
BRINGING FOOD BRANDS TO THE USA MARKET NATIONWIDE
Let’s Achieve Success Together

ABOUT CHEF GOURMET FOODS
Chef Gourmet Foods is an international brand management company for the specialty foods (CPG) industry. We bring an experienced team with hybrid business and sales backgrounds to work for each client. With our honesty and integrity, coupled with experiences, and market research, Direct-To Door services can take your products every step of the way, from ideation to commercialization.
Chef Gourmet Foods can serve as US Agent for importers of FDA regulated products into the United States, as well as provide global procurement services of specialty/gourmet food products from Italy, Spain, France, Mexico, and Greece. Our clients include those who want to grow and defend an established portfolio with existing brands.
Our team of qualified experts have over 20 years of experience working with regulatory authorities to import food products into the U.S. marketplace, as quickly as possible. Chef Gourmet Foods has provided international product development, logistics, warehousing, and direct-to-store distribution services to a wide range of businesses, which has enabled our clients to leverage pricing as a tool to maximize the inherent value of their portfolios, to anticipate and adapt to competitive pricing dynamics, and to better understand and contextualize global market access structures.

CHEF GOURMET EXPORT CONSULTING SERVICES
Analysis and selection of areas of interest (market capacity, main competitors, customer profile, importers list)
Sales and promotions through trade fairs, collective sector missions or targeted trips with direct meetings
Creation of new products dedicated to specific markets, with specific feedback on each phase from quality control to packaging. Please check out the packages below!
INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMER
The management of an International Customer package includes:
Product line optimization
Selection of the most suitable products
Consultancy on packaging and recipes for adapting products to particular areas
Translation and adaptation of labels
Periodic visits to the production site
Order management and logistics
Price negotiation and contract terms
Contract, order, and payment management
Document verification and claims processing
Periodic meetings with the customer
Logistics


BRAND CONSULTING
The management of Brand Consulting packages includes:
A FREE in initial assessment/evaluation of product development, labeling, benchmarking and competitive intelligence
Creation of new products dedicated to specific markets, with specific feedback on each phase from quality control to packaging
Consultancy on packaging and recipes for adapting products to particular markets in the U.S.A.
Daily management and compliance expertise related to all import regulations
Develop Brand planning and launch strategy for companies to establish differentiated brands — advising on strategies for brand positioning and messaging, targeting, promotion mix, sales operations, and launch monitoring to ensure rapid adoption
New growth opportunities within existing markets
MARKET RESEARCH, ANALYTICS & DSD
This Market Research, Analytics & DSD package includes:
(You have your products in the USA, but sales not growing)
Analysis and selection of areas of interest (market capacity, main competitors/price pressures, customer profiles and data analytics
Quantify the business potential for these emerging market trends, and build strategies to seize these opportunities
Introduction and sampling of products with known buyers of specialty/gourmet products
Sales and promotions with known buyers of specialty/gourmet products in multiple U.S.A. marketplaces
Product forecasting and opportunity sizing
Regulatory and Quality Assurance

TRUST IN THE PROCESS
INTRODUCTION
This is the first step in the process. Once you reach out to Chef Gourmet Foods, you will receive an email with a questionnaire to help us learn more about your brand and products
LAUNCH PLAN
Here you will meet your dedicated Food Broker that will be with you throughout the entire process. You have scheduled meetings with your broker 2-3 times a week to discuss strategy, active updates and any questions that may come up. The Broker is available to you 24/7
SALES AND DISTRIBUTION
Once a plan is in place, then its time to let your broker get to work. Through relationships across national retailers and distributors, we will work to find a home to grow your brand. We are able to find the right distributors pending production size
MANAGEMENT PLAN
When you are established in retail chains, we will come up with a plan to keep up with the supply to current distributors and retailers.

CONTACT US
Have a particular challenge you’re trying to deal with? Contact me today and see what I can do for you.