Introducing The Good Food Consortium

Today on the Good Food CFO Podcast Sarah is  joined by Felice Thorpe and Shannon Hiller-Webb. The three have recently joined forces and founded the Good Food Consortium and they can’t wait to tell you about it, and share their vision for how the Consortium supports Good Food Business owners like you!  About Felice Felice is the founder of Felice Foods, through which she provides sales director consulting services. Felice has strong roots in American agriculture and began her food career over 20 years ago as Director of Business Development for an organic grains company. She then moved on to become National Sales Director for O Olive Oil, where she gained placement into Target and Walmart. And served as Sales Director for many of our favorites… Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese, Laura Chenel, Marin French and St Benoit Creamery; where she achieved exporting cheese to Asia, and expanding national distribution.  About Shannon Shannon is the Principal of Prosparus, a marketing and operational strategy consulting agency guiding businesses to their next level of prosperity. She brings creative innovation and resources together to evaluate whole company health to define the business value proposition, mission and goals and collaborates to offer solutions that foster change. Her consulting focuses on branding, competitive & profitability assessments with SWOT analysis to inform a go-to-market strategy that includes advertising, marketing, sales funnel, pricing, channel strategy, promotional planning, resource allocation and operational analysis with performance metrics. Today Sarah, Felice & Shannon are sharing: How they met and where the idea for the Consortium was born The Goal of the Consortium How they’ll be collaborating with industry experts to achieve that goal Upcoming Events  If you’ve been looking for meaningful education and access to resources in the Good Food Business industry, this episode is for you! Visit us at: https://goodfoodconsortium.org/ for more information and to register for the LIVE event in Portland, OR or to purchase the RECORDING.  Oregon Entrepreneurs Network Oregon State Food Innovation Center   Connect with Felice: Website: www.felicefoods.com Instagram: @thorpefelice LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/felice-thorpe-75482943/   Shannon: Website: www.prosparus.com Instagram: @prosparus LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/capergirl/   Sarah: Instagram: @sarah.delevan.consulting Join us in the Profitable Food Business Community  Tune in to learn more, and visit sarahdelevan.com or the to learn about our new + updated services.  This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thegoodfoodcfo.substack.com