We’re grateful to The Food Institute and Susan Choi for featuring our co-founder, Eran Mizrahi, in their latest FI Spotlight interview: “Surviving Tariffs – True Stories from Food Entrepreneurs.”
At Source86, we live and breathe global supply chains, from navigating tariff shifts to helping food and beverage brands build resilience through smarter sourcing. In this interview, Eran shares his perspective on what it takes to operate in today’s volatile environment, where ingredient availability, pricing, and logistics can change overnight.
As he puts it:
You need to think like a wartime CEO. This isn’t an environment to chase growth at all costs; it’s about discipline, cash, planning, and laser focus on building resilience in your supply chain.
For anyone in the industry thinking about how to scale sustainably amid uncertainty, this conversation is a must-watch.
If you’re navigating similar challenges or want to talk about how tariffs are impacting your sourcing strategy, reach out to us. We’ve been there, and we can help you find a way forward.
We plan for volatility as the rule, not the exception. Our sourcing model is built around diversification, maintaining trusted supplier networks across multiple regions so we can pivot quickly when new tariffs or trade restrictions hit.
Yes. Every project we take on includes a risk-mitigation layer. That means we map out alternative origins, evaluate logistics routes, and model pricing scenarios so brands aren’t caught off guard when policies or costs change.
Speed is everything. Because we’re in constant contact with suppliers, we can often shift sourcing within days,, depending on the ingredient and destination market.
Our team stays hands-on throughout. We provide transparent updates, new supplier options, and cost-impact analysis, helping clients make decisions based on real-time data, not guesswork.
Because we’ve been through it. Our background in sourcing, logistics, and supply chain strategy means we understand not just where to buy, but how to plan. We don’t chase short-term fixes, we build supply systems that endure.
