EXFOODPARTNERS
Boutique export consultancy · Food & Drinks

Your external export department for food and drinks.

We take food and beverage producers into international markets. We choose the right markets, validate demand with distributors first, and get your product ready to load before the first meeting.

48 hfrom your request to your written Export Diagnosis
15business days from first contact to project kick-off
28in-house tools for market, price and partner decisions
0 %commission. We work on a retainer, so our interests match yours
Approach

We start with the buyer.

Most export projects stall because producers approach distributors with a product that isn't ready for that market. We reverse the order: first we confirm what the market will buy, then we prepare the producer to sell it.

For producers

Arrive ready to load

With our Fit-2-Market service you walk into the distributor meeting with demand already validated, a price that works at every step of the chain and compliant documentation. You close in weeks, not seasons.

For distributors and importers

Pre-selected producers, at no cost

Tell us which categories and price points your portfolio needs. We introduce producers that fit your margin structure and your shelf, prepared for your market's requirements.

Market demand Distributor interest Producer prepared First order
Services

Five steps, from a first look to running your exports.

Start where you are. Each step stands on its own, and you only move up when the numbers justify it.

1

Export Diagnosis

Free · 48 h

A short online questionnaire and a written report on your export readiness: product, capacity, pricing and documentation gaps.

2

Quick Scan

Phase 0 · fully deductible

A first analysis of two or three candidate markets with import data, tariffs and a price escalation from ex-works to shelf. Credited in full if you continue.

3

Market selection

Analysis

Screening and segmentation of markets by size, accessibility and margin, with an opportunity simulator and a three-year business case.

4

Fit-2-Market

Preparation

Labelling, SPS and TBT requirements, export pricing and the distributor pitch. Your product leaves this step ready to load.

5

External Export Team

Retainer

We run your export function: distributor search and contracts, joint business plans, trade investment control and monthly reporting.

How we work

From first contact to kick-off in 15 business days.

We remove every administrative step that doesn't protect anyone, and keep every one that does.

  1. You complete the online Export Diagnosis.

  2. You receive your written report and a mutual NDA.

  3. Intro call where we can discuss real figures openly.

  4. Two-page proposal with three scope options.

  5. One contract, e-signature and payment link in a single email.

  6. 60-minute kick-off. We start with six documents, not sixty.

Exfood Toolkit

Decisions based on data, not on gut feeling.

Our 28 in-house tools cover the full export cycle, grouped in six families. Every recommendation we make can be traced back to a number.

ADiagnosis and export readiness
BMarket intelligence and selection
CPricing and export economics
DPartners, contracts and route to market
ECommercial management and control
FTrade fairs and crisis management
Official sources we work with ITC Trade MapMarket Access MapUN ComtradeEurostat ComextAccess2MarketsTARIC
Market guides

Five export markets at a glance.

Five of the largest import markets for European food and drinks, with their size and the first things to check before you ship. Ask us for the free one-page guide for each market.

Example guides · reviewed October 2026
GB

United Kingdom

Agri-food imports
Agri-food exports
Food retail market
Request the guide
US

United States

Agri-food imports
Agri-food exports
Food retail market
Request the guide

Scope: standard packaged food and drinks. Not covered: halal, kosher, organic certification or special dietary requirements. Requirements change, so always confirm them with the importer and the authorities before shipping.

Figures: official national statistics, in local currency, with an approximate euro value at average exchange rates. Imports and exports: Defra (UK), USDA ERS (US), FOAG (CH), MAFF (JP), Norwegian Agriculture Agency (NO). Food retail market: Mintel via USDA (UK), USDA ERS food-at-home spending (US), Statista (CH, food, drinks and tobacco), USDA FAS (JP), Dagligvarehandelen (NO). Definitions vary by country.

Contact

Let's look at your product together.

Write to us with your product category and the markets you have in mind. You'll get an answer within 48 hours.

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