About Bravo Whiskey Group

OUR STORY

Bravo Whiskey Group was founded to help food and beverage industry clients take on new challenges, solve critical business problems, and maximize long-term success. We are passionate about the food and beverage industry for its opportunities for innovation. We believe that in this industry, success is directly related to how hard you work. Food and beverage brands and manufacturers must focus on their principles and execute on a daily basis. We have helped many clients do just that.

We are proud of the work we have done to help our clients achieve success. Please see below a select list of our work and accomplishments:

 

      • Supported development of new food and beverage products that have generated over $75 million in revenue
      • Advised struggling manufacturing company to achieve profitability and +300% sales growth
      • Helped growing consumer products brand achieve over 3000 new points of retail distribution
      • Lead retail brand’s expansion efforts into foodservice channel, including advising on strategic distribution agreements
      • Supported poultry company in development and commercialization of new fully-cooked product lines
      • On behalf of numerous brands, sourced and qualified over 20 different contract manufacturers
      • Advised frozen food manufacturer on the construction of new 25k square foot USDA-inspected food production facility
      • Helped frozen meal company achieve 20% labor savings and increase deposit accuracy and yield by 65% with new training programs, quality inspection protocols, and technology solutions
      • Designed and implemented automated frozen sandwich production line with annual production capacity of over 60 million sandwiches
      • Designed and implemented new automated production processes for beverage manufacturer to reduce labor cost by over 75%
      • Helped beverage manufacturer expand capacity by over 45% through process improvements alone
      • On behalf of numerous manufacturing clients, designed custom production equipment, sourced fabrication partners, and oversaw manufacturing and deployment of new machines, totaling over $5 million in capital expenditures

EXPERIENCE YEARS

PROJECTS

400+

NEW PRODUCTS COMMERCIALIZED

Blaine Iler

President and Founder

ABOUT BLAINE

Blaine Iler is the President and Founder of Bravo Whiskey Group. Blaine studied finance and accounting at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX. After graduating from SMU, Blaine worked as a management and technology consultant for Accenture, where he helped Fortune 100 clients design and implement both technology solutions as well as business process improvements, primarily in operations and logistics.

In 2014, drawing on his consulting experience, Blaine founded Bravo Whiskey Group, focusing on helping food and beverage industry clients navigate a broad variety of challenges and opportunities. Blaine has helped his clients with everything from strategic planning to commercializing new products on the manufacturing line. He takes a hands-on approach, working with clients and their team members from the plant floor up to the C-Suite.

Blaine lives in Dallas, TX with his wife and three children. Outside of work, Blaine is an instrument-rated private pilot, an avid tennis player, and enjoys time with his kids sports and activities.