Applications Now Open for CEI’s Tastemakers Initiative
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 17, 2023 (Brunswick, Maine) – To support and expand Maine’s food production capabilities, CEI is offering…
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CEI Partners with Six Businesses for 2021 Maine Tastemakers Initiative
Nichole and Leon Sargent, Owners of Southpaw Packing dba Windham Butcher Shop. Photo: Coastal Enterprises, Inc. February 23, 2021 (Brunswick,…
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CEI Secures Award to Advance Catalyst Fund for Early-Stage Food Businesses
September 23, 2020 (Brunswick, ME) – A new $300,000 grant award from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration…
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CEI Names Seven Businesses to its 2020 Cohort for Maine Tastemakers Initiative
February 24, 2020 (Brunswick, ME) – CEI has selected the 2020 cohort for its Tastemakers Initiative, providing financial resources, market…
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U.S. Treasury Awards CEI $714,000 to Fund Initiatives to Develop Maine’s Food Economy and Bring Economic Opportunity to Places with Persistent Poverty
November 19, 2019— BRUNSWICK, ME -- Coastal Enterprises, Inc. (CEI) today announced it has been awarded $714,000 in Financial Assistance…
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CEI's Tastemakers Initiative Maps Out Runway for Food and Beverage Facility Development
Throughout Maine, food and beverage companies are posied to be economic drivers for the state, but for many of these companies,…
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Maine Tastemakers at the Boston Public Market on June 7
Taste specialty foods and beverages from Maine and learn about the companies who are producing these premium products. On Friday,…
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Three CEI Food Business Clients Win Sofi Awards
CEI is pleased to congratulate three portfolio businesses, all from Maine, as the recipients of sofi awards from the Specialty…
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Join Us for a Free Food & Beverage Entrepreneur Coaching Event!
On Wednesday, October 4th, Samuel Adams is bringing its popular Brewing the American Dream (BTAD) Speed Coaching event to Portland,…
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CEI Contributes to New Federal Reserve Publication on the Power of Food System Investments to Transform Communities
August 3, 2017 - The Federal Reserve Board of Governors, in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis…
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