1920s
Peter Durban opens meat markets and supermarkets in the Midwest, beginning a four-generation food-industry story.
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THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE PROGRAM
Four generations. One appetite for what’s next.
The Smoothie Bowls resource grows from a century of food-industry experience and a long record of helping consumer brands find their route to market.
A 100-YEAR FIELD NOTE
From neighborhood markets to global programs.
The Durban family’s work spans supermarkets, manufacturing, distribution, brand incubation, and foodservice.
1970s–80s
The family shifts from retail into manufacturing, distribution, private-label production, and emerging consumer trends.
2009
Conzumables is co-founded to support consumer-product innovation, brand incubation, and contract manufacturing.
Today
The fourth generation carries the work into online retail, emerging markets, foodservice, and brand development.
CONSUMER BRANDS
Built close to the work.
The Conzumables team and its partners bring 35 years of consumer-products experience across product development, strategic growth, distribution, and retail execution. Their work has included major companies such as Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, Conagra, Campbell’s, and Danone.
The team’s natural-and-organic brand experience includes co-founding Nature’s Bakery and Core Bar, holding an equity stake in Perfect Bar, and mentoring hundreds of early-stage brands on their journey to market.
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