We had the good fortune of connecting with Derek J Fedo and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Derek J, is there something that you feel is most responsible for your success?
Throughout the years, I have owned a few different businesses, An apparel brand, retail store/businesses, coaching and online personal training business and now we own a known meal prep service called SOUTHERN MEAL PREP!

I aways thought success was about a dollar amount, a quantity amount of what you were selling. As you get tenured in your career, entrepreneurship, or your business you slowly start to realize it is about the customer satisfaction, your staffing involvement and your impact on the community. They always say, do the right thing and then success will follow! It couldn’t be more true! The more you take your time to impact each and every customer, the more they will have a positive impact on your community and reach to grow your brand!

The success of the brand, will make our team successful. I may be the owner and face of the business BUT it doesn’t happen without the support of our amazing preps/chefs, our sales team and our community!

Alright, so for those in our community who might not be familiar with your business, can you tell us more?
Our company, Southern Meal Prep is based out of Atlanta, GA! Our company motto, is ‘results driven by nutrition’. Most companies push a workout routine, a supplement, a vitamin or a specific product. The proof is always in the food. All of the progress that clients in our industry make physically and health wise is solely based on the quality and consumption of their food intake!

We at SMP, separate ourselves from the others by customizing each and every one of our clients plans and programs based on their GOALS! Since we have the bandwidth in our production facility to create custom tickets and labels for clients, we can accommodate their exclusions, allergies and things that they do not like to eat on their plans. Separating from the pack, is always the goal in a new business start-up, and that is exactly what we did!

We are very excited to continue helping each and every client along the way. Our nutrition/consultative approach is very appealing to new potential customers who do not know how to, or what to eat to achieve their physical goals.

Every day is a new task to handle. Every day, lay one brick, and every day you will make progress! Brick by brick, wall by wall, will create a very well balanced foundation!

Nothing is ever easy, I would just rather do the hard things to benefit my future and my teams!

Every day we start the business their is lessons to be taught and of course lessons that we learn. One of my favorite parts about being a risk taker, and an entrepreneur is that we have the ability to make small and large decisions that may be failures, or may be successes! The failures are what make us better, the successes make us STRONGER!

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
ITINERARY:

– Downtown Alpharetta (multiple bars, good eats)
– Downtown Roswell (multiple bars, good eats)
– Braves stadium/The Battery
– Amphitheatres
– Hawks games
– State Farm Arena
– Buckhead restaurants
– Stay away from lenox lol

The Shoutout series is all about recognizing that our success and where we are in life is at least somewhat thanks to the efforts, support, mentorship, love and encouragement of others. So is there someone that you want to dedicate your shoutout to?
The impact that I have created over the last decade in the areas of our companies is solely encouraged from our community. Without the growth of the organizations, we wouldn’t have the impact on the community like we do; and of course, without the community support, we wouldn’t have the IMPACT to grow!

Website: https://www.southernmealprep.com

Instagram: IG: @southernmealprep – IG: @themealprepguy_

Facebook: FB: Southern Meal Prep FB: Derek J Fedo

Other: GOOGLE: 5 STAR RATED REVIEWS – SOUTHERN MEAL PREP

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Derek Fedo

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