Even though only two workdays of this week have passed, we made significant progress, and a lot of the hard work of the past months seems to have culminated into the past two days.

We are very excited to have received the keys to our facility in the Research Triangle Park and are now in the process of moving in. This means a lot of cleaning, and as a gluten-free company, the crew at Custom Choice Cereal called each manufacturer before purchasing and made sure that all cleaning supplies used in the facility are entirely gluten-free.

By the end of the week, our desks, internet and phones should be set up and we are coming ever closer to our launch date. Having moved into our own cereal mixing facility in the perfect setup – office space and a big “clean room” where the actual cereal mixes will be created are separated – feels very good. Stay tuned as we complete the last steps to become the first company to offer entirely gluten-free customizable cereal conveniently delivered to your doorstep!

So far we have been working out of a room at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, but this is about to change.  Through the great help of our outstanding real estate broker – Synergy Commercial Advisors – Custom Choice Cereal will likely/hopefully be able to move into our mixing facility by the end of next week.  We are extremely excited about this and are in contact with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services (NCDA&CS) to get the facility inspected soon after setting it up.  Hopefully we can show some pictures of the facility soon!

By the way, the people at the Food & Drug Protection division within the NCDA&CS are very friendly and helpful, so we can only advise anyone who plans to start a food business to get into contact with them rather sooner than later.