Local Roots Market & Cafe - Commercial Kitchen

Local Food Entrepreneurs

Are you ready to turn your good food idea into a business? Let us help!

The Commercial Processing Kitchen at Local Roots was opened in 2014 as the final piece of the original vision for the Local Roots Market and Café project. The Kitchen gives local food entrepreneurs a place to process, preserve, and add value to products to start or expand an existing food business. We are proud to have offered a space to serve as a catalyst to grow local food businesses. The 2000 sq. ft. onsite facility houses the equipment and licensing needed to make food products for sale at Local Roots Markets…or around the country! Our staff is knowledgeable and hands-on and can help answer questions that any startup or small business will have.

Cook

Equipment available to process your favorite recipes for sale in our market and beyond.

Store

Walk-in cooler and freezer available.

Preserve

Capture the harvest for sale during the farmer's market season and in the colder months as well.

Sell

Licensed so products can be sold at Local Roots or around the country.

Interested in learning more?

When starting up a commercial food business, requirements that must be completed.

A general overview of the requirements and process to rent the commercial kitchen is below. We recommend reaching out to kitchenleads@localrootswooster.com if you have any questions on your specific business or business idea.

Requirements:

All food businesses must have General Liability Insurance with Local Roots named as an additional insured.
At least one person that holds a PersonInCharge Certificate. Certificate resources can be found here.
Sample labels will be requested for food items you intend to sell. Labels must fallow all Health Department & Ohio Department of Agriculture Guidelines.
A $150 non-refundable onboarding fee will be charged to cover the cost of training, onboarding, and general admin.
If you are interested in selling in our market, please fill out an interest form with the market team.

Those interested should register for our kitchen management system, The Food Corridor. We can walk you thorugh our onboarding process in more detail through the portal. Read more about the details of operations in the Kitchen Rules & Procedures (PDF).

If you have questions that weren't answered above, feel free to reach us at kitchenleads@localrootswooster.com. Our team is happy to work with you to help make your product ideas a reality.