• 2017 LOCAL FOOD & GIFT TRADE SHOW - MONDAY MARCH 13, 2017 10:30a-4:00p

    Registration is open for Midwest Pantry's annual wholesale buying show will attract more buyers than ever!
    More than 50 entrepreneurs will present their locally-made foods, gift, and wellness products to wholesale buyers. Solar Arts by Chowgirls, 711 15th Ave NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413

  • GROWING YOUR BUSINESS SERIES :: PART 2 - COMING SOON IN APRIL

    Midwest Pantry is proud to present the 'Growing Your Business' Discussion Series in collaboration with Grow North, Professional Humans, and The Good Acre.
    This 5-part series of discussion panels are aimed at helping you the entrepreneur learn directly from the people you'll meet on your company's path to reaching your goals. You'll glean insights about how buyer's assess a new product, what a distributor needs to help you increase your sales, how to prepare for working with a co-packer, and more.

  • BECOME A MEMBER

    Our membership ranks are made up of individual and corporate leaders in Minnesota's local food scene. Join us!

  • MIDWEST PANTRY MEETUP - WEDNESDAY MARCH 29 AT 6:30 @ ABLE BREWERY

    This event is in conjunction with the Sensory Panel Event presented by AURI (Argricultural Utilization Research Insitute). The Sensory Panel forum is used frequently in Europe and this is the first event of it’s kind in MN, so we are excited to participate!

    It works like this, MN companies who are in the process of bringing a NEW product to market attend to present their products to a panel of judges (made up of chefs, food scientists & experts) and receive specific feedback. We can also participate and give feedback using AURI’s score cards! This will be great fun!

    Get your tickets via Eventbrite!
    If you have a new product you’d like feedback on, please contact Nan Larson at nlarson@auri.org or 320.979.7412.

Midwest Pantry organizes Minnesota’s local food creator community.

  • We are Minnesota food entrepreneurs.

  • We help Minnesota food businesses grow smarter and faster.

  • Together, we are making Minnesota the #1 place to start and run a food business.

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Individual Memberships start at $65 a year and include discounts to our events, including:

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Wholesale trade show

1We organize the annual wholesale Local Food & Gift Trade Show each Feburary. If you are a licensed and insured producer that makes a quality local product, a store owner or wholesale buyer that is looking for unique local products, or a local business that can support our Show and grow your business, contact us here.

Our next wholesale event is: 2018 Minnesota Food & Gift Trade Show on Thursday, Feb 8th, 2018 from 10:30am-4pm. Wholesale buyers can purchase tickets here, and local producers can register here.

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Public shopping event

2We organize The Shop Small Holiday Market, held on Small Business Saturday each year (the Saturday after Thanksgiving). 2017 will be our the 5th annual event, which is spectacularly fun for the public to shop and support local producers held at the Community Center in St. Anthony Village, MN.

Our next Shop Small Market is: Saturday, November 25th, 2017. Registration for booth space is now open via Eventbrite! Apply now for space, they sell quick!

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Free Happy Hours

3 A free, informal networking event for all of Minnesota’s vibrant food creator community.  These events are held the 2nd Wednesday of every other month at a locally-owned establishment, and are completely unstructured with no topic or agenda so that food creators can simply get together to socialize and use the time together as desired. If you’d like to get on the list, send chad@midwestpantry.com a request to get on our email list.

Our next Entrepreneurs Happy Hour is: Wednesday, August 9th, 2017, 7pm @ 56 Brewing (3055 NE Columbia Ave Suite 102, Minneapolis, MN 55418)

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Topic-based Networking

4 Midwest Pantry Meetups are lively networking events infused with a discussion topic. MeetsUps are held the 2nd Wednesday every other month at a locally-owned establishment, and are designed to be fun & informative. Heavy on networking, these events will give you something to talk about.

Tickets are limited!

Our next Meetup is: July Meetup – Wednesday, July 12 7-9 p.m at TBA

 

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