Ted Lebow Email & Phone Number

Good Roots is building a better food system for people, animals, and the earth by empowering farmers and food entrepreneurs with strong foundations in finance, marketing, and management. Good Roots is the output of the merge of Kitchen Table Consultants and Taste Profit Marketing.We work with farmers, food brands, manufacturers, distributors, hubs, grocers, nonprofits, and more, from start-ups to multi-million dollar operations. With years of experience as farmers and food business owners, our team of service providers across the U.S. has already helped over 700 businesses strengthen the food system for current and future generations.

As of 2020 KTC is at team of 15 Business Management Consulting Professionals spread out across the United States. We are focused solely on Food and Farm Businesses.Our team provides both in person and virtual services in the following areas:Financial Advisory: Bookkeeping, Management Accounting, Funding Preparedness Support.Management Consulting: CEO Coaching, Interim C-Level, Virtual Management, Leadership Development.Strategy: Turn around, Business Improvement, Funding, Business Plans.Marketing: Strategy and Execution.Group Education: Financial Peer Groups, Two-Day intensive business management seminars.2019 Impact Statistics (all food or farm related):144 Projects with over 100 clients.Our Clients employee over 1000 people in the local food system across the country.Our Clients farm over 10,000 acres.Our Clients sold over $100 Million in 2019.Our goal by 2025 is to grow to 50 consultants, serving 500 food and farm businesses each year!

Bala Cynwyd, Pa, Us

Ted LeBow is a serial entrepreneur. In 1980, he bought his first tractor, signed his first loan with the Production Credit Association, and started waking up in the middle of the night worrying about the rain ruining his hay crop. Ted grew up in Idaho, on a 10-acre farm. His parents, a physician and professional educator, owned the property, rented it to him, cosigned on the loan(s), and the rest was up to him.Over the last nearly 30 years, he has spent his life learning, growing and helping others learn from his experience. Ted graduated in 1989 from Cornell University School of Agriculture with a Business Management Degree. He’s run eight companies from $1MM to $50MM in annual sales, five of which he owned all or part of. Ted has worked in corporate America, in privately-owned, family-owned and private equity-owned companies, and for himself. He can honestly tell you each one has its own issues and problems, none any worse than the other, but through it all, he has always migrated back to small business, with a hard-driving entrepreneur at the helm.Since 2008, Ted has built and run a consulting practice focusing on small businesses from start-up to 50 employees. The firm has worked with over 200 companies. And to EVERY one they bring more value than they cost—any EVERY owner of each of those companies can point to that value. As a result of Ted's passion for food and farming Ted co-founded Kitchen Table Consultants. KTC works with farm and food businesses--specifically on their business issues--everything from the farm or farmer, supply chain, value-added operations(manufacturing) to the actual connection to the consumer (online or bricks and mortar) Ted is an Entrepreneurs Best Nightmare—helping them over, under, through or around “opportunities” and his team keeps him out of trouble!

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Us

Philadelphia CowShare is re-energizing an old fashioned way of buying meat, by the animal and directly off the farm. Now you don't have to have a personal connection to a farmer or live in rural America to enjoy the benefits of buying healthy meat direct off the farm. The beef is 100% grass-fed, dry-aged and comes from cows raised on pasture in nearby farms. The process is easy AND convenient. Simply order online and the meat comes to you. You can also save and share in the experience by organizing a whole cow purchase. Oh, and we return 50% of your retail dollar to the farmer we bought the cow from.

Sussex, Wi, Us

Industry Leading Inline Print and Mailing organization--North Brunswick Division (only Union facility in the company). Lead team that reduced head count in one year from 168 employees to 128 employees with same sales levels resulting in signficantly increased Year on Year EBITDA. Lead team that created Vertis Optimal Postage--an automated system that optimized postal costs, saving clients 10-20% on their postal costs.

Pret-Mose I, LLC purchased an RV Dealership with the intent to roll-up and grow dealerships in the RV industry.Structured and executed RV dealership LBOIncreased gross margins from 21% to 25% and inventory turns from 2.9 to 3.9Reduced staff from 72 to 46; groomed and installed long-term management

Mailing services, lettershop, data, laser printing, commingling and presort services. Located in a Federal Empowerment Zone and Chartered to provide employement for people in the community who would not have necesssarily had employment. Provided a "living-wage" and health insurance as well as a focus on a "Triple Bottom Line".Recruited to provide turnaround for heavily leveraged organization with significantly negative cashflow. Rebuilt Sales, Operations and Finance Teams. Improved EBITA 200% in 12 mos. Decreased head count by more than 50% and "niched" business model using existing footprint and capabilities. Negotiated with creditors, shareholders, secured creditors and private equity. Member of the board of directors.

352,000 square foot literature fulfillment and lettershop facility with 250+ empoyees and $13MM annual sales.

Wall and Ceiling Panel Laminator for the RV and Manufactured housing industry. Wrapped moulding and cut-to-size panels produced, warehoused and delivered. $25MM in sales, Spanish speaking labor pool.

$1.3MM annual sales wood products manufacturing companay. Childrens Furniture, Bedroom Furniture, Wood Component and Wine Display Fixture Manufacturer. Supplied 2 of the top 25 Furniture Retailers/Wholesalers in the Western US. 32 Employeess 32,000 square foot facility.

Marketing Analyst for $17BB Fixed Income investment company.

Dublin 2, Ie

Bs From The School Of Agriculture, Agricultural Business And Management

Education record