Access the best in CPG, Food & Grocery Retail

Complimentary category and competitor insights to help you leverage data analytics to prep for buyer meetings and investor pitches. As an Emerge brand, receive ongoing SPINS insights which include trends, presentations, infographics, and webinar invitations. Emerge members, log in to get started.

Amplify Goods specializes in launching and growing new and existing brands on Amazon.com. We focus on helping product manufacturers develop their direct-to-consumer sales by implementing SEO, branding and marketing strategies specific to e-commerce marketplaces. Our goal is to make brands look great on Amazon. Our services include: Amazon Account Strategy Strategic Account Setup Listing Optimizations Full Account Management Amazon Sponsored Product Ads (PPC) Emerge members, login to schedule your customized Amazon account review.

&Marketing provides the robust outsourced marketing department that growing companies need without the high overhead costs of traditional agencies or full-time employees. &Marketing’s variable model empowers businesses to reach their growth goals by launching or augmenting their existing teams and receiving guidance and expertise from senior level strategists and a flexible execution team. &Marketing provides your team with what you need, when you need it — delivered with flexibility, transparency, and jargon-free language. No drama, just marketing to help you reach your goals. Emerge members, login to schedule your website review and marketing analysis.

83% of small businesses are never profitable. And 88% of small business owners could actually make more money doing the same work for someone else. Learn how to set up the simple – yet genius – Profit First cash flow management system so you can get out of the cash-flow survival trap and start growing your business profitably, while eradicating debt and paying yourself what you’re worth. Learn how to implement this intuitive cash management system in your business so that you can continue to thrive without stressing over your company’s finances … even if looking at your books is the last thing you ever want to do!

Emerge brands, log in to schedule your intro call and get started with exclusive 5-week program.

Specialty Food Partners (SFP) operates private online marketplaces for grocery wholesalers and distributors who want to sell more specialty products to their stores. Expand your distribution network and ship your products directly to stores with SFP:

• Make your products available to multiple distributors and their retail customers in the SFP Marketplace
• Distributors’ retail customers have the ability to easily view and order Emerge member products
• Single point of contact for sales and order history for all the distributors in the SFP network
• No set up fees, no slotting fees, and no surprise chargebacks

Emerge brands, login to the private portal to get started.

Brandjectory is an online meeting place for innovative early-stage CPG brands and investors to discover each other, make connections, and develop relationships on the path to partnership. Brandjectory combines the best of social media, instant communication and secure file distribution tools to foster connections, communication, and document sharing between entrepreneurs and accredited investors in the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry. Tell your story, post updates about your milestones and achievements, share documents discreetly, and build relationships with relevant investors. Learn more  Emerge brands: login to member portal to get started!

Natural Products Field Manual Eighth Edition Authors Bob Burke & Rick McKelvey

• 4 volumes, 44 chapters of “go to market” content enriched by the insights and commentary of 66 industry CEO’s, retailers, brokers, distributors and experts
• Flash drive with directories of stores, buyers, brokers, distributors, budget models and PR lists
• $100,000 in coupons for services,
• Receive half-day consulting with Bob Burke that can be structured flexibly.

Ideal for anyone bringing natural, organic, specialty, or imported products to market. It pays for itself many, many times over. Not just for startups, the manual has been used by large mainstream companies, long time, experienced natural and specialty products companies, smaller organizations and many investors, consulates, consultants, publishers and educational institutions.

RangeMe is the leading product discovery and sourcing platform where retailers and suppliers discover, connect, and grow their business. RangeMe has become even more vital to the CPG industry since the COVID-19 disruptions, as their online platform helps growing brands stay engaged with retailers.  Emerge members, log in to get started with RangeMe premium account.

Fairfield Partners performs executive search assignments for innovation driven growth companies in the information technology, consumer products and digital healthcare sectors. We are a retained firm focused on C-level executives through mid-level management roles.

As former operating executives in successful high growth companies, we understand the skills and cultural makeup necessary to thrive in this dynamic environment. We have leveraged this knowledge to help many CEO’s attract high impact performers to their teams.

We are driven by an uncompromising commitment to provide talent that helps our clients to achieve their vision.

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In today’s fast-paced world, CPG retailers and suppliers need to be closely coordinated to ensure that business runs at speed and scale. Data has to be ready at any time, and this means the need to communicate dynamically and efficiently about sales activities, inventory levels, promotions, pricing, discounting, category performance, and more. With Crisp, retailers and distributors share a live, real-time feed of sales and inventory data all in one place – keeping shelves stocked and customers happy. Learn more.

Emerge Benefits:

• Compliance Management subscription: manage your company’s regulatory and supply chain risk as you grow.
• Product discovery listing on ReposiTrak MarketPlace: get discovered, meet new buyers and grow your sales. List your products in the fastest growing supplier discovery platform in the industry.

ReposiTrak provides suppliers with a robust, interoperable solution to protect their brands and be retail-ready for new and growing retailer relationships. The ReposiTrak platform includes: Compliance Management – a one-stop solution for automating management and compliance of required documents and regulatory records.  The solution receives, stores, and shares documentation; and generates dashboards and alerts for missing, expired or inaccurate records. Supply Chain Solutions – sell more, stock less and see everything with the suite of supply chain solutions from ReposiTrak. From scan-based trading, direct-store-delivery, store-level ordering and vendor managed inventory solutions, we work with you to create more sales, eliminate out-of-stocks, and reduce shrink with your retail partners. MarketPlace – enables suppliers to capitalize on their commitment to safety and transparency for new products, additional need, or simply to replace non-compliant suppliers which retailers or wholesalers may currently be using.

For more information about the SQF Fundamentals Program and to learn more, contact Julie Pryor