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BC Food & Beverage Growth Hub Accelerator

September 2025 Program Registration NOW CLOSED.

Are you a founder looking to rapidly grow and sustain your brand?

The BC Food & Beverage Growth Hub Accelerator is a comprehensive, three-year professional development and business enhancement program designed to help founders navigate entrepreneurship in CPG, understand their ideal path to retail in Canada, and unlock consumer demand with speed and confidence.

Grow your Business

Supported by BC’s largest industry association and top Western Canadian experts, the BC Food & Beverage Accelerator provides hands-on guidance to help businesses strengthen their product, team, and operations. With a focus on product-market fit and customer needs, the program helps participants scale manufacturing and grow revenue sustainably to $5M.

Program Structure

This milestone-based program is flexible and hands-on, offering the time and support needed to grow within a community-centric cohort while providing direct (private) access to industry leaders, experts and resources that will help drive a brand’s success.

The September 2025 Accelerator will host 1 diverse cohort, comprised of 12 non-competing brands—that means there’s 12 spots available – by eligibility only.

All program activities are conducted virtually and all live sessions will be recorded and available for replay.

Here’s what successful applicants can expect     

      Program Phases

       

      Live Group Advisory, On-Demand Training and Individualized Coaching (Sept -Jan 2026)

       

      Months 6-12: Executing Your Acceleration Plan

       

      Year 2: Measuring Growth & Deepening Strategic Agility

       

      Year 3: Scaling Up & Tapping into Advanced Mentorship Opportunities

       

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      Additional Program Benefits

      Here’s some of the extra perks of being involved in the 2025 Accelerator:

      • Certified BC Food & Beverage Professional designation (1 year)
      • Accelerator Graduation Certificate
      • 1-year BC Food & Beverage membership (up to $600 value)
      • Founders-only networking events
      • Lifetime access to on-demand courseware
      • Industry referrals & downloadable resources
      • Promotion via BCFB’s social media channels

    Application Details

    CRITERIA AND TIMELINE

    To qualify, the majority of your brands’ distribution points are in BC and you generated less than $2M in gross revenue in last year. Regional representation, balanced categories, and JEDI-relevancy (Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion) will also be considered.

    Form submissions are now closed. Thank you for your interest.

    COHORT SELECTION TIMELINE

    Applicants will be notified about the status of their submission by 5pm on August 18, 2025.

    PRICE

    $3,500 value, full bursary available for all successful applicants for the 2025 program.

    FACILITATORS

    This advisory program is guided by retail and marketing experts Kenny Vannucci & Phil Chang (This Commerce Life).

    HAVE A QUESTION?

    Please email inquiries to: accelerator@bcfb.ca