Knowledge only. General information, templates, checklists and calculators for food businesses, not legal, tax or financial advice. FoodAgri.AI is not a law firm or an accounting firm. Your own attorney and CPA advise you on your situation.
Legal and money
The paperwork and the margin, in order.
Two things quietly stall a food business: the paperwork nobody warned you about, and the price that looks right until the store and the distributor take their share. We show what usually applies at your stage, with the source, and give you checklists and calculators to work from.
Paperwork
Legal and compliance
Registrations, contracts, plans and labels.
Start here
- Legal and compliance hub. Company set-up, registrations, contracts and website legal pages, in order.
- Start-up paperwork checklist. What a new food maker usually sorts out before the first sale.
- Contract review. What to look at in supplier, co-packer and retailer paper before you sign.
Keep current
- Food safety and recall plans. Written plans, where they apply, and how to stay recall-ready.
- FSMA 204 traceability. The FDA food traceability rule in plain words.
- Food label requirements. What has to be on a US food label, and where it comes from.
Margin
Money and margins
Check the numbers before you commit to a price or a broker.
Price and route to market
- Shelf price calculator. What shoppers will pay and what you keep after the store and the distributor.
- Broker cost estimator. What a food broker costs, and how to choose one.
- Store-brand buyers. How private-label makers find the buyers who need them.
Next step
Not sure where to start?
Tell us what you are making and where you sell it. We point you to the pages that fit.