Gourmet "Snack Foods"

gazillionaire

I've noticed recently that there seems to be a lot of niche food company startups, all going with a healthy / "gourmet" take on snack foods. They are all made from natural ingredients, ethically sourced, nicely packaged etc. The best example of this is probably jerky - I could post dozens of links here, and if you look on the food section of Kickstarter, there are always a handful of jerky companies.

These companies all seem to be doing pretty well, and they all charge a premium price, but I haven't seen many of this type of company in Ireland or the UK. Obviously, there is a huge market in the USA, but does anyone think there is potential for this type of business here, or aware of any businesses currently serving this market?

jimmii

Tried this companies stuff before http://irishgourmet.ie/wee-shop.html/

I would imagine there is demand for it here I would think it was going to be pretty expensive to start up unless you are growing things on your own farm which is what I would imagine the countries in bigger countries do. I would imagine for a company to do it successfully here they would have to be coming from established markets and already have economies of scale.

brimal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9M7MJ9Obto

This guy seems to be doing well, even before investment from a Dragon

ironclaw

Jerky might be a little of a minefield as its a dried / cured animal product. Importation of farm produce has a little more overhead and regulations to stop the spread of disease etc. I have zilch experience in the area however so that could be completely wrong. Also I'd imagine if jerky was popular here, like in the States, there would be more of it on the shelves. I rarely see it personally.

Graham

I would hazard a guess someone has been getting the "How I made $1000 in less than 24 hours" emails from App Sumo.

After showing you how I made more than $1,000+ in less than 24 hours, y'all had a couple questions:

How did you find the beef jerky providers?
How did you handle shipping and other costs and still make $1,000?
What's next for Sumo Jerky?

Gloomtastic!

There's only one brand I see regularly in convenience stores in Dublin, not sure of the name. Tried it once and it was very nice. However, we are talking premium pricing at about €4.95 so if you could beat that price, and for a few strips of dried beef I can't see how you wouldn't, then I reckon there is a market there.
Watch out for Mr Tayto though, as soon as he smells a market he'll be in there like a shot!

Axwell

M&S sell a brand of Jerky and for a while my local Spar had some for sale, don't see them selling it still so doubt it took off. Personally I don't think its a snack food Irish people would go for, its more an american thing.