Jamie & Kayla Giovinazzo of EAT CLEAN BRO on Creating a Meal Prep Business

Jamie and Kayla Giovinazzo have built a healthy food empire with Eat Clean Bro. But success took time, talent, and teamwork. #eatcleanbro

Watch now to learn about prioritizing every customer, the business of healthy food, and building a culture with clear communication.

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Chapters:

[1:52] - Giovinazzo 2-Minute Drill

[9:13] - The Turning Point

[12:07] - Beginning Eat Clean Bro

[22:37] - Fundamental Principles

[26:30] - Perspective on Business

Jamie & Kayla Giovinazzo are Restaurant Influencers —

At 19-years-old the CEO/Founder of Eat Clean Bro wanted to combine his two passions of cooking and fitness to create a meal prep company.

It was 2012 when Jamie Giovinazzo took a chance on himself. He was on his last $300 and had given up on his dreams of cooking. Until everything changed for the better.

He began cooking again after a chance phone call from a long lost friend. That was enough to reignite his passion to restart his meal prep company journey during a time when that wasn’t really a thing. Eventually, he became “the guy” that cooked and prepared meals for clients.

“I had a Rolodex of business (contacts). So I just started going down by calling everybody's name,” Jamie Giovinazzo recalls with Restaurant Influencers host Shawn Walchef of “I had four items on my menu and I started cooking at my buddy's house.”

That decision would forever change his life. It also led him to find his wife Kayla and learn she was indeed the one.

Business had been doing so well at this point that Jamie had to call a rain check on a first date with Kayla in order to sort through receipts to submit for taxes. Instead of casting him aside, Kayla decided to help him organize. They have been locked in ever since.

Kayla, who eventually dashed her dreams of being in Law Enforcement to be a part of the family business full time, still exhibits that helpful, considerate propensity to this day as the VP of Eat Clean Bro.

One of the company’s overarching goals is “sculpting your company into a positive, uplifting, awesome place to work”, according to Kayla. She is the brains behind ensuring the success continues to happen.

The two have built an empire and become a powerhouse couple that has amassed upwards of $20 million in sales per year for the company that now stretches across 15 states and operates out of a 17,000-square-foot facility with 150 employees.

Marriage, money, and meals have all been put into their proper place as Eat Clean Bro continues to grow.

Episode Links:

Jamie Giovinazzo IG: www.instagram.com/jamiegiovinazzo

Kayla Giovinazzo IG: www.instagram.com/kaylagiovinazzo

Eat Clean Bro Website: www.eatcleanbro.com

ABOUT EAT CLEAN BRO (@eatcleanbro):

At 19 years-old, Jamie Giovinazzo, CEO and Founder of Eat Clean Bro, wanted to combine his two passions of cooking and fitness and create a meal prep company. With zero business experience Eat Clean Bro went out of business, not once, but seven times. It wasn’t until 2012, when Jamie took his last $300 in the bank, went to the grocery store, called his old customers, and rebooted Eat Clean Bro that the company started gaining traction.

Shortly after, Jamie met his now wife, Kayla. He asked to reschedule their first date because he needed to work on the accounting for Eat Clean Bro. Kayla offered to help and spent the night organizing numerous receipts from various bags and the rest is history.

Today, the power couple spearheads the multi-million-dollar company. The meal-prep brand has countless celebrity fans, serves over 15 states, and just moved into a 17,000 square foot facility.

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