As part of the lunchtime bites session The Business of Food held during May 2020, Jane Del Rosso spoke with Clare Blackstock from Blade Creative to understand more about her passion for brand development, how she supports her clients and works with many to grow their unique brand and business over time.

Understanding the Food Labelling laws, is one of the hurdles lots of new food producers struggle with. Our five tips will give you the confidence to understand what you need to do and how to get expert advice to ensure you are legally compliant and ready for sales.

What a customer is looking for when buying a healthy food product is often very different from what you think.

Retail online shopping is a crowded marketplace. For a food business you need to replace touch and feel and taste with fantastic photos and evocative words to stand out from the crowd and persuade customers to buy online.

It’s the first pandemic in a 100 years, which means no one in business now was in business then. However Australia has had recessions and depressions in more recent years, which you can learn from now if you are looking to evolve your business offerings.

The export market is a tantalising goal for many artisan food producers, especially with Australia’s high reputation for quality food products. However, to taste success your business needs to be export ready.

Lee Biderskovy from Lee Bird Photography is a food and product photographer -but her passion is definitely food. With her former career as a journalist, photographer was always in the background and when she became a Mum 12 years ago it gave her the opportunity to launch as a photographer with a focus on family and newborns.

Meirav Dulberg from Webby Web Design is a web designer and web developer who focuses on developing the functional structure of a client’s website first to deliver on the functionality a client needs. Then she will work with the branding of the business to merge in visuals with functionality.

The alchemy behind any great business is always a bit of mystery, however there are some key components to to establishing and operating a great food business.

Matt Kuter established ITgeniq to assist those getting their own small business going to assist them design their IT system from the beginning so it supports their business operations from the beginming and makes it easier to grow their business over time.

It’s hard to stay motivated while you get your food business established and work a full time job.  Try our tips on decluttering your thoughts and staying focused on your goals.

If you are looking to make a change in your life, then joining The Business of Food Incubator could be what you are looking for.

Accelerator Programs are great for entrepreneurs who have a developed a commercial recipe and have a prototype of their food product, but want a supported program to assist them launch into the market place.

Staying fresh in business can be hard work, so make sure you pay attention to small business offerings in your local area.

Welcome to our updated website, that makes it easier to find the information you need on how we provide practical advice to own a successful food business.

More and more customers are expecting food manufacturers to be conscious of their environmental footprint, when they pack their product, source ingredients and manage their food waste created during production. Is this an opportunity for your business.?

If you have a food dream - either to get going, launch a new product, expand into the export market or maybe just improve your packaging - then you can’t afford to miss The Business of Food Expo.

All food businesses need a clear business plan that supports viable growth at a pace you can manage - so here’s 3 tips to develop a useful two page business plan.