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From B2C to B2B, how Mat Flosse and Meatings Barbecue went from catering to wholesale

Mat Flosse, founder of Meatings Barbecue, is busy these days selling his products at the Canadian Tire Centre, through local eateries and, eventually, at grocery stores. But his beginnings were a little more humble. When Flosse started Meatings in 2012, he was a 21-year-old university dropout cooking for his friends and...
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