Contents:
- Food Business Unpacked: Choose the Right Sales Channel
- Mahonia Grand Opening Celebration
- Use eBuild for Your Next Expansion Project
- Understanding Drivers of Sustainability in Supply Chain Processes
- Applications Open Chobani Incubator and Food Tech Residency
- Envisioning the New Eugene Downtown Riverfront
- Oakshire Brewing Brings on Industry Veteran
- Pitch Your Food Business Idea at PitchFork
- Founders Event for Lane County CPG Companies
- Job Opportunities
- Share Your Story
- EWEB Business Growth and Retention Program
Food Business Unpacked: Choose the Right Sales Channel
Thur 6/21 from 6pm - 8pm at Venue 252
Food Business Unpacked showcases stories from food and beverage leaders. We welcome the community to join us for an evening of inspiration. Enjoy tasty local food and drink while you connect with other professionals from the over 160 food and beverage manufacturing companies in Lane County.
Choose the Right Sales Channel: Learn how companies from across Oregon are thinking outside the box to choose sales channels that build brands and grow customer base.
Featuring:
- Marty Parisien | Co-Founder at Singing Dog Vanilla | Eugene
- Nadine McCrindle | Marketing Director at Picky Bars | Bend
- Larry McGrath | Sales Manager at Brew Dr. Kombucha | Portland
- Corey Thomas | Managing Director at RUN AMZ | Portland
Presented by The City of Eugene with support from Lane Sector Strategies, RAIN Eugene, Eugene Chamber of Commerce, and Market of Choice. Abundant appetizers provided by Market of Choice Catering included with ticket purchase.
Limited number of tickets available. Purchase tickets here.
Mahonia Grand Opening Celebration
Fri 6/8 from 4:30pm - 8pm at the Mahonia Building
Join Hummingbird Wholesale and community partners as they celebrate the grand opening of the Mahonia Building—Eugene, Oregon's newest food and community hub. This sustainably designed hub features a collaborative community of organizations and businesses focused on food, environment and health.
Enjoy complimentary snacks, live music, and tours of the Mahonia building and surroundings. More information to follow, but make sure to mark your calendar!
Register here.
For more information contact Lynne Fessenden at lynne@hummingbirdwholesale.com or Stacy Kraker at (541) 686-0921 x126
Use eBuild for Your Next Expansion Project
eBuild is a web-based solution that allows applicants to initiate and complete the plan review process from application to permit issuance online. As the applicant you will be able to submit drawings, pay fees, and select contractors online. You will be notified of any status changes to your project in real-time. When your plans have been approved and your fees have been paid, you will be able to download and print the approved stamped plans.
The City of Eugene's Building and Permit Services Department is is always interested in receiving feedback. A workgroup comprised of city employees, construction professionals, the Eugene Chamber of Commerce, and F&B manufactures has formed to help inform the continued evolution of Building and Permit Services Department programs and processes. Stay tuned for more updates from this group.
For more information, contact Mark Whitmill at mark.d.whitmill@ci.eugene.or.us or 541-682-5128.
Understanding Drivers of Sustainability in Supply Chain Processes
A research team in the Center for Sustainable Business Practices in the Lundquist College of Business at the University of Oregon is undertaking a global benchmarking study on understanding drivers of sustainability in supply chains. This study is focused on understanding the role of trust, dependency, and reciprocity (i.e., give and take) in assessing the impact of buyer-supplier relationship management approaches for enhancing sustainability.
When the research is completed participants will receive a "summary benchmarking report" containing the average results across the entire (industry) data, thus providing them an opportunity to see where their firm stands vis-à-vis their industry or other industries. Subsequently, they will receive a research report that uses rigorous econometric analysis to highlight the efficacy of supplier relationship management approaches and offers targeted business insights for buyer firms to manage supplier relationship for enhancing sustainability under a variety of factors and business conditions.
More info on the survey can be found here.
Participate here.
Applications Open Chobani Incubator and Food Tech Residency
The Chobani Incubator focuses on helping emerging food and beverage CPG brands. Chobani is looking for passionate founders shaking up the food industry with innovative solutions to help bring better food to more people. If you're making a delicious, nutritious, natural and affordable product, we highly encourage you to apply.
The Chobani Incubator is also launching a residency for food tech startups. In addition to helping emerging natural food and beverage product companies grow, Chobani want to solve challenges all along the food and agriculture value chain: from waste reduction to food safety to supply chain traceability and more.
Relocation is NOT required for either of these opportunities. Applications for both programs are due Monday, July 2nd, at 11:59 PM EDT.
More information and application materials available here.
Envisioning the New Eugene Downtown Riverfront
The 3-acre Downtown Riverfront Park located along the Willamette on former EWEB property is ready to start the design phase. Over the next few months, the City of Eugene Parks and Open Space Division and the consultant design team led by Walker Macy are seeking the community's input on what they would like to see in this new park.
All are encouraged to contribute ideas via this online survey. Detailed information, a video of the site and project updates can also be found here. Additionally two more events will take place later this summer:
- Design Concepts, Thursday, July 19 - Vote on three design concepts based on the values heard at the May meeting.
- Celebration, Thursday, September 27 - Celebrate the final design concept as the team embarks on the next phase of the project
Locations for both will be at the EWEB North Headquarters Community Room. Time is yet to be determined.
For more information contact Emily Proudfoot at emily.a.proudfoot@ci.Eugene.or.us or 541-521-6114.
Oakshire Brewing Brings on Industry Veteran
The Oakshire Brewing team is excited to announce the completion of a leadership transition at the Sales Director position. George Graham, a 25-year industry veteran of both the wholesaler and supplier tiers, officially started at Oakshire on Friday, May 18, 2018. Most recently, George Graham served as Pabst Brewing Company’s Area Sales Manager for Oregon and Southwest Washington. Prior roles were with MillerCoors and Mt Hood Beverage.
Read the full article here.
Pitch Your Food Business Idea at PitchFork
Thur 6/7 from 6:00pm - 7:30pm at Corvallis Foundry
Almost every food and beverage business started as a small business with an simple idea. PitchFork is an effort to get those ideas out in the open and connect startups with the tools and people they need to be successful. Entrepreneurs are invited to pitch their ideas or product via 3 minute informal pitches. You can also table and or sample regardless if you're going to pitch. If you're interested in pitching, tabling, or sampling, please register below.
Register here.
Contact Brad Attig at brad@corvallisfoundry.com for more info.
Founders Event for Lane County CPG Companies
Thur 9/6 from 5:30pm - 8:00pm at Swallowtail Spirits
Built Oregon & RAIN Eugene are pleased to invite you to the inaugural Willamette Valley consumer product Founder’s Event! Built Oregon is bringing together Willamette Valley founders of consumer product companies for a night of networking, celebration, and interactive (i.e. - fun) programming to ignite the inherent creativity within everyone.
Take a night off from the grind of building your companies to cultivate community with your fellow founders across industries. Our hope is that this event will create connections among different industries and instigate not only conversations about products, but also stimulate ideas on how we all can collaborate to elevate the entire consumer product ecosystem.
Built Oregon will also be sharing updates including an update on this year’s Built Up Festival, an overview of the nonprofit consumer products accelerator launching next year, and most likely other things since it’s a couple months away and things always seem to get added into the mix!
Register here. Contact Mitch Daugherty at mitch@builtoregon.com or 503-490-1538 for more info.
Job Opportunities
From the diversity of activities, the incredible food and people, to the strong job opportunities, there are plenty of reasons for you to chose to live, work, and play in the greater Eugene area.
This video showcases how we work and play in Lane County. Opportunities abound . See below for some current job openings.
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Ninkasi Brewing
- Marketing Director | Eugene
- Eugene Area Market Manager | Eugene
Cafe Mam
- Wholesale Account Manager / Sales Rep | Eugene
Hummingbird Wholesale
- Customer Service and Sales Representative
Grain Millers
- Maintenance Technician / Millwright | Eugene
Lochmead Dairy
- Local Route Driver (CDL CLASS B) | Junction City
- Tanker Driver (CDL CLASS A) | Junction City
Yogi Tea
- Director of Quality Assurance | Eugene
- Buyer | Eugene
Franz
- Bakery Maintenance Engineer | Springfield
- Merchandiser | Springfield
Organically Grown Company
- Senior Accountant | Eugene
Oregon Ice Cream
- Maintenance Manager | Eugene
- Maintenance Tech | Eugene
- Pasteurizer | Eugene
- Sanitation Technician | Eugene
- Production Worker | Eugene
- Production Machine Operator | Eugene
Coconut Bliss:
- Conventional Accounts Manager | Eugene
- Accounts Receivable and Deductions Manager | Eugene
Springfield Creamery:
Mountain Rose Herbs:
- Product Coordinator | Eugene
Attune Foods:
- Maintenance Electrician | Eugene
- Material Handler | Eugene
- CDL Driver | Eugene
- Food Safety Team Member | Eugene
- QA Tech | Eugene
- QA Raw Materials Lab Tech | Eugene
- Packaging Line Lead | Eugene
- Packaging Machine Operator | Eugene
- Oven Operator | Eugene
- QA Lab Technician | Eugene
- Regional Sales Manager | Eugene
- Senior R&D Food Technologist | Eugene
- Production Supervisor | Eugene
Tobys Family Foods
- QA Lab Technician | Springfield
- Production Worker | Springfield
- Sanitation Worker | Springfield
- Custodian | Springfield
Market of Choice:
- Culinary Team Member | Eugene
- Barista | Eugene
- Cashier | Eugene
- Courtesy Clerk | Eugene
- Graveyard Floor Maintenance Clerk | Eugene
- Meat and Seafood Clerk | Eugene
- On Call Bartender | Eugene
- On Call Server | Eugene
- Management Training Opportunities | Eugene
- PLUS MANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES ACROSS THE STATE
GloryBee:
Don't hesitate to reach out if you or your company are seeking talent. We're here to help connect you. Email micah@seasontotaste.co (or simply reply to this newsletter) with a link to job description.
Share Your Story
The Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce is conducting interviews to better understand how the organization can best serve local industry. As part of their greater Business Retention and Expansion Program (BR&E), the Chamber is collecting information privately and aggregating the results to tell the narrative of the industry and inform the work of economic development agencies across Lane County.
This is your chance to ensure that the Eugene Chamber and partner agencies are working to serve your needs!
These narratives help The Eugene Chamber of Commerce work with the city and county to improve policies/programs that affect our local industries. For example, there is one component of the survey that addresses the permitting concerns of the industry.
For more information and to book your interview, contact Joshua Mongé at joshuam@eugenechamber.com
EWEB Business Growth and Retention Program
Are you aware of the EWEB programs for local businesses? EWEB designed the Business Growth & Retention Program to help attract and encourage business development in our community. Funding varies by project. To determine eligibility, EWEB staff reviews customer projects considering the benefits your development may contribute to our community's economic, social and environmental vitality.
One or more of these opportunities may be available to you:
- Special EWEB electric pricing
- Facility loans from EWEB
- Energy efficiency rebates and loans
Call (541) 685-7607 or email CustomerRelationshipManagement@eweb.org for more information and expert advice.
Got Updates?
Send content (relevent news, events, announcements, etc) to micah@seasontotaste.co or simply reply to this email.
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