Ricardo Cordero

Ricardo Cordero has over 35 years of experience in the food, beverage, and bakery industries. Ricardo is an expert in co-packing and private labeling, and has served as an executive chef and manufacturing specialist. Ricardo is also a plant base specialist for beverages, food, bakery, and snack products.

Ricardo has consulted with businesses on partnerships, investors, mergers, performance-based equity and acquisitions, leveraged and management buyouts, debt restructuring, capital firm investments, entrepreneur's investment, and commercial bank investments. Ricardo has also helped businesses with manufacturing and production efficiency, product ideation and new ventures evaluation, baking and cooking technology options, manufacturing process methodology, product commercialization, dietary restrictions, food allergies, religious restrictions, existing manufacturing operations evaluation, corporate infrastructure and systems, product and process reengineering, manual to fully automated facility conversions, and more.

Ricardo is currently the president and CEO of Ricardo Food Group, a sourcing company for all your co-packing and private label needs. Ricardo has formed alliances with 575 US-based food, beverage, and bakery manufacturing facilities.

Ricardo Cordero has completed training in HACCP, SQF, USDA, FSPCA, and OSHA standards.