FOOD AND BEVERAGE MARKETING AGENCY
Goldenscope is the food and beverage launch agency built on the backbone of 78 Brand, a self funded condiment company that scaled from a Chicago kitchen to Sysco, US Foods, Walmart, Target, Meijer, and 2,500 plus retail doors. We lived the journey. Now we run it for other CPG founders.
Most food and beverage founders do not lose because the product is wrong. They lose because the path from a finished pallet to a paid invoice is opaque, slow, and run by people who do not have skin in the game.
Pay to play at retail bleeds the brand dry before consumers ever pick the product off the shelf.
A logo on a broker line card is not a buyer relationship. Velocity stalls and the brand gets blamed.
Founders spend twenty thousand dollars on a booth, then never follow up because the next operational fire wins.
BY THE NUMBERS
Retail doors opened across 78 Brand
Broadline distributors: Sysco, US Foods, UNFI, KeHE, DOT
Years operating in food and beverage
Dollars of outside capital raised at 78 Brand
HOW GOLDENSCOPE WORKS FOR FOOD AND BEVERAGE
Scope OS coordinates the research, outreach, and sales cycle. Our team adds the relationships, the media, and the booth presence that actually move cases.
Scope OS pinpoints the right buyers at Sysco, US Foods, UNFI, KeHE, Whole Foods, and the regional chains that actually fit your price point, format, and case pack. No more pitching the wrong door.
See ResearchTwenty years of warm relationships across broadline, DSD, specialty, and natural channels. We open the door with the buyer who already trusts our name, then position your brand to win the line review.
See OutreachEvery sample shipped, chef tasting, buyer meeting, and reorder lives in one system tied to revenue. Founders run the pipeline from a phone, even on a co manufacturer floor.
See Scope OSTargeted chef tastings, operator demos, and culinary content that turn a single account into a regional menu placement. Real plates, real reorders, not just sample shipments.
See ContentVetted local chefs and creators that put your product on a plate, on camera, and in front of consumers who can buy it tomorrow. Earned trust at the table, demand on the shelf.
See PodcastsWe build the booth, train the team, run targeted pre show outreach to your top accounts, and convert the leads in the four weeks after the show. NRA, Expo West, Fancy Food, PLMA, and regional.
See ConsultingWho we serve
Our work runs across better for you snacks, premium pantry, sauces and condiments, functional and ready to drink beverages, frozen, and natural categories. Most of our brands sit between $500K and $25M in revenue, with a founder still in the seat and a clear path to retail or foodservice that needs an operator, not a vendor.
We are not a fit for energy drink moonshots, single SKU vanity launches, or brands that want a logo on a deck more than reorders on a shelf.
Channels we open
Broadline foodservice (Sysco, US Foods, DOT, Performance), natural and specialty (UNFI, KeHE), club and mass (Costco, Walmart, Target, Meijer, Sam's Club), grocery and natural retail (Whole Foods, Sprouts, Fresh Thyme, Mariano's, Heinen's), regional independents, DTC, and Amazon. The buyer set is national, the relationships are personal.
See the full services lineup, the 78 Brand case study, or how we deploy Scope OS for food and beverage teams.
CASE STUDY
Launched at the 2014 NRA Show in Chicago with no investors, no broker, and no slotting budget. Captured fifty restaurants in one summer, turned tableside trial into inbound retail calls, and scaled into Sysco, US Foods, Walmart, Target, Meijer, and 2,500 plus doors. Millions of bottles sold. Zero outside capital.
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