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At Birdway, we operate as your fractional CPG innovation team, not a traditional agency.

That means we embed inside your business as an operations partner, not just an external advisor. If you’re navigating co-manufacturing partnerships, scale economics, investor readiness, a brand refresh, or even white label expansion, we’d love to hear what you’re building!

Here’s where we can help:

Strategy & Innovation

We’ll show you where to play & how to win, using data to find category whitespace and then positioning your brand to own it. We have experience at the start-up scale, venture-backed growth stage, and with global brands north of $2B in revenue. So we understand where things can break at every level and how to prevent those fractures before they become expensive.

  • Brand Positioning

  • Food Concept Development & Validation

  • Consumer Insights

  • Product Portfolio Management

  • White Label and Licensing Opportunities

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Product Development & Technical Commercialization

You've got a product. Now it's time to scale.

Instead of breaking out the calculator, call us. We bridge the gap from benchtop to commercial scale manufacturing, ensuring your product's taste, quality, and consistency remain intact through every stage of production

  • Ingredient Sourcing

  • Feasibility Analysis

  • Food Product Development

  • Recipe Optimization at Scale

  • Benchtop Formulation

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Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Co-manufacturers are fickle people. Let us manage the relationships and streamline production setup, raw materials sourcing, costs, and packaging for you. 

  • Co-packer Vetting & Due Diligence

  • Operations Management

  • Plant Trial Support

  • Procurement Strategy

  • 3PL Vetting

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Financials & Commercial Readiness

We LOVE a good spreadsheet. Seriously.

It's your investment, but we treat it as if it's our own. We dive deep into the data, from ingredient and operating costs to financial scenario planning and marketing allocations, ensuring your numbers are right before launch.

Together, we'll align your financials so you can meet your quotas and launch with fewer barriers.

    • COGS Improvement Strategy

    • Pricing Strategy

    • Food Product Margin Analysis

    • Production Volume Planning

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Why work

with us?

We are not in the business of separating people from their wallets. We’ve lived the hard lessons of the CPG industry and want to help founders avoid costly mistakes. And sometimes, a strategic “no” early on is the kindest advice we can give.

We also believe that the next great innovation isn’t coming from a major multinational. It’s coming from passionate creators, scrappy entreprenuers, food incubators, and test kitchens willing to take the risk.

So, we’ve teamed up to bring life to those businesses with data, process, and manufacturing. Because like you, we’re hungry for what comes next.

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