Fresh Creative Studios

What Fresh Creative Studios does

Fresh Creative Studios is a Nashville-based, privately held creative agency founded in 2015 (originally as Fresh Branding) that provides branding, marketing, and visual production services exclusively to the food, beverage, and hospitality industry. The company's offering is organized around six core service lines: Brand Development, Marketing and Content Creation, Graphic Design and Print Management, Photo and Video Services, Website Development, and Commerce and Merchandise. Underlying the service portfolio is an in-house production studio in East Nashville equipped with studio lighting, production gear, a prop closet, and a test kitchen, which enables the agency to execute product, lifestyle, narrative, and social video shoots in-house rather than subcontracting.

The agency operates a vertically integrated model that extends beyond traditional creative services into physical operations. A 4,000-square-foot climate-controlled warehouse in Nashville supports merchandise design, procurement, inventory management, and nationwide fulfillment for client brands, complemented by e-commerce store development and retail program consultation. The agency's client roster spans enterprise names such as Patron, Casa Noble, High West, Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, Goo Goo Cluster, Copper and Kings, and Martin's Bar-B-Que Joint, alongside mid-market and startup operators across restaurants, bars, breweries, wineries, distilleries, hotels, and consumer packaged goods.

Fresh Creative Studios generates revenue on a project-based and ongoing-engagement professional services model with quote-based pricing, sold through a sales-led, consultative go-to-market motion. There are no publicly disclosed pricing tiers, revenue figures, or external investors. The company is independent and founder-owned, with operating geography concentrated in Tennessee and the broader Southeast United States, and no disclosed funding rounds, acquisitions, or leadership changes on record.

Name

Fresh Creative Studios

Legal name

Fresh Creative Studios

Website

https://freshcreativestudios.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Fresh Creative Studios is a Nashville-based creative agency founded in 2015 that builds brand identities, marketing content, websites, merchandise, and photo/video assets for food, beverage, and hospitality clients.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Creative & Branding Agency Services

NAICS

Graphic Design Services (54143), Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (512)

SIC

Services-Mailing, Reproduction, Commercial Art & Photography (7330), Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Integrated Full-Service Creative Agencies (MPAAAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Creative Boutique Agencies (MPAAAAAB)

Keywords

• Brand strategy services
• Creative agency services
• Commercial photography services
• Merchandise design fulfillment
• Packaging design services

Headquarters

HQ city

Nashville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Creative and Branding Services: Project-based creative services including brand development, logo creation, graphic design, and marketing content creation. Services are delivered as individual projects or ongoing partnerships with clients.
2. Merchandise and Commerce Services: Design, procurement, warehousing, and fulfillment of branded merchandise. Includes custom apparel, packaging, and retail products for food and beverage brands.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Fresh Creative Studios is a Nashville-based creative agency that provides an integrated suite of branding, marketing, design, photography, videography, website, and merchandise services exclusively to food and beverage clients, including restaurants, distilleries, breweries, wineries, bars, CPG brands, and hotels. Services span brand identity creation, marketing and content production, graphic design and print management, professional photo and video shoots in an in-house studio with a test kitchen, website design and development, and full-service merchandise design, sourcing, warehousing, and nationwide fulfillment.

Product overview

Fresh Creative Studios is a food and beverage creative agency offering a comprehensive suite of branding, marketing, and visual production services. The company's core service portfolio comprises six interconnected offerings: Brand Development, Marketing & Content Creation, Graphic Design & Print Management, Photo & Video Services, Website Development, and Commerce & Merchandise. These core services are supported by specialized sub-services including studio and lifestyle photography, narrative and social video production, custom merchandise design, warehouse and fulfillment operations, and retail program consultations. The agency operates a full-service production studio in Nashville with surfaces, backgrounds, studio lighting, production gear, a prop closet, and a test kitchen, enabling end-to-end brand creation from identity development through merchandise fulfillment.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Brand Development Strategic brand identity creation for food and beverage businesses, including name exploration, logo design or refinement, graphic style guide development, and brand language and story development, for entrepreneurs and organizations seeking to appeal to their target customer.
• Marketing & Content Creation Comprehensive marketing and content services for food and beverage businesses, including marketing calendar development, social media consultation, integrated email and digital marketing, content planning, list building, copywriting, recipe development, and menu consultation.
• Graphic Design & Print Management Visual design and print production services for food and beverage clients, including menu design and printing, retail product and merchandise design, food packaging design and sourcing, spirits label design and bottle sourcing, signage and promotions, and general graphic design.
• Photography & Videography Professional photography and videography production for food and beverage brands, delivered in-studio or on-location, with professional food styling, equipment rental, and access to an on-site studio kitchen and bar. Includes studio product shoots, lifestyle shoots, narrative brand videos, and social video content.
• Website Development Web design and development services for food and beverage businesses, including mobile-friendly website design, manager training for self-managed sites, website updates and maintenance, SEO services, and e-commerce integration.
• Commerce & Merchandise End-to-end merchandise and commerce services for food and beverage brands, including merchandise design and procurement, wholesale program management, warehousing and local delivery, inventory management, in-store retail design consultation, online store development and management, and e-commerce fulfillment from a 4,000-square-foot climate-controlled Nashville facility.

Named customers20 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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AI maturity

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• The Food Sheriff DepartmentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Food Sheriff Department is referenced as a partner resource for the company's East Nashville production studio. The studio is stocked and operated in collaboration with The Food Sheriff Department, suggesting a working relationship for studio facilities and potentially food styling resources.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Wieden+Kennedy: Global creative agency with a portfolio of food and beverage brand work, representing the kind of large incumbent that competes for the most prestigious F&B creative engagements.
• Barkley: Independent full-service agency with a strong restaurant and food brand practice, competing for larger F&B brand engagements and offering broader strategic and media services beyond creative.
• Mekanism: Independent creative agency with notable food, beverage, and CPG clients such as Heinz and Quaker — competing for similar brand storytelling and packaging work at a larger scale.
• GYK Antler: Full-service creative agency with a CPG and food/beverage specialty, offering branding, packaging, and digital marketing — overlapping with Fresh Creative Studios' client base but at broader enterprise scale.

Direct peers

• Bonfire Labs: Creative production agency that designs and produces brand content for CPG and food/beverage clients, comparable in its in-house production studio and content-led offering.
• The Food Group: Food marketing agency providing brand strategy, packaging, and integrated marketing for food and beverage clients, with similar end-to-end creative + production orientation and vertical focus.
• Meringue: Chicago-based creative agency exclusively focused on the food and beverage industry, offering brand development, packaging, and content services to restaurant and CPG clients — directly comparable in vertical specialization.
• Doe-Anderson: Long-standing Louisville, KY-based advertising and branding agency with a deep food and beverage practice across restaurants, spirits, and CPG — competing for the same regional and national F&B brand owners.
• Centerline Creative: Food and beverage-focused marketing and creative agency delivering brand strategy, packaging, and integrated campaigns for restaurant and CPG clients with a similar boutique full-service model.
• Hatch (branding): Boutique brand identity and packaging studio serving food, beverage, and hospitality clients — comparable boutique scale and vertical specialty to Fresh Creative Studios.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/100071118432657
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fresh-creative-studios

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Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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