Hungry for Growth: How to Increase Sales for Your Food and Beverage Business

Date and Time

Thursday May 29, 2025
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM PDT

Location

Whistler Chamber Gateway Boardroom
4230 Gateway Drive, Whistler

Fees/Admission

Members: $30 | Future Members: $40
Workshop fee includes & interactive discussion, appetizers and refreshments

Contact Information

Jacquie McLean Marketing & Events Manager
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Description

The Business Beat with BDC: The Whistler Chamber has partnered with BDC to present a series of Business networking sessions to bring our Members affordable, accessible and relevant business education opportunities. These sessions are focused on operational business support and resources including economic updates, interest rate information, growth, and strategy and planning.

Growing your business in the ultra competitive food and beverage sector is not easy. That's why we've partnered with the team at BDC to bring you the interactive, session Hungry for growth: How to increase sales for your Food and Beverage business

Join us on Tuesday, March 25 where our facilitator, Sarah Lloyd, Business Centre Manager at BDC, will share how to identify the right growth avenues for your business, whether that’s tapping into new food trends, diversifying your product line or entering new markets.

You’ll discover how to:

build a solid growth plan to maximize profitability
choose the right sales channels
increase your margins
choose and implement food quality systems
And more!

Agenda:

1:00 PM - 2:30 PM: Workshop & interactive discussion
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM: Networking (appetizers and refreshments provided!)

Who should attend:
Canadian business owners in the Food & Beverage sector who want to:

boost their profits
explore new growth avenues
develop a formal growth plan
implement food quality systems to meet new government regulations and client demands

Don’t miss this opportunity to enhance your skills and drive your business forward - register now for this engaging session!

About the Facilitator
Sarah Lloyd is a Business Centre Manager with BDC supporting the North Shore and Sea to Sky. As both a Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA) and member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators (CBV), Sarah has extensive experience helping businesses to become bigger, stronger and more profitable through tailored financing and advisory support.

Prior to joining BDC, Sarah was the Director of Operations at First West Capital where she supported companies' growth and key transitions by leveraging a strong network of lenders and business advisers, and as a Manager at PwC where she participated in financial and operational analysis/valuations of businesses and helped distressed companies to manage liquidity issues.

In addition to her CPA and CBV designations, Sarah holds a Bachelor of Arts in Management & Business Administration from the University of Reading in the United Kingdom. A dedicated community volunteer, Sarah currently serves as Treasurer for the North Vancouver Chamber of Commerce and was previously Treasurer with Anxiety BC. When she’s not helping companies to successfully grow, you’ll find Sarah skiing BC’s beautiful mountains with her husband and son.

BDC, a Crown Corporation, is Canada’s business development bank and the only financial institution dedicated exclusively to entrepreneurs. BDC’s mission is to help create and develop strong Canadian businesses through Financing, Advisory Services and Indirect Financing.

Registration & Cancellation Policy
The Chamber will not accept walk-ins on the day. Pre-registration is required. Payment is non-refundable for cancellations made within 72 hours of the event, or non-attendance on the day. If you have registered and paid for an event or training, you will be automatically added to the attendance list. Photographs taken at the event may be used in marketing and promotional campaigns and messaging by the Chamber.

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