Scale Fearlessly. Stay Sane. Your Founder-to-Founder Executive Partners
As founders and food industry pioneers, we know the toll scaling takes. We embed as fractional executive partners with 30 years of manufacturing innovation and food safety expertise. We partner exclusively with well-funded founder-led companies. Whether bootstrapped, self-funded, or venture-backed, our clients have the capital to invest in operational excellence and are committed to protecting founder wellbeing.
If you're scaling aggressively, expanding into new categories, or building manufacturing infrastructure at $2M+ revenue or with significant capital resources, we work alongside you as embedded partners, not outside consultants. With decades of building and scaling food experiences, we bring the expertise that takes brands from millions to hundreds of millions in revenue while keeping founders sane and healthy.
From SQF certification and supply chain optimization to production scaling and operational systems, we help you build the infrastructure of a category leader. No parachuting in, no generic playbooks. Just embedded partnership with founders who understand the journey and who are deeply committed to your success and your wellbeing.
If you're scaling aggressively, expanding into new categories, or building manufacturing infrastructure at $2M+ revenue or with significant capital resources, we work alongside you as embedded partners, not outside consultants. With decades of building and scaling food experiences, we bring the expertise that takes brands from millions to hundreds of millions in revenue while keeping founders sane and healthy.
From SQF certification and supply chain optimization to production scaling and operational systems, we help you build the infrastructure of a category leader. No parachuting in, no generic playbooks. Just embedded partnership with founders who understand the journey, and who are deeply committed to your success and your wellbeing.
Innovate
Scale
Succeed
Expert guidance for growing and emerging clean label food brands—streamline your operations, perfect your product, and get certified with confidence.
Innovate
Scale
Succeed
Expert guidance for growing and emerging clean label food brands—streamline your operations, perfect your product, and get certified with confidence.
Some of the incredible brands we have worked with over the years
Some of the incredible brands we have worked with over the years
Some of the incredible brands we have worked with over the years
Decades of leadership and formulation experience that have generated $500M+ in revenue for food brands and co-mans.
We help companies find their way to greatness.
We help companies find their way to greatness.
Your Founder Co-Executive: Strategy Without the Burnout
We work with well-funded founder-led companies as fractional CEOs and COOs. We handle the operational complexity, financial strategy, and growth management so you can focus on vision and wellbeing. We partner with founders as true co-executives and are deeply committed to protecting your sanity while you scale.
Strategic Co-Manufacturing: Partnerships that Fit Your Vision
We match well-funded founders with the right co-manufacturing partners for their specific needs. We handle quality assurance, cost optimization, and operational alignment so co-man relationships become true partnerships that scale. For well-funded startup founders, manufacturing shouldn't hold back growth.
Food Safety Made Simple: SQF & Compliance Expertise
As certified SQF practitioners with years of co-manufacturing and brand audit experience, we handle every compliance requirement from SQF and HACCP to organic and allergen protocols. We embed compliance into your daily operations, not just your binder. For well-funded startup founders, compliance shouldn't mean sleepless nights over regulatory requirements.
Proven R&D: Formulations That Win Markets
Over 30 years of innovation has generated $500M+ in revenue for our founders. From pioneering America's first certified organic energy bar to functional foods for athletes and medical needs, our proven R&D process creates breakthrough formulations that consumers love, retailers want, and co-mans can produce at scale. We handle flavor masking, functional ingredient optimization, and cost architecture to deliver profitable innovation.
Bring Big
Ideas to
Market
From crafting a low-sugar, crave-worthy protein bars to launching at scale, every step supports the original vision - protecting product integrity, honoring the mission, and bringing something truly meaningful to market.
Find the Right Co-Man, the First Time
Tired of inconsistent production and ghosting co-packers? Our proven matchmaking process connects you with reliable, values-aligned manufacturers ready to scale with you.
Feeling the Pressure of Growth?
Streamline operations, reduce costs, and confidently prepare for certifications like GMP, HACCP, SQF, Organic, Kosher, and Non-GMO all while staying fully compliant with FSMA. Maintain product quality, foster a strong team culture, and build a foundation for scalable success.
We help elevate your business success through our comprehensive services in Business and Brand Strategy
Business & Strategy Development
Bring Big
Ideas to
Market
From crafting a low-sugar, crave-worthy protein bars to launching at scale, every step supports the original vision - protecting product integrity, honoring the mission, and bringing something truly meaningful to market.
Find the Right Co-Man, the First Time
Tired of inconsistent production and ghosting co-packers? Our proven matchmaking process connects you with reliable, values-aligned manufacturers ready to scale with you.
Feeling the Pressure of Growth?
Streamline operations, reduce costs, and confidently prepare for certifications like GMP, HACCP, SQF, Organic, Kosher, and Non-GMO all while staying fully compliant with FSMA. Maintain product quality, foster a strong team culture, and build a foundation for scalable success.
Business & Strategy Development
We help elevate your business success through our comprehensive services in Business and Brand Strategy
What Our Lovely Clients Have to Say
We're deeply grateful for the support in scaling our business. Their expertise and active engagement were pivotal. The team has been integral to our journey, showing genuine commitment to our mission from the outset.
I'm thrilled to share my experience working with Liz Ward at Snackteva. Her extensive knowledge and expertise in food formulation were invaluable in developing my snack bar. She helped me find a suitable co-packer, and her dedication to the project has been nothing short of impressive. I highly recommend her to anyone seeking top-notch assistance in the food industry.
As we continue to grow Cereal Number, we are eager to have Liz as a long-term partner and look forward to her continued support.