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The Lasagna Box

we’ve seen it all, to help you do it all.

BS-free food business consulting from people who’ve been there.

Build Your Food Business with a Team that’s been there.

Lasagna Box was created by Alex and Zak Thompson, two brothers who cut their teeth in a family food manufacturing business and have gone on to help dozens of national brands fulfill their highest potential. Along the way they joined forces with Matt Stargel, co-founder of food and beverage manufacturer Canopy Foods and CBD beverage manufacturer, PackLabs.

Their combined skill set spans the full spectrum of food manufacturing, marketing and distribution, from initial product and brand development through scaled operations and national business expansion. As needed the team have hand selected a few high powered, trusted industry friends to help in the areas that they do not specialize in.

Our Partners

Battle-Tested Expertise

From-Scratch Business Startup
Investor Relations
Enterprise Strategy
People Strategy
End-to-End Ops & Finance
Operations Auditing & Improvement
Sourcing & Supply Chain
CAPEX Strategy & Sourcing
Sales, Marketing & Brand Creation
Sourcing & Supply Chain

We Know the Business

We bring more than four decades of combined food business experience and a network of some of the industry’s best suppliers, manufacturers and brand creatives.

We Know your Business

Everything we do starts with listening. We work best as true partners to our clients, and we come in just as ready to learn as we are to share the things we already know.

Our People

Alex Thompson
Alex Thompson

Senior Partner | Branding, Finance, Technology, Retail Sales, Food Co-Manufacturing Sales

Zak Thompson
Zak Thompson

Senior Partner | Food Manufacturing Operations, SQF Level Food Safety, Facility Design

Matt Stargel
Matt Stargel

Senior Partner | Leadership, System and Program Implementation, Six Sigma, and Root Cause Analysis

Capabilities

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Analysis: Sales, Line Designs, Flow
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Analysis: Food Production
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Facilitate CPG Packaging Design & Sourcing
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CPG Category Review

Results

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Lancaster Fine Foods
  • Acquired a food manufacturing company in 2008.
  • Grew revenue from $1 million to $36 million (7$ EBITDA).
  • Exited in 2021 to PE, Remained and led the transition.
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Packlabs
  • Acquired a beverage manufacturing company in 2014.
  • Grew from $550k to $10 million (7% EBITDA).
  • Sold in 2020 to PE.