Integrated Brand Solutions
We provide “end-to-end” solutions for plant-based brands across Canada that we personally believe in.
With persistence, experience, strong buyer relationships and a solid team, we have pioneered countless brands to elevate their sales, with listings in major retailers and multiple channels across Canada.
The Lloyd-James Group offers a holistic approach to maximizing a brand’s chance of success in a highly crowded and competitive industry through market insight, brand representation and strategic investment.
Distributors & Retailers We Work With
Grocery Insights
We understand current market conditions, leading to strategic and actionable decisions that drive profitability.
The information that you will acquire in the Grocery Insights Program is not found online, in boot camps or incubators. It is designed for domestic and foreign food & beverage brands that are looking
- Understand if their product or idea is commercially viable
- Expanding into larger retailers
- Break into the Canadian market
In just three weeks, gain immersive and industry-specific information to educate you and your team about the current Canadian market and the requirements associated with the “real cost” of doing business with distributors and retailers.
Upon completion of the Grocery Insights Program, you will acquire a clear roadmap to assess and strategize the most profitable distribution channels for your brand, while increasing your chances of success to save you both time and money.
Visibility around cost inputs you may not have planned for.
Understand “real cost” of selling products to Canadian distributors and retailers.
Competitor Pricing Analysis.
SKU Profit & Loss Breakdown.
Go to Market Opportunities.
Road-map to launch or expand your brand in the Canadian market.
Brand Representation
We are a national sales and trade-marketing team that helps brands navigate the path to launch and successfully sell products into the stores of major Canadian retailers. From our detailed on boarding process, bilingual packaging and product regulations review, to crafting a launch strategy that will ensure placement in national distributors, to presenting your product to large retailers and managing your business once on store shelves, our trusted team of specialists will ensure your profitable growth in the Canadian market.
We take on a limited number of brands to focus on specific channels of distribution that are right for you while providing your business with the focus, hustle and attention it deserves.
Lloyd-James Group builds thriving relationships with major retailers across Canada to help clients get their products on store shelves, into baskets and through the till repeatedly.
Through persistence, experience, strong buyer relationships and a solid team, we take brands to new heights, with listings in major retailers and multiple channels across Canada.
Canadian Sku Regulatory Compliance.
Detailed Brand Onboarding Process.
Go-to-Market Planning & Development.
Distributor Management.
Key Account Sell in.
Trade Marketing Management.
Merchandising.
Consumer & Trade Show Activation.
Investment
Get the financial support you need to create demand for your product through relationships with empathetic investors that understand the food space.
Paying for raw materials, investing in people, processes and retail trade programs puts pressure on your cash flow and often requires significant funding. Our “home office” investment team offers select brands both debt and equity financing along with strategic advice.
As fellow food entrepreneurs, we are actively engaged in the business of selling and marketing plant-based food and beverages, and therefore understand the people, processes and capital needed for your brand to scale up.
Unlike other food accelerators or Venture Capital funds, we don’t force cross-promoted marketing services on your brand, seek majority control of your business, or aggressively structure deals to transfer our risk onto you.
We invest in brands we believe in for the long haul, so we can both be on the same page with customers, products and desire to succeed.
Seed Round
Series A Funding
Cash Flow Management
Growth Strategy
