Original message from: VPerez@accionusa.org
Hi Annie! To second that, we never intended for La Cocina to be 100%
self-sufficient. Many had tried that and shut their doors as a result.
Because we had a social mission and served lower-income women with
start-up food businesses, we always expected to fundraise. After four
years we were approximately at 25% earned income, 10% government, 65%
foundations.
Please feel free to contact me directly if you have any questions. I'd
be happy to share the lessons I learned during the start-up process.
________________________________
From: bounce-5083989-12012198@list.cornell.edu
[mailto:bounce-5083989-12012198@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Annie
Lord
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 9:23 AM
To: 'lyndon.comstock@gmail.com'; 'awoodward@melvilletrust.org';
'bcahan@urbanlogic.org'; 'GMaher@lisc.org';
'communitydevelopmentbanking-l@list.cornell.edu';
'dross@nuestras-raices.org'; 'cary@billingsforgeworks.org'; Terri
Preston-Koenig
Subject: Re: communitydevelopmentbanking-l digest: January 23, 2010
I'd agree that from what I've learned it's very difficult to make a
kitchen incubator 100% self-sustaining. However, a good model that
successfully incorporated donor funds with program revenues is La Cocina
in San Francisco. (www.lacocinasf.org) Definitely contact them for best
practices.
--- On Fri, 1/29/10, Terri Preston-Koenig <Terri.Preston@bakertilly.com>
wrote:
From: Terri Preston-Koenig <Terri.Preston@bakertilly.com>
Subject: Re: communitydevelopmentbanking-l digest: January 23, 2010
To: "'lyndon.comstock@gmail.com'" <lyndon.comstock@gmail.com>,
"'awoodward@melvilletrust.org'" <awoodward@melvilletrust.org>,
"'bcahan@urbanlogic.org'" <bcahan@urbanlogic.org>, "'GMaher@lisc.org'"
<GMaher@lisc.org>, "'communitydevelopmentbanking-l@list.cornell.edu'"
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Date: Friday, January 29, 2010, 12:02 AM
I would agree. In our analysis of companies of this nature the hurdle is
market share. Getting the attention of the buuer and getting contracts
locked in is a primary concern. Note that these contracts are
competitive and issied annually so it is often not enough to secure the
client for the first buy. The business must be savvy enough to remain
the primary choice by quality and timely delivery and also price to
remain competitive. It is a great idea to have a seasoned person in
place as the marketer for the products as well as a seasoned quality
assurance staff.
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<bcahan@urbanlogic.org>; Greg Maher <GMaher@lisc.org>;
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<communitydevelopmentbanking-l@list.cornell.edu>; Daniel Ross
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Subject: Re: communitydevelopmentbanking-l digest: January 23, 2010
My brief comment, based on my experience in working with a commercial
kitchen incubator in Brooklyn a few years back, is that marketing of
food products is a far more difficult issue than production. I would
suggest focusing two-thirds of one's efforts on supporting entrepreneurs
in successfully bringing their product to the customer. Food marketing
channels are often very difficult for small companies to access. We
made the mistake of focusing our efforts on assistance with production,
financing, and administration. Those are all extremely important but
not nearly as intractable as the marketing challenges.
Lyndon Comstock
On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Woodward, Ann
<awoodward@melvilletrust.org> wrote:
I was the Director of Nuestra Culinary Ventures during its most
successful period in 2006 and would be happy to give you my insight if
you would like.
Here are some other sites as well:
Shared use kitchens:
Cornell
http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/necfe/CoPackerKitchen/ny.html ('http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/necfe/CoPackerKitchen/ny.html')
<http://www.ctpartnershiphousingmail.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http: ('http://www.ctpartnershiphousingmail.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http:')
//www.nysaes.cornell.edu/necfe/CoPackerKitchen/ny.html>
Western Mass Food Processing Center http://www.fccdc.org/fpcabout.html ('http://www.fccdc.org/fpcabout.html')
<http://www.ctpartnershiphousingmail.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http: ('http://www.ctpartnershiphousingmail.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http:')
//www.fccdc.org/fpcabout.html>
Information:
http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/dec2007/sb20071214_603976.h ('http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/dec2007/sb20071214_603976.h')
tm
<http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/dec2007/sb20071214_603976. ('http://www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/dec2007/sb20071214_603976.')
h%0Atm>
<http://www.ctpartnershiphousingmail.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http: ('http://www.ctpartnershiphousingmail.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http:')
//www.businessweek.com/smallbiz/content/dec2007/sb20071214_603976.htm>
http://www.mikitchenessukitchen.com/incubator.htm ('http://www.mikitchenessukitchen.com/incubator.htm')
<http://www.ctpartnershiphousingmail.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http: ('http://www.ctpartnershiphousingmail.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http:')
//www.mikitchenessukitchen.com/incubator.htm>
http://www.thedenverchannel.com/money/14880021/detail.html ('http://www.thedenverchannel.com/money/14880021/detail.html')
<http://www.ctpartnershiphousingmail.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http: ('http://www.ctpartnershiphousingmail.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http:')
//www.thedenverchannel.com/money/14880021/detail.html>
non profit restaurant models (if you are interested)
http://www.whitedog.com/community.html ('http://www.whitedog.com/community.html')
<http://www.ctpartnershiphousingmail.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http: ('http://www.ctpartnershiphousingmail.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http:')
//www.whitedog.com/community.html>
http://www.oneworldeverybodyeats.com/images/One_World_Everybody_Eats_-_S ('http://www.oneworldeverybodyeats.com/images/One_World_Everybody_Eats_-_S')
pirit_In_Business_-_Starting_a_Community_Kitchen.pdf
<http://www.oneworldeverybodyeats.com/images/One_World_Everybody_Eats_-_ ('http://www.oneworldeverybodyeats.com/images/One_World_Everybody_Eats_-_')
S%0Apirit_In_Business_-_Starting_a_Community_Kitchen.pdf>
<http://www.ctpartnershiphousingmail.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http: ('http://www.ctpartnershiphousingmail.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http:')
//www.oneworldeverybodyeats.com/images/One_World_Everybody_Eats_-_Spirit
_In_Business_-_Starting_a_Community_Kitchen.pdf
<http://www.oneworldeverybodyeats.com/images/One_World_Everybody_Eats_-_ ('http://www.oneworldeverybodyeats.com/images/One_World_Everybody_Eats_-_')
Spirit%0A_In_Business_-_Starting_a_Community_Kitchen.pdf> >
shared use kitchen guide-
http://www2.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/FMT-2.pdf ('http://www2.ctahr.hawaii.edu/oc/freepubs/pdf/FMT-2.pdf')
Good Luck!
Cary
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Cc: Daniel Ross
Subject: Re: communitydevelopmentbanking-l digest: January 23, 2010
Hi Greg:
Another Ashoka Fellow and friend, Daniel Ross, has a unique inner city
farming initiative, Nuestras Raices, in Hollyoke MA.
I've copied Daniel, suggesting that you or others on listserv reach out
to
him.
All the best,
Bruce
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On 1/27/10 8:40 AM, "Greg Maher" <GMaher@lisc.org> wrote:
One of LISC's partners in Boston, Nuestra Comunidad, started a kitchen
incubator called Culinary Ventures for small food service
entrepreneurs in
and near the Boston neighborhood of Roxbury where they are located.
Culinary Ventures remained afloat for awhile, but underperformed and
recently faltered and needed to be transferred to another entity.
Might be
worth your time contacting Nuestra staff to hear of the specific
challenges
they experienced and what they might have done differently based on
lessons
learned.
http://nuestracdc.org/index.html ('http://nuestracdc.org/index.html')
Greg Maher
Senior Vice President for Lending
Local Initiatives Support Corporation
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New York, NY 10018
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212-687-2698 (fax)
gmaher@lisc.org
>>> Ted Fowler <ted.fowler@bristol.gov.uk> 1/26/2010 10:07 AM >>>
Hi - this is an excellent list, following you all is definitely more
of
an inspiration than a displacement activity for me!
Kitchen Incubator looks like an interesting model, in particular with
good
service integration, although some of my 'google hits' on the matter
have
come up with caveats. I'm looking at this from a specifically urban
point
of view in order to establish and assess a case locally: can anyone
help me
find any examples from US or from anywhere else in this list?
thanks, and best wishes
8-)
Ted Fowler
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Fax: +44 117 922 2929
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Grand Junction, CO also has a wonderful kitchen incubator. The
organization
began with a business incubator and CDBG funded revolving loan fund.
It
expanded to include a kitchen incubator as a response to the needs of
local
orchards needing a way to maximize the value of their crops by
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kitchen
incubator in Denver. Rural development at USDA supports loan
guarantees
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