Foodie Feminism and Opening a Flagship with Amy Larson

Amy Larson is the founder of culinary retail brand Overseasoned and the owner of her Newport, Rhode Island flagship store Matriarch, a gift and book shop that spotlights woman owned businesses. In this episode, Amy tells us how she transformed her love of food from a side hustle, to a full-time business venture. How vending at craft fairs expanded her audience and grew customer interest, and when she seized the moment to go all in with Overseasoned to build a sustainable and profitable feminist forward business.

Key moments:

✿ From Markets to Brick and Mortar; How Amy's dive into craft fairs helped her grow her brand to the opening of her storefront.

✿ Amy's strategies to increase sales and move sticky inventory

✿ How pairing her love of food with feminism resonates with her customers, "I do have a community and social responsibility aligned with my business and so I'm looking out for ways to speak to those things that people are really caring about."

✿ On expanding to wholesale, "Growing my wholesale business helped me get a lot more exposure, and I still think that wholesale is an amazing strategy."

✿ Finding the right balance for product inventory for in store customers, online shoppers, wholesale buyers, and for pop ups or craft fairs.

✿ On being a buyer and on Faire, "I refine it to women owned business. I also want to be a place to introduce people to brands, especially if they're really small or they're getting started or they have this unique offering."

Check out Amy's flagship store Matriarch in Newport, RI and shop her website at www.overseasoned.com

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