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Join Food Industry Finance Expert Sarah Delevan as she breaks down the need-to-know financial concepts for running a profitable food business, shares case studies and lessons from around the food industry, and highlights the many different ways to build a successful food business on your own terms through conversations with founders and industry experts. thegoodfoodcfo.substack.com
The Good Food CFO hosts The Good Food CFO podcast, a business show with 171 episodes published.
This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit thegoodfoodcfo.substack.com Thrive Market has built a loyal following of health-conscious consumers who are actively looking for better-for-you brands.For goo
Most food founders think fundraising means perfecting your pitch deck. Angel investor Katie Dunn says you’re starting in the wrong place. In our conversation, Katie breaks down the three fundamentals that actually get in
Building a profitable food business without investors isn’t just possible—it’s a strategic choice. Sarah sits down with Daniel Goetz, founder of Good Pop, who’s bootstrapped his popsicle brand for 16 years by prioritizin
Sarah sits down with Shelley Elkovich, co-founder and CEO of For Bitter For Worse, to explore the financial strategy behind building a profitable specialty beverage brand. Shelley shares how self-manufacturing became a d
Sarah shares real stories from beta testers using The Good Food CFO financial strategy software for the first time: * A founder running five sales channels discovered their revenue tracking wasn’t set up to support strat
Can you build a CPG brand without chasing unicorn status? Kelley Scanlin, founder of Pure Simple Foods (parent to Lark-Ellen Farm and Purely Sprouted), shares how she grew from farmer’s market beginnings to operating a s
Margins matter—but what’s the rest of the financial strategy that transforms good margins into actual profitability and positive cash flow? Sarah lays out the complete three-part framework behind “Profit by Design,” the
Farmers markets offer food founders the chance to capture high margin sales —but it only matters if you know how to make them profitable. In this episode, Sarah sits down with Catt Fields-White, nationally recognized far
What if the secret to massive food business profits isn't growing revenue first? Sarah reveals a counterintuitive "grow last" strategy that transformed a seasonal business from $19K to $107K monthly profits in just two y
What if the secret to a profitable food business isn't scaling bigger, but growing smarter? Sarah challenges the "grow fast or fail" mentality that's crushing food entrepreneurs, revealing why 75% of VC funded businesses
While most founders obsess over store count, Kartik Das, Founder of Doosra is building repeatable revenue systems. Rather than chasing new accounts Kartik focused on just 15 core retail partners and developed a multi-cha
The Good Food CFO is launching first-of-its-kind financial strategy software built exclusively for food founders! After seven years of perfecting her approach with hundreds of clients, Sarah's taking everything she knows
What if accepting failure could actually free you to build a stronger food business? Sarah talks with Alyssa Fernandez, founder of Ollin, who is revolutionizing premium baking by filling the gap between conventional and
Poppi's $1.95B exit is being hailed as the new "North Star" for food entrepreneurs – but Sarah isn't buying the headlines. When she dug into the reported investor returns, the math literally doesn't work. Forbes reported
What happens when nostalgia meets innovation? Sarah sits down with Joe Nicchi, founder of CVT Soft Serve, who transformed a simple craving for East Coast soft serve ice cream into a nationwide success now in 3,000 stores
Your inventory numbers are telling a story - but do you know how to read it? In this episode, Sarah answers listener questions about inventory turnover ratio - the metric that reveals whether your products are converting
What happens when you choose to 'control your growth' instead of racing to expand? Sarah sits down with Ilay Karateke, co-founder and CEO of Bezi, the labneh brand redefining growth through meticulous data collection and
You asked, Sarah is answering! We love these listener Q&A episodes, and today's cost of goods sold questions are absolute gold. First up: When Google gives you two different definitions for the same term, which one shoul
Ever wondered why finding a co-manufacturer feels impossibly difficult? Sarah sits down with Julia Megson, CEO of ReScale, who reveals the shocking reality that co-manufacturers receive about 100 inquiries monthly but on
In this eye-opening episode, Sarah breaks down the harsh food distributor chargeback reality that many founders don't discover until it's too late. Using a real-world example of a brand that invoiced KeHE for $68,267 but
Katie Dunn
angel investor, board director, startup advisor · Virginia's Adventure Towns
1 appearance on this show
Sydney Karmes-Wainer
founder · French Squirrel
1 appearance on this show
Ali Cox
Founder and CEO · Noble West
1 appearance on this show
Eran Mizrahi
CEO · Ingredient Brothers
1 appearance on this show
Jackie Chan
Mr. Han
1 appearance on this show
Danielle Hayden
former corporate CFO and CEO of Kickstart Accounting, Inc. · Kickstart Accounting, Inc.
1 appearance on this show
Andy Janaitis
PPC Pitbulls
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Sarah Marshall
author of "Play A Dust in My Soul" · Marshall's Haute Sauce
1 appearance on this show
Kira La Forgia
Paradigm Consulting
1 appearance on this show
Daniel Goetz
Good Pop
1 appearance on this show
Shelley Elkovich
For Bitter For Worse
1 appearance on this show
Kelley Scanlin
Pure Simple Foods
1 appearance on this show
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