Maybe you know where you want your product to be sold at retail- snack section maybe, or perhaps the ice cream novelty space, but you’re not quite sure what the product should look like. Or maybe you’re thinking about a Thai flavor, but not sure how to execute. We stay on top of consumer insights – their usage habits, their spending habits, as well as tracking flavor trends and technology breakthroughs. Integrating these together enables us to come up with innovative, award-winning concepts that retailers and consumers will buy.

Maybe you have a great idea for your brand but you don’t know if it is technically possibly or economically feasible. Maybe you need validation that your concept will be embraced by consumers. We’ve brought hundreds of products to market and have an extensive network of industry experts across many different specialties. We can help you determine what is possible, how you might adjust so that it is possible, so that you can determine next steps.

Maybe your idea is still on a cocktail napkin, or perhaps you have been making batches in a kitchen for years. Either way, we can help you convert your idea or recipe to a precise formulation and processing parameters that are ready for a co-packer to run. Have specific nutritional or marketing parameters that need to be met? Don’t worry. We’ve done a lot of work in clean label, organic, and meeting specialty dietary needs like keto, paleo, vegan, and allergen-free.

Are you still searching for a co-packer? Finding the right partner is one of the most important steps in getting to market. We’ll help you search for and qualify the best co-packer for you, based on your unique formulation, process, volume expectations and packaging requirements. We’ll be there beside you through pilot runs, benchtop tweaks, development of finished product specifications, and first production.

Sometimes you need to understand whether your idea has merit, or whether your amazing recipe can be scaled to become a successful business. Because we’ve been in the new product development business for 30 years, we’ve seen many products come – and go. Business strategy, marketing, technical expertise, financing, operations, and branding – all these pieces need to come together perfectly. We can provide you with the data to help you decide if the journey to shelf (or online sales) is likely to be worth it, before you are years down the road and thousands of dollars out of pocket.

Developing Emotional Intelligence.

Research consistently shows that Emotional Intelligence (EQ) is the strongest predictor of performance for executives and their organizations. Learning and practicing these skills forms leaders who have more time and energy, increased creativity, higher resiliency, stronger teams, higher capacity to resolve issues, and higher employee satisfaction levels with lower turnover. But it’s not easy to find a customized training program.

Based on a unique blend of Emotional Intelligence theory and the practices of the ancient desert mothers and fathers, we facilitate space for leaders and their team to grow from the inside out, recognizing and exploring their own emotions and how they are impacting the lives of their team and the organization.