Carrots n Dates USA LLC | Application Preview
Carrots n Dates USA LLC is seeking government grants to support its business launch and growth. The funding will be used to acquire raw materials and equipment, along with covering capital expenses as they establish operations. The company plans to enhance its brand visibility and aims to enter the wholesale market by the third quarter, targeting retailers like Whole Foods for its range of beverages, including Kombucha and electrolyte drinks.
The initial phase of the business will focus on retail, with plans to participate in green markets and festivals. By the third quarter, they plan to expand into wholesale, reaching out to cafes, grocers, and kava bars. Additionally, there is a vision to franchise a restaurant division within two to three years, allowing successful restaurant products to be packaged and sold to wholesale clients.
The applicant highlights over 25 years of experience in quality control and the restaurant industry, emphasizing a successful track record of launching restaurants in Canada. They aim to assist aspiring entrepreneurs in incorporating healthy products through their co-packing services.
The competition includes established brands like Mother Kombucha and Brew Doctor, along with local suppliers of Kombucha. Carrots n Dates believes they can differentiate themselves by offering a diverse range of natural products, capitalizing on the increasing demand from restaurants, gyms, and cafes in the growing health food market.
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General Information
Business Registration Number: 881418657
Location: Jupiter, FL, United States
Length of Operation: 1-5
Number of Employees: 1-10 Employees
Annual Gross Income: Less than $100k
Annual Gross Expense: Less than $100k
Open to Loans: YES
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Funding Usage
Plan on utilizing the funding to purchase raw material, additional equipment as we launch & to cover capital expenditures along the way as our business opens up. We will look to rapidly grow our brand presence and plan on expanding into Wholesale in the 3rd quarter of this year with a target grocer as Whole Foods selling Kombucha, endurance drinks, cold brew coffee & electrolyte drinks
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Business Plan
As mentioned, our retail portion of the business will launch first and we plan to hit up lots of green markets, music & art festivals. By the 3rd quarter of this year, we ar looking to expand into wholesale targeting smaller cafes, grocers, outdoor center, kava bars with various products . We have another wing of the business that is our restaurant division that we would like to start franchising within the next 2-3 years. The popular products from the restaurant can then be packaged & sent to our wholesale customers. I have 15+ years experience in quality control, automotive & an additional 10+ years in the restaurant business . We have successfully launched several restaurants in Canada and are looking to do the same here but from another perspective to help potential entrepreneurs, growing brands to incorporate healthy and natural products into there line by utilizing our co-packing service.
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Self Identified Competition
Our top competitors in the beverage space would be Mother Kombucha, GT's, Brew Doctor - locally, there are small suppliers of Kombucha which is why we intend on Corning the florida market offering a wide variety of services to help fit with the potential clients We have been in this business for a long time evolving with the health food scene creating many incredible products with a wide range. We are now ready to come from a different angle as the health food scene is growing more an more restaurants, gyms, cafe, grocers are looking for natural products.
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