Small Makers Lack Guidance for Pitching Wholesale Retail Buyers
A small-batch hot sauce maker with no sales background has one shot to pitch a regional grocery buyer and does not know what to prepare, slides, story, margins, or samples, or how a buyer evaluates a new product line. The problem reflects a broader gap: solo makers moving from farmers markets to wholesale have no accessible playbook for buyer pitches.
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