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Kitchen 242 has also rented space to area caterers and restaurants that may need extra kitchen space when they are preparing food for festivals and larger catering events when they cannot fit it in to their own kitchen space.

Bodhi Tree Juice Company who has a brick and mortar in Grand Haven.

The Only Cannoli who now has their own brick and mortar on 3 rd Street in downtown Muskegon.

Crucible LLC (salts and seasonings), (a new addition as of January 2022).

Custom Adventure Party Supplies serves hot food out of their store that has been prepared at Kitchen.

WB’s is our newest business to start-up in Kitchen 242 and sells out every week at the Market and already in two retail stores.

WB’s Salsa Sells at the Muskegon Farmers Market and also Montague Foods and Harding’s Market in North Muskegon.

Gordon’s BBQ You will see them around at various outdoor events in the Muskegon area.

Lakeshore Nut Butter Sells at the Grand Haven Farmers Market.

Tiki Boiz Food Truck Travels around with their food truck, you will find them at most of our major festivals and events and catering.

Dominion Kingdom Catering Takes orders for Wednesday salads during the summer, meals during the winter and catering.

Best Coast Catering Takes orders online for their Wednesday meal program and catering.

Sugarbelle Cookie Company Takes orders to fill.

NOVA Supernatural Bakery Sells at Sweetwater and Newaygo Farmers Markets and takes orders online.

Nancy’s Kitchen Sells at the Muskegon Farmers market, various retail locations across Michigan and online.

What’s Your Jam Sells at the Muskegon Farmers Market, various retail locations and online.

490 Bakery Sells at the Muskegon Farmers Market and various retail locations.The specialty food market reached total sales of $170.4 billion in 2020, a 13% increase since 2018, according to the annual State of the Specialty Food Industry Report from the Specialty Foods Association (SFA)īusinesses that are currently working out of Kitchen 242 are:

Purchasing local has become even more important to many consumers throughout the pandemic and they are really supporting small businesses. They also may sell online and several have found their way to be at local retail shelves. Many of them begin their selling process at the Muskegon Farmers Market which is another inexpensive way to build their brand, capacity and get good feedback from customers. “There is nothing more exciting then talking with someone who has a dream and then to see it come true for them.” Says Renae Hesselink, Manager of Kitchen 242. There is no time frame as to when they graduate out to their own bricks and mortar or space but most stay around two to three years, some less. Many of them work full-time elsewhere and want to try something new and different.” Says Renae Hesselink, Kitchen Manager. “Our space gives those that have a dream time to really find out if this is what they want to do.

#Muskegon incubator kitchen professional

Technical assistance, capacity building and professional development opportunities are offered and Kitchen 242 works closely with other area resources such as Michigan State University’s Product Center, Grand Valley’s Innovation HUB and Grand Rapids Opportunity for Women (GROW) to connect the businesses to areas of expertise that they may need. Working out of Kitchen 242 allows them to focus their time and money on developing their recipes, building their brand, improving their efficiency of making their product instead of having to invest in capital equipment and buildings. The needs of the businesses working out of this space change constantly as they grow too. Instead, business has been booming and there have been new start-ups in the past two years. Kitchen incubators and shared kitchen facilities are always in a state of rapid innovation, evolution, and growth and you would think with the pandemic we have been facing for the past 20 months that things would have slowed down. Kitchen 242, located at the Muskegon Farmers Market, was created to be a food business incubator when it opened just a little more than 7 years ago.