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• Wholesaling options to grow your food business: Part 2

  Published on August 13, 2014
  Learn how to wholesale to restaurants to increase your food product sales.

• Wholesaling options to grow your food business: Part 1

  Published on August 13, 2014
  Learn about your responsibilities when wholesaling with a cooperative, food hub or door-to-door company.

• Profits are only present with proper planning

  Published on August 12, 2014
  Budgeting is essential to avoid both flying by the seat of the pants and potential financial embarrassment. Knowing expenses both variable and fixed along with market conditions can lead to expected profits.

• Food safety plan assistance offered by the MSU Product Center

  Published on August 11, 2014
  Learn more about how the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) affects your business and how the MSU Product Center offers food safety plan development assistance to small food processors.

• Small businesses should prepare for EMV credit cards coming in October 2015

  Published on August 7, 2014
  Fraudulent transaction liability is shifting to retailers who do not have EMV processing technology.

• Best management practices to prevent embezzlement, the invisible crime of opportunity

  Published on August 4, 2014
  Embezzlers are frequently your most trusted, most valued, least problematic and your hardest working employee.

• Do not be a victim of embezzlement, the invisible crime of opportunity

  Published on August 4, 2014
  Embezzlers are frequently your most trusted, most valued, least problematic and your hardest working employee.

• Lake Huron charter trips remain steady in 2013 as walleye catch rates soar

  Published on August 4, 2014
  Michigan charter boat operators logged 1,536 trips on Lake Huron waters in 2013. Charter effort on Lake Huron has not increased much in recent years despite the fantastic walleye fishing and diverse salmon and trout catches.

• Food entrepreneurs have a recipe for success

  Published on August 4, 2014
  Take your recipe and turn it into a viable commercial product with free assistance from MSU Product Center.

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  Are you ready for the country life?

  Published on August 3, 2014
  How are you going to keep them down on the farm? Smaller acreages require additional planning and better skills to utilize the resources at hand.