Food & beverage M&A is down 13% from historical averages in 2026.
What that means if you own a small food business thinking about selling:
— Strategic buyers are more selective, not less active
— Winners: clean books, boring ops, proprietary distribution
— Multiples are down, but the deals that close actually close
Sold mine last month. AMA.
Everyone says "quit your corporate job to go start a business."
Bad advice.
I kept my Meta salary until the food tour side cleared it for two months straight. Six months of parallel running. Then I quit.
The burn-the-boats crowd has great tweets. Terrible risk management.
Meta's targeting May 20 for another layoff wave.
If you're reading this and bracing for it — three years ago that was me.
The worst part isn't losing the job. It's losing the identity you built around it.
Grieve both. Then go build.
Got laid off from Meta in 2023.
Started a food tour company in NYC with $0.
Grew it to $200K/year. Led 5,000+ tours.
Sold it to the largest food tour company in the world on March 30, 2026.
The skills that got me hired at Meta are the same ones that helped me build and sell a business.
A little bit about me:
1. I had a 15-year career in tech and production in New York City.
2. I started a food tour company based on my hobby.
3. I sold it in under three years.
I'm using what I learned in my journey to launch new products and help the next generation.
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