Rebranding the ColoradoBiz 2015 Top Manufacturer

April 18, 2016  David C. Roth

Completely rebranding a high-profile product line that has tremendous customer and retailer loyalty is a juggernaut effort. What anchors our approach is our conviction that a brand is not a logo or a shouting of features and benefits. It’s a gut feeling you want others to have about what you stand for, how you relate to them and the impact you can have on the quality of their experiences. In other words, what makes your company and its products imperative?

My partner, Rick Bacher and I are called in to brand and rebrand many types of companies. A sausage manufacturer was a first

Hot dogs, whether tucked in a bun at the ballpark or served on a stick at the state fair, are a great American summertime tradition. Fierce regional loyalties still shape the hot dog business: Many of the dogs produced in this country are made by local, often family-owned businesses, and flavors and styles vary widely from place to place. From North Carolina's peppery red skinless franks to Oregon's salami-like beef-and-pork dogs, from garlicky weiners made in Pennsylvania from a 1939 recipe to Coney Island's famously snappy franks, we love them all.

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Denver may be a modern city, but Andrew finds out that you can still get a taste of the Wild West in the food! Whether it's deep fried Rocky Mountain oysters in a biker bar, pheasant cooked over an open flame, or ant larvae beignets in a fine restaurant, Denver is a goldmine of flavors from both yesterday and today!

Eric Gutknecht, CEO of Continental Sausage, makers of  CharcutNuvo products, was working as a management consultant in Dallas in 1998 when he fell into his intense passion. "I was bored because there isn't anything to do in Texas," he explains. So Gutknecht taught himself to swim on a whim, and entered a sprint triathlon. 

The entrepreneur came out of his first 500-meter swim with folks who'd started two waves behind him. His girlfriend at the time -- now his wife and the company's CFO, Jessica Gutknecht -- was worried he'd drowned. "I was dead last in my age group, but caught up a little on the bike ride," Gutknecht says. He was hardly deterred by his performance; in fact, he

Five-person teams run for fun and compete for funds going to charity

Tara Seyffert’s bridesmaids will be dressed in light pink when she marries Tyler Arko in Littleton on May 24, but she hopes to find green tutus for them to wear when they kick off the wedding week by running with her on one of 1,300 teams in the Colfax Marathon Relay.

Arko and his groomsmen will be running as a rival relay team, too. They’re going with green tuxedo shirts, because May is Mental Health Awareness Month and green is the ribbon color that commemorates it. Mental health awareness is an important cause for Seyffert, Arko and his best friend, Mitch Kusick.

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This episode of PROCO360 is the story of a multi-generational business in which the youngest saw an opportunity to reinvent the business.  Eric Gutknecht and his wife Jessica decided to shut down the deli and its small sausage making operation in the back, replacing both with a manufacturing company focused on product innovation and distribution.  The decisions, the branding, and product creation are the subjects of this episode. “People Try It At Costco And It’s, ‘oh My Goodness’ – They’re So Proud To Have Found Us And They Want To Share It.” - Eric Gutknecht, Ceo, Charcūtnuvo Listen Here