OUR BEGINNINGS WERE HUMBLE
We are local small business owners and food entrepreneurs ourselves. We know it can be hard to get going when you don't have the capital to lease a commercial kitchen and purchase all the equipment needed to scale your business at the rate you'd like. As we were bursting at the seems of our workspace we decided to build a kitchen that could service many small businesses and give them the support they need to grow. Clients can rent kitchen space, equipment included, by the hour 24/7. We are inspected by the Shelby County Health Department and permitted by the TN Department of Agriculture (TDA). All MKCO tenants that require TDA inspection will receive a discount on permits if they are working out of the MKCO kitchen (low risk, excluded).
We know that not everyone who starts a food business has culinary or professional kitchen experience, but at Memphis Kitchen Co-Op we will be here to offer guidance, answer questions and teach renters how to properly use equipment.
Memphis Kitchen Co-Op differs from other commissary type kitchens by offering quarterly learning/business development seminars, offering in house marketing services and the option to sell products in our retail store-front, MKCO Market (Coming Soon).
We'd love to meet you and hear more about your business, contact us anytime for a tour of our facility.
We know that not everyone who starts a food business has culinary or professional kitchen experience, but at Memphis Kitchen Co-Op we will be here to offer guidance, answer questions and teach renters how to properly use equipment.
Memphis Kitchen Co-Op differs from other commissary type kitchens by offering quarterly learning/business development seminars, offering in house marketing services and the option to sell products in our retail store-front, MKCO Market (Coming Soon).
We'd love to meet you and hear more about your business, contact us anytime for a tour of our facility.
THE Owners
Hi everyone! We are Richard and Molly McCracken! We are the owners of a local small business, Amplified Meal Prep and now Memphis Kitchen Co-Op, who love serving this awesome Memphis community of ours. We are very excited to open the doors of Memphis Kitchen Co-OP and help other local entrepreneurs go after their dreams of business ownership. We know it can be hard to get going when you don't have the capital to lease a commercial kitchen and purchase all the equipment needed, so we started MKCO and can't wait to become a resource for others whom require a licensed commercial kitchen.
Our Mission
The mission of Memphis Kitchen Co-Op, LLC, is to provide an incubator for small businesses and food entrepreneurs that require Health Inspected Commercial Kitchens and wish to have a retail option at an affordable rate. We want to cultivate food entrepreneurs as they formalize and grow their businesses. Memphis Kitchen Co-Op, LLC was born out of a belief that a community of talented natural entrepreneurs, given the right resources, can create self-sufficient businesses that benefit themselves, their families, their community, and the whole city.