Scaling to Every Zip Code in America: The Sunbasket Meal Kit story with Mike Wargocki, SVP Ops E147

The meal kit delivery industry is estimated to be worth $11.6 billion! Lockdowns accelerated adoption, but with those authoritarian policies in the rear-view mirror, customers are back to eating out more.  Unphased by this trend, one brand continues to surge and has scaled from a single farmers market and a garage distribution center into every zip code in America - meet Sunbasket! 

Mike Wargocki, SVP of Operations joins me to chat about how they scaled and the organized chaos that is meal-kit manufacturing. You will have a newfound appreciation for that little box when it shows up on your doorstep!

• Intro - we both love Boy Scouts and Philmont!
• Sunbasket origin story
• Challenges scaling a perishable food business
• Safety
• Automation
• Complexity - 1 million preps per week
• FDA/USDA regulations - retail exemption

Connect with Mike: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikewargocki/

Sunbasket: https://sunbasket.com/

 

About your Host Tony Moore and the Winning at Work podcast:

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Episode 147 is sponsored by: Timpl Search - National Food and Beverage headhunters for sales, marketing, innovation, and operations. https://www.timplsearch.com/

Contact: Tony Moore. 404-904-9235. Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/differentbetterspecialbrands/

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