Food & Drink Start-up Accelerator

Food, Drink & Agriculture > 2023 ONE Food & Drink Start-up Accelerator

Are you ready to grow your food and drink start-up?

The 2023 ONE Food & Drink Start-up Accelerator is practical, specific to the sector - delivered by experienced industry practitioners - and will help you grow your business.

The programme is for ambitious food and drink start-ups that are already trading and ideally have multiple founders involved in the business. It will help you develop a robust business growth plan and compelling value proposition.

Focus on growth strategy, value proposition and commercialisation.
Delivered by food and drink specialists who have helped food and drink businesses increase sales locally, across the UK and worldwide.
Practical steps to develop your product proposition to match consumer and buyer needs and establish a successful business model.
Workshops, peer-to-peer learning, advice, coaching and mentoring.
It works - you’ll be joining a group of north east Scotland food and drink businesses that have already completed the programme, benefit from their experience and receive ongoing support from ONE and partners.

Businesses must be based in north east Scotland and manufacture food or drink products.

How it works

The 2023 ONE Food & Drink Start-up Accelerator will enable you to develop a practical plan for growth with a focus on:

Your ambition and strategic growth planning
Your business model and value proposition
Customer discovery, market demand and routes to market
Commercial preparation
Making new connections within the food and drink industry, building networks and accessing complementary sources of support to accelerate further growth

The accelerator is for start-up businesses, ideally with multiple founders and in their initial 12-24 months of trading.

Programme and fees

The programme comprises a half-day onboarding session followed by three intensive full-day workshops and offline preparation and tasks. There are then options to attend three further complementary workshops, addressing key topics that every start-up should consider.

In businesses with multiple founders all of the co-founders are encouraged to participate.

A programme fee will apply for each start-up business. For further information please contact Jane MacLeod.

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CASE STUDY | Pure Water Scotland

Peter McCann of Pure Water Scotland was part of the 2022 ONE Food & Drink Start-up Accelerator. Here he shares his insights on the benefits of the programme and how it helped accelerate the growth of his business.

CASE STUDY | Twice Buried Rum Co.

Kevin Bonarius of Twice Buried Rum Co. was part of the 2022 ONE Food & Drink Start-up Accelerator. Here he shares his insights on the benefits of the programme and how it helped accelerate the growth of his business.