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Bessie was featured on the Ideas and Stuff Podcast!

Episode 086: Spencer Kerber & Shanika Abeysinghe We talked to Calgary business owner, Michael Montgomery about food, farmers, and how Bessie was started. Ideas and Stuff podcast Episode 86 features Bessie founders Spencer Kerber & Shanika Abeysinghe "Bessie has to compete with the biggest companies in the entire world." Listen to the rest...

Bessie's First Year

The meals we eat are less important than the people we eat them with. As we look back on 2019, we can’t believe how lucky we are! We feel like we’ve found the needle in the haystack—again and again—every time we’re able to deliver great tasting, healthy food to your...

20 Things We Learned from Junction

Platform Calgary provides access to education, coaching and connections that help people gain the entrepreneurial and technical skills needed to thrive in the new economy, helping startups grow and scale. When we joined Junction, we had no idea what to expect. Nine-weeks, two pitches and tons of work later, we...

BottomLine asks Bessie founders what's for dinner? And more!

We chatted with BottomLine about how a small player like Bessie can compete in the big market of food. "Knowing your customer, doing the customer discovery, and just talking to your customers…it’s such a simple thing, but knowing their pain points and what they like has been our biggest lesson."...

Bessie given a platform in Community Now

Calgary is a place where community matters. Platform Calgary is dedicated to helping startups like us diversify and grow Calgary's economy. Community Now introduces Bessie (and other Platform Calgary startups) with their latest issue.

LOVEYYC Day—Bessie's fav Calgary things

Our local YYC favs on LOVEYYC day. Discount alert! The Bessie team love spending our time (and $ hehe!) at local Calgary attractions! Read below for each of our Bessie team member's local YYC favs.

Business-ing Small, Winning Big

The truth is small businesses have it tough. Amazon and Wal-Mart make it hard to compete for the masses...but the personal love and care that Bessie (and others) pack into our product is worth it! Ask Bessie for a surprise. We'll get you one.

Happy Thanksgiving from Bessie

As we reflected on the last few months—the late nights, the early mornings, the mistakes and the wins—we couldn't help but feel grateful to have someone like you in our corner. Together, we are building a community that shares love and memories over food.⁣⁣

Bessie joins Junction with Platform Calgary

Think of Bessie as a giant puzzle. The pieces are the components that make up our business, and Platform Calgary’s Junction program is guiding us on how to put it all together. To bring back the human connection to our food, we must ground ourselves in the local community of...

Bessie joins the Trade Accelerator Program (TAP)

TAP is a 4-day innovative program that helps companies go global, facilitated by Calgary Economic Development. The program helps companies who want to enter the international market prepare for their first (of many) exports.

Bessie was profiled by Dropbox!

"The value of family, the value of community, [these] are the things that are worth fighting for and bringing forward into your every day life." Bessie delivering meat to a city near you.

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