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The Food Business™

Industry-specific entrepreneurship primer for emerging food and beverage professionals

Next intakeTo be confirmed
StatusOngoing
Overview

Key facts

Qualification
Executive Education
Duration
8 weeks
Entry requirement
Open entry
Format
Online
Credential
Certificate
Accreditation
Credence Institute certification

About this program

The Food Business takes founders from recipe to retail. It covers product development and consistency, costing and margin in food, licensing and food safety compliance, packaging and labelling requirements, branding and shelf positioning, production scale-up and the distribution and logistics realities of perishable goods. For cooks, caterers and food entrepreneurs who want a business rather than an expensive hobby.

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Who should apply

  • Cooks
  • Caterers
  • Food entrprenuers

What you leave with

Industry-specific entrepreneurship primer for emerging food and beverage professionals

Where it can take you

  • It covers product development and consistency, costing and margin in food, licensing and food safety compliance, packaging and labelling requirements, branding and shelf positioning, production scale-up and the distribution and logistics realities of perishable goods.

The award

On passing the assessment you receive a certificate for this Executive Education program. Verification arrangements for this program are stated at enrollment. Issued under Credence Institute certification.

Who teaches it

If you want to know who leads this program before you apply, ask us and we will tell you.

Admissions and entry requirements

Open entry.

If you are funding someone else’s studies, here is what you are paying for. The Food Business™ is an Executive Education program taking 8 weeks, examined and credentialed, and issued with a certificate that any employer can verify publicly at any time. It prepares the learner for It covers product development and consistency, costing and margin in food, licensing and food safety compliance, packaging and labelling requirements, branding and shelf positioning, production scale-up and the distribution and logistics realities of perishable goods. . With the learner’s consent we will confirm enrollment, attendance and completion to you in writing at each stage.

Intakes

Next intakes

Dates for the next cohorts are being confirmed. An advisor can tell you when this program next runs, and put you on the list for it.

Ask an advisor about dates

Fees and payment

Multiple payment options are available, with installments on programs of six weeks and longer. Employers can be invoiced directly against a purchase order or a letter of undertaking.

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