-house research and
development team is able
to formulate, reformulate,
de-formulate, improve, alter
or create your dry custom
food mix for just about any
market in the food industry.
This includes scale-up for any
production volume."
Honeyville's procurement
department can help source
ingredients to meet specified
standards for quality, price,
origin and certifications.
The company's design
department can even assist
with creating custom labels
and packaging.

"We can take you from idea
to prototype and then to
retail market in a flash," says Ferry. "We help you create
a pancake mix that makes your grandma proud."

Indeed, contract manufacturers make sense for
startups that don't have the funds to invest in capital.
They are experts at what they do and this frees up
man power and brain time for the entrepreneur.
Rather than spending energy on learning the
process and troubleshooting common development,
production or distribution issues, the startup has
resources for marketing efforts to build brand
awareness.
Contract manufacturers also make sense for
large companies that require seasonal assistance
with meeting orders. And they can function as a
fulfillment center for a company's online sales.
Honeyville specializes in dry custom blending for a
wide range of clients in foodservice and consumer
packaged goods. The custom mix plant can produce
everything from small pilot batches to large-scale
production runs.
"With multiple
high-capacity
industrial blenders,
dry beverages, snack
foods, health mixes,
baking ingredients,
bakery mixes,
dry food blends,
seasonings, dessert
and breakfast mixes
can be blended
to perfection,"
says Ferry. "Our
distribution
capabilities, along
with our strong
established
relationships with
national club stores and supermarkets, online
retailers and shipping carriers, helps companies
grow and get their brands in the hands of more
consumers."
Honeyville is more than a contract manufacturer.
It is full-service contract partner for the ingredient
and non-perishable prepared foods industries.



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