Consulting + Kitchen

Cultured South Consulting

We love small business and supporting our community, so much so that we offer business & brand consulting services. Whether you’re a start-up or looking to pivot your business in an ever-changing market, we are here to help!

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Melanie Wade Styles

| Founder & CEO |

  • Business Owner with Six Years Experience in building brands like Golda Kombucha, Cultured South, The Atlanta Fermentation Festival, Pure Abundance Vegan Cheese and more

  • Awarded 2020 Atlanta Business Chronicle’s “50 on Fire 2020” Innovation Award for Food and Beverage

  • Recipient of Invest Atlanta’s Excellence in Manufacturing 2019

  • Creator of 2018’s Best of ATL Healthy Beverage: Golda Kombucha

  • Certified SBA “Emerging Leader”

  • Successfully launched products into large national chains like Whole Foods, Kroger, Food Lion and more

  • Georgia State University Alumni in Public Relations and Fine Arts

  • Georgia State University School of Hospitality Certified Event Planner


Areas of Expertise

  • Networking Infrastructure design and implementation

  • IT support

  • Digital assets management

  • Strategy development

  • Human Resources

  • Team building and management

  • Agile Methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, and S@S)

  • Resource management

  • Start-up business

  • Business plan & direction

  • Funding / Sourcing of Funds

  • Scaling up & Growth

  • Packaging, Raw goods & Product Sourcing

  • Manufacturing & Equipment Purchasing

  • Distribution and Wholesale

  • Branding, Art direction, graphic design

  • Marketing & PR