Launching and Growing A Snack Business

If you own a snack business or are thinking of launching one, you may be wondering what websites or what tech you should be using.

You have food delivery apps (like Uber Eats and DoorDash), website builders (like SquareSpace and Wix), and SnackDial, a platform I built to launch and grow your snack business.

Decisions, Decisions...

Food Delivery Apps

You can sell entirely through DoorDash, Uber Eats, and other food delivery platforms. The upside of these apps is that they can get you exposure to a lot of customers, since a lot of people use these apps.

The downside is that fees can be high.

Also, since these apps are really designed for restaurants, they typically cater to customers who are looking to immediately consume their food, so your ideal customer may not be on these apps.

Custom Website

You can launch your own website, or even hire someone to build one for you on Shopify, Wix, SquareSpace, or any other website builder. 

The good part is that these website builders make it pretty easy to create a nice landing page (or home page) to show your products and explain what your company is about.

The downside is that when you want to add on features, it can get complicated and you may need to hire an agency to build out extra features, which can get expensive. And most likely, as your business grows and as customer demands change, you're going to want to add more features down the line (likely to improve the customer experience or for marketing purposes).

SnackDial

With SnackDial, you don't need to worry about the complexity of adding on a bunch of features and plug-ins from a basic website builder (or paying a website agency to add them). Instead, you'll get features tailored to running and growing a snack business.

You can easily set multiple pickup locations (including farmers markets), offer delivery and shipping options, create subscription plans and catering options, and much more. All for a low fee of 5% of sales, or a flat rate of $49 per month for a more premium package.

You also get access to a more tuned in customer compared to food delivery apps. Specifically, other businesses and customers who want to support businesses like yours and purchase high quality snacks (instead of customers looking for the quickest and cheapest way to get food to their door).

On top of all that, you'll get world class personalized support from me, the sole founder of SnackDial. I've spent many hours building this website, and I take every bit of feedback seriously. As a customer you can feel free to email or talk with me anytime about what you want to see on SnackDial, any issues you're facing, or even if you simply want to bounce some ideas off me.

Along with personalized support and more customized features, SnackDial is a great choice because of where the product will be in the coming months and years from now.

I want SnackDial to be a tool that will help grow your snack business the way you want to. So in the coming months I'll be adding support for your wholesale customers and orders, marketing features to help you attract and retain customers, and a way for business and wholesale buyers to easily request samples of your products. I'm also open to your suggestions and requests.

When you choose SnackDial, you're investing in the growth of your own business. My focus is doing anything it takes to help launch and grow your business, whether that means improving the customer experience, making your operations seamless, or helping you target more wholesale and business customers.

Conclusion

In my opinion, the best option is to do a combination of all 3.

Use food delivery apps for the exposure they get you.

Create your own custom website to showcase and tell the story of your brand and your products.

Then, get setup on SnackDial, and direct all "Order Now" and similar purchase buttons on your website to your SnackDial store website so you get a seamless customer experience and all the other features SnackDial comes with to help you run your business better.

If you're launching a snack business, or already have one, I'd be honored to have you on SnackDial so more people can have access to your products. Too many snacks today are loaded with processed ingredients and preservatives. With SnackDial, we hope to bring consumers access to a delightful, nutritious snacking experience, empowered by entrepreneurs like yourself!

- Kenny Kandola