How do you go from Sports and AI to successfully launching a food business? Check out our interview with Breanna Atkinson Co-Founder and CEO of Kokoda as she talks about her journey from playing for the Jamaican national volleyball team to co-founding the first-ever coconut-based spread.

What happens when you combine great taste, phenomenal marketing strategies and supply chain innovation, well if you approach it like NextBite you might end up creating the largest restaurant company that does not actually own any restaurants because they are excelling as a virtual restaurant

The best kind of product is always tried and tested and Jimmy Feeman co-founder of No Baked Cookie Dough knows a lot about what testing your product looks like. Check out the full episode as Jimmy shared the journey of No Baked Cookie Dough and some solid advice for entrepreneurs in the food business. Enjoy the episode.

Which is better? A stand-alone restaurant or an airport restaurant? We sat down with Randy Hazelton the owner of a Hospitality company that specializes in establishing airport restaurants and I tell you the conversation was enlightening. When you think about restaurants in airports you don't often think about the business decisions and factors that were considered for this to happen but entrepreneurs like Randy saw this as an untapped opportunity and he joins us to share the journey and a few tips that he has learned along the way. #foodandfinance #businesstalklibrary #bakerybusiness #businesslessons

What if you could run 10 restaurants out of one kitchen? A newish concept that is radically changing the restaurant industry is the Ghost Kitchen Concept. In this interview, we sat down with the founder of one of Johannesburg South Africa's fast-growing restaurant companies Simele Shange CEO of Jozi Cloud Kitchen. Simele helps us understand how they managed to create a concept that allows them to run 10 different restaurants out of one kitchen and the insights that he shares are amazing.

Innovation is a great way to build new products or to simply take an old product and give it a new spin. Well, this is what an amazing chef, Nahum Jeannot, did with oatmeal. With his company Go Oats, he has creatively combined all of the flavors and ingredients that you love in a treat that you can take on the go. Find the product at the link below or major grocery store chains near you. --- If this is your first time tuning in, we encourage you to subscribe to the show so you can hear all the other insightful episodes (we share three interviews a week) --- If you like what you’ve been hearing on this podcast, we invite you to go to wherever you’re listening to this episode and leave us a comment or review. Tell me what you love about this episode! --- You can find all of the information about this episode and the show at www.businesstalklibrary.com/interviews --- If you want to learn more about finance and accounting as it related to business, check out our courses at the Business Talk Library university: https://btl.thinkific.com/ FREE COURSE: Understand the Income Statement in Less Than 15 Minutes: Use Code: "BTL2020" https://btl.thinkific.com/courses/inc... --------------------------------------------------------- The Business Talk Library is a social media show and platform that shares honest and authentic conversations on the journey of entrepreneurship. We feature conversations with entrepreneurs across all industries with a wide array of experience that we believe will be valuable to you as a business owner. --------------------------------------------------------- Enjoy our content and want to see more? Subscribe & Follow the Podcast – @businesstalklibrary Subscribe & Follow us on YouTube @businesstalklibrary Join us on TikTok, IG, and Facebook! @businesstalklibrary LinkedIn - Business Talk Library

What happens when you take multiple concepts and bring them together into one business? Well if you do it right you could end up with an amazing phenomenon like Ghost Truck Kitchen. We sat down with founder Andrew Martino a hospitality veteran to learn about the way that he took two restaurant concepts and merged them into one business that is growing and making new strides within the industry. Also, we talk about a secret to achieving a profit-driven menu so you definitely want to share this conversation with every restaurant owner that you know. If you like what you’ve been hearing on this podcast, we invite you to go wherever you’re listening to this episode and leave us a comment or review. Tell me what you love about this episode!  --- You can find all of the information about this episode and the show at https://www.businesstalklibrary.com/food-finance --- If you want to learn more about finance and accounting as it related to business, check out our resources at www.tlturnergroup.com FREE COURSE: Understand the Income Statement in Less Than 15 Minutes:  Use Code: BTL2020 https://btl.thinkific.com/courses/incomestatement

Does your restaurant have the right food safety culture in place? We sat down with Doug Sutton the CEO of Steritech to understand a few very important factors about Food Safety and practices that every restaurant should be employing. During this conversation, Doug discussed the difference between food safety standards and a food safety culture, the 7 food safety pillars, and the Optix-360 program. If you know a restaurant owner, tell them to stop what they are doing tune into this. If you like what you’ve been hearing on this podcast, we invite you to go wherever you’re listening to this episode and leave us a comment or review. Tell me what you love about this episode! --- You can find all of the information about this episode and the show at https://www.businesstalklibrary.com/food-finance --- If you want to learn more about finance and accounting as it related to business, check out our resources at www.tlturnergroup.com FREE COURSE: Understand the Income Statement in Less Than 15 Minutes: Use Code: BTL2020 https://btl.thinkific.com/courses/incomestatement

When you think about a winery what comes to mind? Most likely what you pictured is something that looks very much like most wineries have for the past 100 years which is why we sat down with Kristin Hines and Macie Mata the amazing leaders of KT Winery to hear all about the way they are bringing innovation to the business of Wineries. Check out the website for the product launching in the Summer of 2021: https://ktwinery.com/ If you like what you’ve been hearing on this podcast, we invite you to go wherever you’re listening to this episode and leave us a comment or review. Tell me what you love about this episode!  --- You can find all of the information about this episode and the show at https://www.businesstalklibrary.com/food-finance --- If you want to learn more about finance and accounting as it related to business, check out our resources at www.tlturnergroup.com FREE COURSE: Understand the Income Statement in Less Than 15 Minutes:  Use Code: BTL2020 https://btl.thinkific.com/courses/incomestatement