Tier plans for current members

Le Gourmet Factory, Food Business Incubator
Introducing the Build Plans

Your membership fee is now
your kitchen budget.

Three plans, one rule: every dollar you pay becomes kitchen time you book. Storage and marketing support built in.

See the plans Pick yours in two minutes. Nothing changes until you do.
Shaped in this kitchen

You'll recognize these ideas

Every piece of this started as something a member said.

Already live
Storage costs too much for what it is.
So nowShort-term storage is already running, and every plan includes $100 to $300 of monthly storage credit, with a lockable cage as the secured option.
Already live
Help us get customers, not just kitchen hours.
So nowMarketing benefits through our partner, a Digital Growth Audit, member spotlights, and wholesale access are part of membership.
Already live
Some months are just slow.
So nowFreeze your membership for $150 a month when you need to. Your spot, keycard, and storage stay yours.
The honest comparison

What the $50 difference actually buys

Most of you are on the $250 monthly minimum today. Here is that plan next to Starter, line by line.

Today: $250 minimum Starter, $300
Kitchen booking $250 of booking credit ✓ $300 of booking credit. Yes, the additional $50 gets you $50 more in kitchen time.
Storage Billed separately, full price ✓ $100 monthly storage credit included
Facilities access 24/7 ✓ Yes ✓ Yes, that stays
Onboarding and health dept. assist ✓ Yes ✓ Yes, that stays
Business consulting – ✓ 1 hour every month
Business guides – ✓ Included. Upon request.
Digital Growth Audit – ✓ Included. Upon request.
Marketing benefits through partner – ✓ Included for those who migrate before Aug 20
Slow season option – ✓ Freeze at $150/mo, up to 3 months

The extra $50 returns more than $150 in bundled value, before you count the credit itself.

How credit works

One budget, your choice of kitchen

1 · Your fee becomes credit

Pay $300, receive $300 to book with. It resets fresh every billing month.

2 · Spend it anywhere

Any of our six kitchens, at that kitchen's hourly rate: $20 prep, $30 bakery, $40 hot line. Nights are 40% off, so night production stretches your credit further.

3 · No hard stop

Credit runs out mid-month? Keep booking at flex rates, 20% above the credit rate, billed the following month. Planned capacity is discounted; flex capacity costs a bit more.

As a reference: Starter's $300 books 15 hours of prep, or 10 hours of bakery, or 7 hours of hot line, day rates. Mix freely until the credit runs out.

The plans

Pick yours

Yearly saves 18%
Tier 1 · Starter

Get into the kitchen

$300 /mo

  • $300 monthly kitchen credit
  • $100 monthly storage credit
  • Facilities access 24/7
  • Onboarding and health dept. assist
  • 1 consulting hour + business guides
  • Digital Growth Audit
Choose Starter
Most members grow here
Tier 2 · Builder

Scale the operation

$600 /mo

  • Everything in Starter, plus:
  • $600 monthly kitchen credit
  • $200 monthly storage credit
  • Wholesale access
  • Marketing benefits through partner
Choose Builder
Tier 3 · Producer

Run a real production line

$1,200 /mo

  • Everything in Builder, plus:
  • $1,200 monthly kitchen credit
  • $300 monthly storage credit
  • Booking priority
  • Reserved recurring production slot
  • Anchor feature and overflow lead pass-through
Choose Producer

Yearly billing changes what you pay, never your credit: Starter on yearly billing still gets the full $300 of monthly credit. Your switch takes effect at your next billing cycle. A $250 yearly facilities fee applies, as set out in the license agreement.

Before August 20

Start on Starter, market like a Builder

Choose Starter by August 25 and the Member Marketing Program, normally part of Builder and Producer, is included in your plan.

Applies automatically. Nothing to claim, nothing to configure.

Which plan fits

A rough guide, by bakery day-hours

Under 10 hours a month
Starter covers you, with room to flex.
10 to 18 hours
Starter with flex hours, or Builder if you like predictable bills and/or want to use the Builder benefits. The math crosses near 18 hours.
More than 18 hours
Builder pays for itself. Past 36, the same logic points to Producer.

Want a second opinion? Email us and we'll run your last three months of bookings through the plan simulator, then we reply with the math for all three plans. No meeting needed. If you'd rather talk it through, 15 minutes with Alison or Nick is one reply away.

Ask us to run your numbers
Move at your own pace

Built so you can't get it wrong

✓No pressure, no deadline panic

Your current plan continues until you choose to move. Migration runs through the coming months.

✓No signup fee for members

You're already one of us. The $250 signup fee is for new members only.

✓Downgrades allowed

15 days notice: ask by the 15th of the month and the change lands on the 1st. You are never locked into a plan that stopped fitting.

✓Yearly never strands a dollar

No refunds on early exit, but your remaining balance keeps its full face value and pays for your membership month to month until it’s used up. In writing.

✓Your deposit carries over

The $250 deposit you already paid carries forward on Starter with no top-up. Moving to Builder or Producer, you only add the difference up to one month of the new plan.

✓Slow season covered

Freeze for $150 a month, up to 3 consecutive months in any rolling 12. Keycard and storage stay yours.

✓Know someone who'd fit here?

Give $150, get $150. Refer a food business, they get $150 of first-month credit, you get $150 cash.

Questions, answered

The fine print, in plain language

Does unused credit roll over?
No. Credit resets fresh every billing month. That is what keeps the 1:1 rule possible: your fee equals your credit, every month, with no accounting maze. If you regularly have credit left over, a smaller plan probably fits better, and we'll tell you so.
What happens when my credit runs out mid-month?
You keep booking, nothing stops. Hours beyond your credit bill at flex rates, 20% above the credit rate ($24 prep, $36 bakery, $48 hot line, nights still 40% off), on your next invoice. If that happens three months in a row, upgrading saves you money and we'll reach out to say so.
How does the storage credit work?
Same 1:1 logic, separate budget. Your plan includes $100 to $300 of monthly storage credit that draws against the catalog: dry shelf $20, walk-in fridge $30, walk-in freezer $40, lockable cage $50. Anything beyond the credit bills monthly at those same prices. Need something shorter? Short-term storage is live too, ask Alison.
What if I do nothing?
Your current plan continues as is for now. The legacy plan will retire over the coming months, and we will walk through it with you personally before anything changes. Nobody gets switched without a conversation.
What if I want help choosing?
Email us and we'll run your last three months of bookings through the plan simulator, then reply with what each plan would have cost you. Real numbers, no meeting. If you'd rather talk it through, Alison or Nick will grab 15 minutes with you anytime.
Is yearly billing worth it?
Yearly takes 18% off any plan and your credit stays at full face value. And it is not a trap: if things change you can convert the remaining balance to any plan at face value; nothing is refunded, but nothing is lost either. Paying by bank transfer also carries no fees at all.

Pick your plan. Keep building.

Three options, one click each. Your switch takes effect at your next billing cycle.

Choose your plan Questions first? Email us, or ask for 15 minutes with Alison or Nick.
Food businesses are built here. Yours is one of them.
Le Gourmet Factory · Food Business Incubator · 176A S Van Brunt St, Englewood, NJ 07631 · contact@legourmetfactory.com