Dive into the Business of Natural Packaged Food
NOSH Live’s two-day program looks to the coming year with presentations and discussions with key industry leaders on innovation, investment, retailing, and the key opportunities and trends that will enable growth within the natural food business.
Please note: All times US Pacific Time
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7:00 AM
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9:00 AMBreakfast & Registration
Breakfast, coffee and beverages are served from 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM PT and are included with registration. Registration and badge pick up opens for the day at 7:00 AM PT.
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8:00 AM
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8:15 AMBoot Camp - Getting Off on the Right Foot: Establishing a Broker Relationship
On the morning of Day 1, industry newcomers attending NOSH Live can learn the basics of running a food business and jumpstart their networking during Boot Camp.
Boot Camp Location: Palisades BCD, 5th Floor
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John MaggioreFounder, Maggiore Sales and Marketing
John Maggiore
Founder, Maggiore Sales and Marketing
John has been in the grocery business for over 35 years, he founded Maggiore’s Sales & Marketing in 2003, as a consultant and broker to the Natural/Specialty trade. The primary focus on the brokerage side is with bringing Grocery, Dairy and Frozen brands to the market in the New England Supermarket Channel. Prior to setting out on his own John was the Category Manager of Natural Food for Stop & Shop Supermarkets based in Boston, MA. John pioneered the store with-in-a-store Natural Food departments at Stop & Shop, creating over 150 departments in less than five years. Natural Food sales grew at Stop & Shop from $6 million when John took over responsibility for the department to $67 million when he left. Before John became Category Manager of Natural Foods he had buying responsibilities in numerous categories including Specialty Cheese, Specialty Crackers, Gourmet Coffee, and Specialty Pasta as well as Frozen and Dairy Foods. Currently John is brokering some leading manufacturers in the Specialty/Natural Food channel including, Angie’s BoomChickAPop Popcorn, Red’s All Natural, Kettle & Fire Bone Broths, R.W. Garcia, Lily’s Chocolates, DrinkSimple and siggi’s Yogurt, and previously worked with other leading companies including Pirate’s Booty, Bear Naked Granola, Larabar, Justin’s, Kind Bar, Krave Jerky, Vita Coco and Ian’s Natural Foods. John is also on the Board of Directors of Vermont Nut Free Chocolates, Biena Snacks, Demers Food Group, BananaWave and serves as an adviser to Tucson Tamale, Bohana and Evoke Foods. John has delivered presentations and seminars at leading trade shows and conferences such as Natural Products Expo East & West, The NASFT’s Winter and Summer Fancy Food Shows, Bord Bia in Dublin, Ireland, Northeast Dairy/Deli/Bakery Association, Frozen & Refrigerated Association of New England, Canadian Consulates in Boston, and Kosherfest in New York. For the past seventeen years John, in conjunction with Bob Burke of Natural Products Consulting, has run full day seminars and networking events on “Becoming a More Effective Sales Manager in the Natural and Specialty Channel”. Since its inception over 30 seminars have been run in Boston, Chicago, Denver and San Francisco and they have educated over 1,000 participants from 400+ companies. Since 2016 John has been a business mentor for the Northeastern University McCarthy Venture
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John Maggiore, Founder, Maggiore Sales and Marketing
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8:15 AM
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8:30 AMBoot Camp - Allocating Your Budget Wisely: Understanding Trade Spend
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Bob BurkeFounder, Natural Products Consulting
Bob Burke
Founder, Natural Products Consulting
As a consultant since 1998, Bob Burke provides assistance in bringing natural, organic and specialty products to market across most classes of trade. This includes work in strategic planning, growth strategies, writing sales, marketing and business plans, budgeting, pricing, building distribution, broker selection and management, organizational development, strategic options, financing, branding, trade spending management and assistance around M&A, due diligence and venture strategy groups. He is also the co-author and co-publisher of the Natural Products Field Manual, Ninth Edition. Prior to consulting, Bob was with Stonyfield Farm Yogurt for 11 years as Vice President, Sales & Corporate Development and Vice President, Marketing & Sales. He has held marketing positions with Colombo, Inc. and Sperry Top-Sider. He received an MBA from Babson College.
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Bob Burke, Founder, Natural Products Consulting
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8:30 AM
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8:45 AMBoot Camp - Developing Your Go-to-Market Plan: Focusing on Regional Wins
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Frank ZampardiManaging Partner, SIX60 Partners
Frank Zampardi
Managing Partner, SIX60 Partners
Frank Zampardi is currently a Managing Partner with SIX60 Partners, an operator led consulting agency that works with CPG growth brands and entrepreneurs. Prior to SIX60, he was SVP of Sales at Peckish and Partner at AccelFoods (AF Ventures). Other notable leadership positions and experience: Krave Jerky (acquired by Hershey), Pirate’s Booty (acquired by B&G Foods), Glacéau (acquired by Coca-Cola).
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Frank Zampardi, Managing Partner, SIX60 Partners
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8:45 AM
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9:00 AMBoot Camp - Building a Design Strategy
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Raphael FarasatCEO & Creative Director, TRUFFL
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Raphael Farasat, CEO & Creative Director, TRUFFL
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9:00 AM
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9:30 AMBoot Camp - Roundtable Q&A
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John MaggioreFounder, Maggiore Sales and Marketing
John Maggiore
Founder, Maggiore Sales and Marketing
John has been in the grocery business for over 35 years, he founded Maggiore’s Sales & Marketing in 2003, as a consultant and broker to the Natural/Specialty trade. The primary focus on the brokerage side is with bringing Grocery, Dairy and Frozen brands to the market in the New England Supermarket Channel. Prior to setting out on his own John was the Category Manager of Natural Food for Stop & Shop Supermarkets based in Boston, MA. John pioneered the store with-in-a-store Natural Food departments at Stop & Shop, creating over 150 departments in less than five years. Natural Food sales grew at Stop & Shop from $6 million when John took over responsibility for the department to $67 million when he left. Before John became Category Manager of Natural Foods he had buying responsibilities in numerous categories including Specialty Cheese, Specialty Crackers, Gourmet Coffee, and Specialty Pasta as well as Frozen and Dairy Foods. Currently John is brokering some leading manufacturers in the Specialty/Natural Food channel including, Angie’s BoomChickAPop Popcorn, Red’s All Natural, Kettle & Fire Bone Broths, R.W. Garcia, Lily’s Chocolates, DrinkSimple and siggi’s Yogurt, and previously worked with other leading companies including Pirate’s Booty, Bear Naked Granola, Larabar, Justin’s, Kind Bar, Krave Jerky, Vita Coco and Ian’s Natural Foods. John is also on the Board of Directors of Vermont Nut Free Chocolates, Biena Snacks, Demers Food Group, BananaWave and serves as an adviser to Tucson Tamale, Bohana and Evoke Foods. John has delivered presentations and seminars at leading trade shows and conferences such as Natural Products Expo East & West, The NASFT’s Winter and Summer Fancy Food Shows, Bord Bia in Dublin, Ireland, Northeast Dairy/Deli/Bakery Association, Frozen & Refrigerated Association of New England, Canadian Consulates in Boston, and Kosherfest in New York. For the past seventeen years John, in conjunction with Bob Burke of Natural Products Consulting, has run full day seminars and networking events on “Becoming a More Effective Sales Manager in the Natural and Specialty Channel”. Since its inception over 30 seminars have been run in Boston, Chicago, Denver and San Francisco and they have educated over 1,000 participants from 400+ companies. Since 2016 John has been a business mentor for the Northeastern University McCarthy Venture
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Bob BurkeFounder, Natural Products Consulting
Bob Burke
Founder, Natural Products Consulting
As a consultant since 1998, Bob Burke provides assistance in bringing natural, organic and specialty products to market across most classes of trade. This includes work in strategic planning, growth strategies, writing sales, marketing and business plans, budgeting, pricing, building distribution, broker selection and management, organizational development, strategic options, financing, branding, trade spending management and assistance around M&A, due diligence and venture strategy groups. He is also the co-author and co-publisher of the Natural Products Field Manual, Ninth Edition. Prior to consulting, Bob was with Stonyfield Farm Yogurt for 11 years as Vice President, Sales & Corporate Development and Vice President, Marketing & Sales. He has held marketing positions with Colombo, Inc. and Sperry Top-Sider. He received an MBA from Babson College.
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Frank ZampardiManaging Partner, SIX60 Partners
Frank Zampardi
Managing Partner, SIX60 Partners
Frank Zampardi is currently a Managing Partner with SIX60 Partners, an operator led consulting agency that works with CPG growth brands and entrepreneurs. Prior to SIX60, he was SVP of Sales at Peckish and Partner at AccelFoods (AF Ventures). Other notable leadership positions and experience: Krave Jerky (acquired by Hershey), Pirate’s Booty (acquired by B&G Foods), Glacéau (acquired by Coca-Cola).
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Raphael FarasatCEO & Creative Director, TRUFFL
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John Maggiore, Founder, Maggiore Sales and Marketing
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Bob Burke, Founder, Natural Products Consulting
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Frank Zampardi, Managing Partner, SIX60 Partners
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Raphael Farasat, CEO & Creative Director, TRUFFL
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9:30 AM
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10:00 AMNetworking Break & Sampling
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10:00 AM
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10:10 AMWelcome Remarks
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Carol OrtenbergEditor, NOSH
Carol Ortenberg
Editor, NOSH
Carol is the Editor of NOSH, BevNet’s media property focusing on Natural, Healthy, Sustainable and Organic food products. Carol previously worked and consulted for several consumer goods companies, many within the food space. She also was on the marketing team for Whole Foods Market in the North Atlantic region. Prior to focusing on the food industry, Carol worked at several tech companies, including HubSpot, and served as a consumer researcher at AMP Agency. A graduate of Brandeis University in Journalism, Cultural Anthropology and Theater Arts, Carol is passionate about the food, agriculture and beverage industries.
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Carol Ortenberg, Editor, NOSH
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10:10 AM
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10:35 AMThe Whole Picture: Building, Growing and Evolving Your Community
Whole30 founder and CEO Melissa Urban will explain a key method for achieving Whole30’s longevity: the community around it. She’ll discuss how she and her team have been able to maintain and ultimately evolve that community as she has come to understand her own thinking about the importance of an inclusive environment. Audience members will also hear how Urban has approached product development for her Whole30 CPG line in order to bring more shoppers into the fold.
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Melissa UrbanCo-founder & CEO, Whole30
Melissa Urban
Co-founder & CEO, Whole30
Melissa Urban is the co-founder and CEO of Whole30 and an authority on helping people create lifelong healthy habits. She is a seven-time New York Times bestselling author (including the instant bestseller The Book of Boundaries); and has been featured by People, Good Morning America, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and CNBC. She lives in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Melissa Urban, Co-founder & CEO, Whole30
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10:35 AM
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11:00 AMA Retailer's Evolution. How Kroger is Working With Emerging and Natural Brands
Holly Adrien, Natural and Organic Strategy and Innovation Manager for grocery chain Kroger, will share how she sources, onboards and works with better-for-you or emerging brands. Kroger has undergone an evolution in how it approaches natural food brands, and on the cusp of possibly another transition, Adrien will share with the NOSH audience why natural is a focus point for the conventional retailer and how the category plays a part in its larger basket building and customer retention strategy.
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Holly AdrienNatural and Organic Strategy and Innovation Manager, Kroger
Holly Adrien
Natural and Organic Strategy and Innovation Manager, Kroger
Holly Adrien, the Natural and Organic Strategy and Innovation Manager for The Kroger Company, is a strategic and passionate leader with over 17 years of analytics, merchandising and retail experience. She began her journey with The Kroger Co. within custom analytics at dunnhumbyUSA. She held various roles working with CPGs and Kroger to utilize customer data to inform strategy at dunnhumbyUSA and 84.51° before transitioning to Kroger Merchandising to oversee the Baby department in 2016. She was promoted to lead the Health/Beauty/Baby/Household Digital Merchandising team for Kroger.com and Vitacost.com prior to her promotion to manage strategy and innovation for natural and organic in November 2020. Holly’s deep background in customer insights, analytics and merchandising is used to develop The Kroger Co.’s strategic focus to meet customer’s evolving needs in natural and organic across the total store. She has the privilege of collaborating with all Kroger banners, insight providers, established and emerging brands to continuously innovate in terms of assortment, promotion, best practices and communication to customers in-store and online.
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Holly Adrien, Natural and Organic Strategy and Innovation Manager, Kroger
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11:00 AM
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11:25 AMChamberlain Coffee: Inside Creator-Based CPG
Social media superstar Emma Chamberlain – the Chamberlain Coffee founder famous for YouTube, podcasting, modeling, fashion, and the mirror she holds up to her generation – will join NOSH Live for a special conversation on the convergence of the Creator Economy with the food business. Joined by Chamberlain Coffee CEO Chris Gallant, Chamberlain will take the NOSH Live audience into this new world of CPG, one in which the product choices extend from the founder’s passions to a social media audience of more than 35 million followers.
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Emma ChamberlainFounder, Chamberlain Coffee
Emma Chamberlain
Founder, Chamberlain Coffee
Emma Chamberlain is an internet phenomenon, fashion icon, award winning podcast host, global brand ambassador and entrepreneur with a combined social media following of more than 35 million. The Los Angeles-based creator never takes herself too seriously. Her authenticity and candor have landed her the cover of Vogue, Forbes, Cosmopolitan and Allure Magazines as well as The New York Times and she has appeared in W, V Magazine, The Atlantic, Nylon, TMRW and Marie Claire to name a few. Elle Magazine names her a "trendsetter with palpable influence on style and culture for Gen Z." Vogue calls her a "YouTube sensation." Time Magazine included her in their 2019 list of The 25 Most Influential People on the Internet as well as the Time Magazine 100 Next List. Emma also landed on Forbes 30 under 30 list in 2020 for social media. Chamberlain has always had a love for fashion and has worked with brands such as Louis Vuitton, Aritzia, and Levi’s, to name a few . In 2021, Vogue tapped Emma to host their digital red-carpet coverage at the MET Gala. Vogue asked her to return to host the carpet again in 2022, where she announced her newest ambassadorship with Cartier. Her red-carpet interviews alone garnered Vogue's YouTube channel just about 45 million views in 2021 and nearly 50 million views 2022. Emma’s wildly successful podcast, Anything Goes, is consistently in the top charts. Through her podcast, Emma connects more deeply with her existing fans while also attracting new ones. The reception has been more than favorable, with Emma taking home the award for Best Podcaster at the 2020 Shorty Awards and winning in the Pop Podcast category at the 47th People’s Choice Awards. The positive sentiment expressed by her fans and remarkable loyalty among her listeners, combined with her cultural currency, makes Emma one of the most valuable podcast hosts today. Adding the title of Founder of Chamberlain Coffee in 2019 was a passion project for Emma. Her love for coffee is undeniable and she took an everyday hobby and turned it into a thriving business bringing high quality, small batch roasted, and sustainably sourced coffee straight to your door. The brand has grown exponentially since inception and in addition to whole bean and ground coffee, now offers cold brew bags; matcha, chai, and other teas; chocolate and snacks; and all things coffee. Chamberlain Coffee is available online, at Amazon, GoPuff, Sprouts, Erewhon, and other select retailers.
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Chris GallantCEO, Chamberlain Coffee
Chris Gallant
CEO, Chamberlain Coffee
Chris Gallant is CEO of Chamberlain Coffee, the brainchild of Youtube phenomenon Emma Chamberlain. Since joining in the Fall of 2021, Chris has led the brand through a $7M fundraise, executed countless new product launches and helped Chamberlain Coffee achieve monumental brand growth. With his passion for bringing innovative and customer-driven products to life, Chris has worked hand-in-hand with Emma in developing and executing Chamberlain Coffee’s strategy. Prior to joining the Chamberlain Coffee team, Chris has 15+ years in strategic and commercial beverage industry operating roles, both large (Heineken, Red Bull) and small/startup (Bronx Brewery, Kona Red, Aqua ViTea). Through these roles, Chris has garnered exceptional experience leading consumer companies through growth and contributing to their greater success. Chris is also a former Bain & Co consultant and holds an MBA from MIT Sloan.
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Emma Chamberlain, Founder, Chamberlain Coffee
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Chris Gallant, CEO, Chamberlain Coffee
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11:25 AM
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11:50 AMA Look Back, a Peek Forward: Investor Outlook for 2023
Jared Stein, co-founder of Los Angeles-based private equity investment firm Monogram Capital Partners, will take to the NOSH Live stage to lead a discussion the investment landscape for 2023 while reflecting on the past year. During his talk, Stein will discuss how to develop the next category of leaders with flexible capital, deep domain knowledge and access to transformative industry relationships.-
Jared SteinCo-Founder and Partner, Monogram Capital Partners
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Jared Stein, Co-Founder and Partner, Monogram Capital Partners
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11:50 AM
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12:15 PMBrand Integrity As Your Main Asset
During a keynote talk on the morning of Dec. 1, Nelson, who has written extensively on entrepreneurship in the Wall Street Journal, will offer a master class on the financial challenges facing growing founder-led brands as they seek to use capital wisely amidst a fiscal environment that portends a slowdown in fund investment. She’ll share lessons learned from both her time at Sprinkles and her investments and venture studio work at CN2 on smart company growth, community building and risk-taking.
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Candace NelsonCEO, Sprinkles/CN2 Ventures
Candace Nelson
CEO, Sprinkles/CN2 Ventures
Candace Nelson is a wildly successful entrepreneur known for co-founding Sprinkles, the world’s first cupcake bakery and ATM, and most recently, Pizzana, a fast-growing chain of award-winning Neo-Neapolitan pizzerias. She continues to expand her portfolio of investments with CN2 Ventures, a family office and venture studio which invests in early-stage consumer companies. Candace is also a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, author of the New York Times Best Seller The Sprinkles Baking Book, co-creator and executive producer of Hulu’s upcoming “Best in Dough”, executive producer and judge on Netflix’s “Sugar Rush” and judge on over 100 episodes of Food Network’s hit show “Cupcake Wars”. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two sons, and their Norwich terrier Willy. Candace will be speaking twice at NOSH Live: in addition to an address to the whole audience, she will be hosting a special breakout with advice and discussion on food entrepreneurship for attendees who have purchased her new book, Sweet Success.
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Candace Nelson, CEO, Sprinkles/CN2 Ventures
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12:15 PM
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12:30 PMNOSH Best of 2022 Awards Announced
Celebrate the best and brightest of the year with NOSH’s Best of 2022 Awards — which will include an on-stage discussion with one of our award winners.
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12:30 PM
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2:00 PMLunch Break, Sampling & Elevator Talk
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2:00 PM
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2:40 PMBreakout: Making Sustainability Core To Your Supply Chain and Business Model
Location: Arcadia Ballroom, 5th Floor
Sustainability and supply chains have been two hot topics for discussion over the past few years. Join CPG experts from Simple Mills, Daily Harvest and Scout Canning for a lively discussion that will merge these two important aspects of business while providing insight to building a brand with the positive environmental practices at its core.
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Christina SkonbergDirector, Sustainability & Mission, Simple Mills
Christina Skonberg
Director, Sustainability & Mission, Simple Mills
As the Director of Sustainability & Mission at Simple Mills, Skonberg leads the company’s strategy to advance human and planetary health through intentional product design and ingredient sourcing partnerships. She brings to the product innovation process a keen eye toward ecosystem health and economic resilience in farming communities, connecting consumer insights with farmer insights to design products that benefit all nodes of the supply system. Prior to Simple Mills, Skonberg held multiple roles at General Mills, including leading sustainability for Annie’s, Cascadian Farm, and Muir Glen, and managing company-wide regenerative agriculture impact reporting initiatives. While at SCS Global Services, she coordinated the Starbucks responsible coffee sourcing verification program in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. As Director of Operations at the Good Food Foundation, she led production for the Good Food Awards, a national recognition program for leading-edge food businesses committed to positive social and environmental impact. Skonberg holds degrees in Agricultural Science and Brazilian Studies from Brown University, and a MS in Agriculture, Food, and Environment from the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University.
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Ricky SilverChief Supply Chain Officer, Daily Harvest
Ricky Silver
Chief Supply Chain Officer, Daily Harvest
Ricky Silver is the Chief Supply Chain Officer at Daily Harvest, the company on a mission to improve human and planetary health by making it easier to eat more sustainably-grown fruits and vegetables every day. At Daily Harvest, Ricky leads innovation strategy, new product development, food safety & quality, sourcing, manufacturing, and fulfillment operations. Previously, Rickywas the Director of Innovation at Vita Coco, the global-leader in RTD Coconut Water where he led the development of the brand’s portfolio diversification into new categories including coconut milk, coconut oil, sparkling waters and more. Ricky started his career at PepsiCo where he leveraged his chemistry and food science backgrounds to manage multiple R&D platforms across the business. Ricky received his MBA from NYU Stern and his Masters in Chemistry from NYU. His passion for food stems from his years as a personal chef in NYC.
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Adam BentCo-Founder and CEO, Scout Canning
Adam Bent
Co-Founder and CEO, Scout Canning
As Scout’s CEO and co-founder, Adam Bent leads the team toward bringing Scout’s mission to life – to make deliciously crafted seafood that changes how consumers perceive and experience the category. Adam joined Scout in 2018 with a passion for sustainability, product innovation, and brand experience. Brand founder and acclaimed Chef Charlotte Langley tapped Adam to help transform Scout from her side hustle into the rapidly emerging omni-channel brand that it is today. Under Adam’s leadership, Scout doubled its annual revenue from 2020 to 2021, expanded beyond its Canadian headquarters into the United States, and raised a total of $4 million USD to date. Previous to Scout, Adam was a technology entrepreneur building VC-backed businesses as the co-founder of thisopenspace (2016-2018) and Uppercase (2016-2018). No stranger to the food industry, Adam also served as the Vice President at Provender (2014-2015), a TechStars backed online marketplace that addressed inefficiencies in local food delivery to the wholesale industry. Adam was the Canadian manager for Urbanspoon (2012-2013) before its acquisition and is a partner at Prairie Boy Organic Bakery (2015 - present) in Toronto, Canada. The food-tech entrepreneur turned seafood expert is a founding member of the SeafoodCollab, an industry group of emerging seafood CPG brands that are committed to a regenerative ocean food system and increased consumer engagement within sustainable seafood. Adam also sits on the board of directors for the Gulf of Georgia Cannery, a national historic site representing the historical significance of Canada’s west coast fishing industry.
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Christina Skonberg, Director, Sustainability & Mission, Simple Mills
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Ricky Silver, Chief Supply Chain Officer, Daily Harvest
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Adam Bent, Co-Founder and CEO, Scout Canning
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2:00 PM
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2:40 PMBreakout: Exclusive Session: Sprinkles of Wisdom, Frosted Tips -- A Deep Dive Q & A with Candace Nelson on Leadership, Gen Z, Investing and Entrepreneurship
Location: Palisades, 5th Floor
Engage in a deep dive Q&A with Candace Nelson on leadership, Gen Z, investing and entrepreneurship. Nelson will return to the stage to dig deeper into the specific issues facing founders during a special, exclusive breakout session available to the first 100 attendees of NOSH Live to arrive with a copy of Sweet Success. She’ll get candid about her experiences as a female entrepreneur, managing Millennials and Gen Z in the digital age, and her journey afterward launching her own venture fund, and engage in open dialogue with attendees about their own challenges and concerns.
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Candace NelsonCEO, Sprinkles/CN2 Ventures
Candace Nelson
CEO, Sprinkles/CN2 Ventures
Candace Nelson is a wildly successful entrepreneur known for co-founding Sprinkles, the world’s first cupcake bakery and ATM, and most recently, Pizzana, a fast-growing chain of award-winning Neo-Neapolitan pizzerias. She continues to expand her portfolio of investments with CN2 Ventures, a family office and venture studio which invests in early-stage consumer companies. Candace is also a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal, author of the New York Times Best Seller The Sprinkles Baking Book, co-creator and executive producer of Hulu’s upcoming “Best in Dough”, executive producer and judge on Netflix’s “Sugar Rush” and judge on over 100 episodes of Food Network’s hit show “Cupcake Wars”. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two sons, and their Norwich terrier Willy. Candace will be speaking twice at NOSH Live: in addition to an address to the whole audience, she will be hosting a special breakout with advice and discussion on food entrepreneurship for attendees who have purchased her new book, Sweet Success.
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Candace Nelson, CEO, Sprinkles/CN2 Ventures
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2:00 PM
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2:40 PMBreakout: Drop-In Mastermind Session -- Explore Challenges with Your Peers in this Informal Moderated Workshop
Location: Catalina Ballroom, 4th Floor
Explore challenges with your peers in this informal moderated workshop with Bob Burke, Brad Barnhorn, and John Maggiore.
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Brad BarnhornBoard Member and Advisor, Barnhorn Growth Advisors
Brad Barnhorn
Board Member and Advisor, Barnhorn Growth Advisors
Brad works closely with leading growth-stage food and beverage companies as a Board member, strategic advisor and Investor. His work leverages 25 years of company-building experience as entrepreneur, CEO, board member and investor, cutting across all strategic and operational dimensions of successful company-building in the food and beverage space. He currently serves on the boards of Country Archer, Rhythm Superfoods, Flying Embers, Barney Butter, Biena, Aura Bora, Gimme Foods and Red’s All Natural. He previously served on the Board of Krave Jerky, Kevita, Health Warrior and Chameleon Cold Brew from these companies early stages through their respective exits as category defining brands to Hershey’s, Pepsi and Nestle. Building upon a foundation in management consulting and investment banking, Mr. Barnhorn’s food and beverage journey began twenty years ago as Founder/CEO of the Fantasia Fresh Juice Company which he built into the leading superpremium fresh juice/smoothie company in the Midwestern United States culminating in a merger with Naked Juice to form the leading national brand in the category which was subsequently acquired by Pepsi. He holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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Bob BurkeFounder, Natural Products Consulting
Bob Burke
Founder, Natural Products Consulting
As a consultant since 1998, Bob Burke provides assistance in bringing natural, organic and specialty products to market across most classes of trade. This includes work in strategic planning, growth strategies, writing sales, marketing and business plans, budgeting, pricing, building distribution, broker selection and management, organizational development, strategic options, financing, branding, trade spending management and assistance around M&A, due diligence and venture strategy groups. He is also the co-author and co-publisher of the Natural Products Field Manual, Ninth Edition. Prior to consulting, Bob was with Stonyfield Farm Yogurt for 11 years as Vice President, Sales & Corporate Development and Vice President, Marketing & Sales. He has held marketing positions with Colombo, Inc. and Sperry Top-Sider. He received an MBA from Babson College.
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John MaggioreFounder, Maggiore Sales and Marketing
John Maggiore
Founder, Maggiore Sales and Marketing
John has been in the grocery business for over 35 years, he founded Maggiore’s Sales & Marketing in 2003, as a consultant and broker to the Natural/Specialty trade. The primary focus on the brokerage side is with bringing Grocery, Dairy and Frozen brands to the market in the New England Supermarket Channel. Prior to setting out on his own John was the Category Manager of Natural Food for Stop & Shop Supermarkets based in Boston, MA. John pioneered the store with-in-a-store Natural Food departments at Stop & Shop, creating over 150 departments in less than five years. Natural Food sales grew at Stop & Shop from $6 million when John took over responsibility for the department to $67 million when he left. Before John became Category Manager of Natural Foods he had buying responsibilities in numerous categories including Specialty Cheese, Specialty Crackers, Gourmet Coffee, and Specialty Pasta as well as Frozen and Dairy Foods. Currently John is brokering some leading manufacturers in the Specialty/Natural Food channel including, Angie’s BoomChickAPop Popcorn, Red’s All Natural, Kettle & Fire Bone Broths, R.W. Garcia, Lily’s Chocolates, DrinkSimple and siggi’s Yogurt, and previously worked with other leading companies including Pirate’s Booty, Bear Naked Granola, Larabar, Justin’s, Kind Bar, Krave Jerky, Vita Coco and Ian’s Natural Foods. John is also on the Board of Directors of Vermont Nut Free Chocolates, Biena Snacks, Demers Food Group, BananaWave and serves as an adviser to Tucson Tamale, Bohana and Evoke Foods. John has delivered presentations and seminars at leading trade shows and conferences such as Natural Products Expo East & West, The NASFT’s Winter and Summer Fancy Food Shows, Bord Bia in Dublin, Ireland, Northeast Dairy/Deli/Bakery Association, Frozen & Refrigerated Association of New England, Canadian Consulates in Boston, and Kosherfest in New York. For the past seventeen years John, in conjunction with Bob Burke of Natural Products Consulting, has run full day seminars and networking events on “Becoming a More Effective Sales Manager in the Natural and Specialty Channel”. Since its inception over 30 seminars have been run in Boston, Chicago, Denver and San Francisco and they have educated over 1,000 participants from 400+ companies. Since 2016 John has been a business mentor for the Northeastern University McCarthy Venture
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Brad Barnhorn, Board Member and Advisor, Barnhorn Growth Advisors
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Bob Burke, Founder, Natural Products Consulting
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John Maggiore, Founder, Maggiore Sales and Marketing
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2:40 PM
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2:50 PMNetworking Break
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2:50 PM
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3:30 PMSponsored Breakout: Stocking Shelves that Stand for Something
Location: Arcadia Ballroom, 5th Floor
Forward-thinking sustainability initiatives have become table stakes for retailers of all sizes. Brands with sustainability at the core drive nearly a third of CPG growth and are growing faster than their conventional category rivals, despite premium pricing (Source: IRI). Join Perfect Day for a fireside chat to hear from an established brand, a start-up, and one of the country’s largest retailers on the growing potential of sustainability. Learn how you can make your brand mean more to your consumers, and how sustainability can mean more to your bottom line.
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Liza SchilloDirector of Sustainability & Social Impact, Perfect Day Foods
Liza Schillo
Director of Sustainability & Social Impact, Perfect Day Foods
Liza Schillo is the Director of Sustainability & Social Impact for Perfect Day Foods, joining the team in April 2022. As Perfect Day’s first head of sustainability, Liza is focused on developing the company’s sustainability and impact agenda. In this highly cross-functional role, Liza works with leaders across the business to ensure a holistic and co-created platform that reflects Perfect Day’s mission to inspire a kinder, greener tomorrow through its climate-friendly products. Prior to Perfect Day, Liza spent seven years in sustainability management at Levi Strauss & Co., where she developed and oversaw the company’s industry-leading, science-based climate change strategy; its strategy for ESG Disclosure, Transparency, & Engagement; LS&Co.’s first comprehensive sustainability report; and its sustainable raw materials strategy. She supported the finance, legal, and operations teams in their ongoing efforts to adopt sustainability-integrated policies, including such programs as ESG-focused funds for company retirement, pension, and foundation assets and a new loan structure for LS&Co. suppliers investing in climate action. Liza was also instrumental in the development of multiple case studies and marketing materials in partnership with the marketing and communications teams. Before shifting into the corporate sector, Liza worked in environmental management across the policy and non-profit spheres in Washington, DC. She holds an MBA and MEM from Duke University and a BA in Environmental Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Emily SchildtFounder & CEO, Pop Up Grocer
Emily Schildt
Founder & CEO, Pop Up Grocer
Emily Schildt is the Founder & CEO of Pop Up Grocer, a four-time entrepreneur, and an award-winning brand marketer. With more than a decade of experience in the CPG space, Schildt has built a career in bringing better-made products to market — and has developed a keen eye for making them stand out on shelf. In today’s crowded market, she has created her own lane, specializing in dynamic storytelling through content and live experiences. Her inherent drive has positioned Pop Up Grocer, now three years old, to go from a simple idea to a multimillion-dollar company in just two years—with Schildt as its sole founder, leader, and operator. Schildt has also accelerated the growth of countless other category-defining CPG brands, creating ripple effect change in the industry. Her work and company have been featured in Fast Company, Time, Forbes, Fortune, Thrillist, Eater, Entrepreneur, Business Insider, and Bon Appetit
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Ben BermanCEO, Tomorrow Farms
Ben Berman
CEO, Tomorrow Farms
Ben Berman is co-founder and CEO of Tomorrow Farms, a food tech company commercializing novel ingredients to build the future of food. Tomorrow Farms recently launched Bored Cow, the world’s first animal-free dairy milk, in partnership with Perfect Day. Ben is previously the founder of Mainely Burgers, a food truck company based in Portland, ME that Ben grew to 3 trucks and 16 employees (and an appearance on the Food Network) before he exited the business in 2014 and the founder of Good Pizza, a nonprofit initiative Ben founded out of his apartment during the pandemic to raise money for hunger relief. Good Pizza was featured on the Ellen Show, Barstool Sports, NBC News, and more and is now the entrepreneurship program at Philadelphia's largest hunger relief organization, Philabundance. Previously, Ben spent his corporate years as a management consultant with Deloitte, advising clients on their go-to-market strategies for new product launches, and at Amazon as a Senior Product Manager on the Operations and Logistics team. Ben also holds an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Lex EvanCEO & Chef, Lexington Bakes
Lex Evan
CEO & Chef, Lexington Bakes
Lex Evan (a.k.a. Alexander Evangelakos) is the founder, CEO & chef of LEXINGTON BAKES (LXB), a better for you and planet dessert brand serving Consciously Baked Luxury Treats™ made with natural and ethically sourced premium clean ingredients, and a guiding principle of Radical Ingredient Transparency™. Lex is also a designer, strategist, and writer with a demonstrated history of leading the design, strategy, and creative direction of iconic global CPG brands, products, and teams for some of the world’s most impactful beauty, health and wellness companies including Johnson & Johnson (2013 – present).
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Liza Schillo, Director of Sustainability & Social Impact, Perfect Day Foods
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Emily Schildt, Founder & CEO, Pop Up Grocer
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Ben Berman, CEO, Tomorrow Farms
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Lex Evan, CEO & Chef, Lexington Bakes
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2:50 PM
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3:30 PMBreakout: Edibles 2.0: The Next Wave of Cannabis Snacks
Location: Palisades, 5th Floor
Gain an understanding of the innovations and challenges facing the THC-infused snacking category with TSUMo co-founder Caroline Yeh and Brightfield Group managing director Bethany Gomez. Explore how industry leaders are commercializing cannabis edibles from a once niche end of the market to a mainstay of wellness and snacking.
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Caroline YehCEO/Co-founder, TSUMo Snacks
Caroline Yeh
CEO/Co-founder, TSUMo Snacks
Caroline Yeh is the CEO/Co-founder of TSUMo Snacks, creating fun, tasteful, shared snacking experiences to elevate everyday moments. She has spent her career helping companies grow, scale and commercialize innovative and emerging brand portfolios. For the last 6 years, she has worked at some of the largest California cannabis companies, including Bloom Farms and Kiva Confections, with a particular focus on product development, operations, marketing and distribution.
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Bethany GomezManaging Director, Brightfield Group
Bethany Gomez
Managing Director, Brightfield Group
Bethany Gomez has established herself as a trailblazer in emerging markets, with a focus on cannabis, CBD and wellness. As Managing Director and Co-Founder of Brightfield Group, Bethany's commitment to leadership and storytelling through meaningful data has positioned the company as an industry leader, playing a crucial role in shaping the cannabis, CBD and wellness industries both from a consumer and market perspective. Bethany has been featured and quoted in numerous media outlets including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, CNN, Bloomberg, Yahoo! Finance and more.
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Caroline Yeh, CEO/Co-founder, TSUMo Snacks
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Bethany Gomez, Managing Director, Brightfield Group
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2:50 PM
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3:30 PMBreakout: Drop-In Mastermind Session -- Explore Challenges with Your Peers in this Informal Moderated Workshop
Location: Catalina Ballroom, 4th Floor
Explore challenges with your peers in this informal moderated workshop with Bob Burke, Brad Barnhorn, and John Maggiore.
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Brad BarnhornBoard Member and Advisor, Barnhorn Growth Advisors
Brad Barnhorn
Board Member and Advisor, Barnhorn Growth Advisors
Brad works closely with leading growth-stage food and beverage companies as a Board member, strategic advisor and Investor. His work leverages 25 years of company-building experience as entrepreneur, CEO, board member and investor, cutting across all strategic and operational dimensions of successful company-building in the food and beverage space. He currently serves on the boards of Country Archer, Rhythm Superfoods, Flying Embers, Barney Butter, Biena, Aura Bora, Gimme Foods and Red’s All Natural. He previously served on the Board of Krave Jerky, Kevita, Health Warrior and Chameleon Cold Brew from these companies early stages through their respective exits as category defining brands to Hershey’s, Pepsi and Nestle. Building upon a foundation in management consulting and investment banking, Mr. Barnhorn’s food and beverage journey began twenty years ago as Founder/CEO of the Fantasia Fresh Juice Company which he built into the leading superpremium fresh juice/smoothie company in the Midwestern United States culminating in a merger with Naked Juice to form the leading national brand in the category which was subsequently acquired by Pepsi. He holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
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Bob BurkeFounder, Natural Products Consulting
Bob Burke
Founder, Natural Products Consulting
As a consultant since 1998, Bob Burke provides assistance in bringing natural, organic and specialty products to market across most classes of trade. This includes work in strategic planning, growth strategies, writing sales, marketing and business plans, budgeting, pricing, building distribution, broker selection and management, organizational development, strategic options, financing, branding, trade spending management and assistance around M&A, due diligence and venture strategy groups. He is also the co-author and co-publisher of the Natural Products Field Manual, Ninth Edition. Prior to consulting, Bob was with Stonyfield Farm Yogurt for 11 years as Vice President, Sales & Corporate Development and Vice President, Marketing & Sales. He has held marketing positions with Colombo, Inc. and Sperry Top-Sider. He received an MBA from Babson College.
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John MaggioreFounder, Maggiore Sales and Marketing
John Maggiore
Founder, Maggiore Sales and Marketing
John has been in the grocery business for over 35 years, he founded Maggiore’s Sales & Marketing in 2003, as a consultant and broker to the Natural/Specialty trade. The primary focus on the brokerage side is with bringing Grocery, Dairy and Frozen brands to the market in the New England Supermarket Channel. Prior to setting out on his own John was the Category Manager of Natural Food for Stop & Shop Supermarkets based in Boston, MA. John pioneered the store with-in-a-store Natural Food departments at Stop & Shop, creating over 150 departments in less than five years. Natural Food sales grew at Stop & Shop from $6 million when John took over responsibility for the department to $67 million when he left. Before John became Category Manager of Natural Foods he had buying responsibilities in numerous categories including Specialty Cheese, Specialty Crackers, Gourmet Coffee, and Specialty Pasta as well as Frozen and Dairy Foods. Currently John is brokering some leading manufacturers in the Specialty/Natural Food channel including, Angie’s BoomChickAPop Popcorn, Red’s All Natural, Kettle & Fire Bone Broths, R.W. Garcia, Lily’s Chocolates, DrinkSimple and siggi’s Yogurt, and previously worked with other leading companies including Pirate’s Booty, Bear Naked Granola, Larabar, Justin’s, Kind Bar, Krave Jerky, Vita Coco and Ian’s Natural Foods. John is also on the Board of Directors of Vermont Nut Free Chocolates, Biena Snacks, Demers Food Group, BananaWave and serves as an adviser to Tucson Tamale, Bohana and Evoke Foods. John has delivered presentations and seminars at leading trade shows and conferences such as Natural Products Expo East & West, The NASFT’s Winter and Summer Fancy Food Shows, Bord Bia in Dublin, Ireland, Northeast Dairy/Deli/Bakery Association, Frozen & Refrigerated Association of New England, Canadian Consulates in Boston, and Kosherfest in New York. For the past seventeen years John, in conjunction with Bob Burke of Natural Products Consulting, has run full day seminars and networking events on “Becoming a More Effective Sales Manager in the Natural and Specialty Channel”. Since its inception over 30 seminars have been run in Boston, Chicago, Denver and San Francisco and they have educated over 1,000 participants from 400+ companies. Since 2016 John has been a business mentor for the Northeastern University McCarthy Venture
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Brad Barnhorn, Board Member and Advisor, Barnhorn Growth Advisors
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Bob Burke, Founder, Natural Products Consulting
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John Maggiore, Founder, Maggiore Sales and Marketing
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3:30 PM
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5:30 PMNOSH Live Happy Hour, Presented by ForceBrands
Location: Venice Salon @ Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel
Join the official NOSH Live Happy Hour, presented by ForceBrands, to continue your conversations over adult beverages, light appetizers, and entertainment. The two hour networking experience will be held on-site at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel at the conclusion of the day one presentations
Please note: All times US Pacific Time
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8:30 AM
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9:00 AMBreakfast & Registration
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9:00 AM
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9:30 AMBig Trends and Small Brands - The Statistical State of the Market
Get all of the numbers, trends and hot topics relevant to natural product brands small and large from SPINS analysts Scott Dicker and Caroline Davidson. The duo will breakdown what categories are growing, where there’s whitespace for innovation and what trends are on the rise while we look toward the new year.
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Scott DickerSenior Market Insights Analyst, SPINS
Scott Dicker
Senior Market Insights Analyst, SPINS
Scott Dicker is a Senior Market Insights Analyst for SPINS, a leading wellness-focused data company and advocate for the Natural Products Industry. With a background in nutrition, he believes in the importance of making wellness options more accessible to everyone and that demystifying data can make that happen. By delving into omnichannel comprehensive market wide data, he identifies emerging trends and explores shifting consumer behavior that helps retailers and brands better understand the market and their audience. Dicker has spoken at many leading industry organizations and shows, including New Hope Natural Products Expo, Supply Side, Plant Based World and many more and been published in top industry resources, such as Natural Products Insider, Nutritional Outlook, and Whole Foods Magazine. He has a long-standing involvement in nutrition and wellness, working as a sports nutritionist and starting multiple entrepreneurial businesses in the field.
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Caroline DavidsonSenior Director of Strategic Partnership, SPINS
Caroline Davidson
Senior Director of Strategic Partnership, SPINS
Caroline Davidson is the Senior Director of Strategic Partnership for SPINS, working with national and global partners on custom and joint data insights and solutions. She has vertically integrated SPINS data into new sectors of the industry through partnerships with brokers, distributors, ingredient suppliers, biotechnology firms, associations, etc.. She has spent the majority of her career in the health & wellness industry working for a wide array of emerging and legacy CPG companies, as well several years as a personal trainer and personal chef.
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Scott Dicker, Senior Market Insights Analyst, SPINS
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Caroline Davidson, Senior Director of Strategic Partnership, SPINS
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9:30 AM
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10:00 AMWhat's Keeping Your CFO Up at Night
Long term success for food brands should be rooted in financial stability. Join CPG financial experts Monisha Khushalani and Elizabeth Carter to learn how strategizing for the future is based in setting attainable economic goals and managing a business’ bottom line.
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Elizabeth CarterCFO, Goli Nutrition
Elizabeth Carter
CFO, Goli Nutrition
Elizabeth Carter brings extensive experience as a senior executive with broad expertise in the consumer-packaged goods industry, specializing in food and beverage and dietary supplements categories. A results-oriented leader, Elizabeth's experience ranges in implementing long-term and short-term strategies, setting goals, developing policies and procedures, enhancing team-based communication, and supporting the overall organizational mission, vision, and purpose. She has worked with brands such as Humm Kombucha, 5-hour ENERGY, Perfect Snacks, as President and COO, and currently holds the position of CFO at Goli Nutrition Inc. Elizabeth also serves on the boards of Humm Kombucha, Petite Pot, Chomps and non-profit The Junior Achievement of San Diego.
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Monisha KhushalaniCFO and Advisor, CPG Industry
Monisha Khushalani
CFO and Advisor, CPG Industry
Monisha Khushalani has over twenty five years of achievements in leading and managing teams and delivering on projects anchored in long term financial sustainability. She started her career at Deloitte in audit and soon realized her passion was nestled in consumer products. She has held a myriad of positions in Finance, Marketing and Operations throughout her career at an assortment of multinational companies such as Coty Beauty, Unilever and Nestle. She began her start-up journey at Sir Kensington’s and has held positions at Sustain Natural, Good Culture Hu Products and Olipop. Through her journey she's co-led 3 strategic companies through an exit to leading consumer products companies in the industry.
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Elizabeth Carter, CFO, Goli Nutrition
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Monisha Khushalani, CFO and Advisor, CPG Industry
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10:00 AM
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10:30 AMThe Machine Method Mindset for Food Investing and Entrepreneurship
Though many may know him for his “frenzied” persona, in reality Dyrdek has a methodical approach to his life and work. He’ll share his brand building and investment philosophy as well as give attendees an inside look into his “Machine Mindset,” discussing how founders and executives can integrate this philosophy into their own life and business. Dyrdek’s talk will give attendees a look at the thought process of a creator and content entrepreneur whose money and brand go into the development of successful companies.
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Rob DyrdekFounder & CEO, Dyrdek Machine
Rob Dyrdek
Founder & CEO, Dyrdek Machine
Rob Dyrdek is a serial entrepreneur, media magnate, and founder and CEO of Dyrdek Machine. Rob became a professional skateboarder at the age of 16, started his first company at 18, and over the course of a 25-year career, became one of the sport’s most prominent ambassadors: Face of a $500 million apparel and footwear brand, 37 signature shoes and 200 signature boards, and 24 Guinness World Records to his name. During that time, he also founded thirteen brands of his own—including Street League Skateboarding, the world’s first true professional skateboarding league—and even immortalized his childhood skate gang with Wild Grinders, a Nickelodeon cartoon and accompanying toy line. In the years that followed, millions around the world watched Rob push reality television to new heights: Kickflipping a car, being attacked by sharks and tigers, jockeying a racehorse, and being pulled into a big wave in Hawaii, the one stunt Rob admits almost killed him. He has been a fixture on MTV for well over a decade, with four successful shows to his credit, which he also co-created and executive produced, while forging integrated media partnerships with Chevrolet, Kraft, and Microsoft, among other major brands. Despite this seemingly frenzied journey, much of it documented in front of the cameras in real time, what viewers may not know is that Rob has always been incredibly methodical behind the scenes, despite the deliberate on-air chaos. In recent years, that methodology has only become more sophisticated, and Rob now employs what he calls the Machine Mindset, a systematic approach to fuse Art, Science, and Magic, which he applies to all aspects of life—business creation, television, media, and even his day-to-day personal routine as an entrepreneur, husband, and father. By doing so, he has been able to push the boundaries of productivity and accomplish more than typically possible in a 24-hour day. Today he sits at the helm of Dyrdek Machine, a fully integrated, multiplatform universe of venture building, media, community, and philanthropy. Founded in Los Angeles in 2016, Dyrdek Machine builds brands from the idea stage all the way to exit, to create both successful companies and significant return on capital invested. Since its launch, Dyrdek Machine has created 18 brands—including Outstanding Foods, Mindright, and Lusso Cloud—five of which have exited for an aggregate value of more than $450 million. His business and life philosophies manifest in media on his podcast Build With Rob, and in he seeks to support underserved & underrepresented entrepreneurs through his Do-Or-Dier Visionary Foundation. Rob also remains one of the most prolific personalities in TV history. His current show, MTV’s Ridiculousness, is now in its 30th season and Rob shoots and produces 250 episodes a year. The runaway hit was created through Rob’s production company, Superjacket Productions, a member of the Dyrdek Machine portfolio that was acquired by ThrillOne Sports & Entertainment in 2019.
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Rob Dyrdek, Founder & CEO, Dyrdek Machine
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10:30 AM
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11:00 AMNetworking, Sampling & Taste Radio Studio
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11:00 AM
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11:30 AMPitch Slam Finals - Part I
NOSH Live Pitch Slam puts brands in the spotlight. Founders craft their perfect pitch and present on the main stage to the audience, our panel of expert judges from brands, retail, investment, consulting and design and to our international livestream audience.
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Thuy NguyenCategory Manager, Thrive Market
Thuy Nguyen
Category Manager, Thrive Market
Thuy Nguyen is a Category Manager at Thrive Market, the health-first membership for conscious living, with a mission of making healthy living easy, affordable and accessible to all. At Thrive Market, Thuy is building out the assortment in Dairy, Deli and Refrigerated Grocery in preparation for their Fresh launch. Prior to Thrive Market, she was the Forager at Good Eggs and focused her time on finding unique and differentiated grocery products to bring onto the platform.Thuy graduated summa cum laude from New York University and has over 12 years of experience working within all facets of the food industry and supply chain from farmer's market manager, to wholesale coordinator, to small business owner. Throughout her years working within food companies like Hot Bread Kitchen, FarmBox, and Good Eggs, she found the most joy in discovering small emerging brands and helping them grow. When she isn't focused on trying the latest innovative ready-to-drink beverage, she spends time baking and thinking about ways to increase representation and diversity in the food world.
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Patrick SchwarzeneggerInvestor, Advisor and Co-CEO, MOSH
Patrick Schwarzenegger
Investor, Advisor and Co-CEO, MOSH
Activism, acting and entrepreneurship are in Patrick Schwarzenegger’s DNA. He thoughtfully balances each passion through his work as an Alzheimer’s advocate, actor, investor and now — food founder. As a successful entrepreneur, Patrick is known for his trend-spotting abilities in the better-for-you food and beverage industry. He’s an active investor and advisor to numerous brands in the CPG space, including the 350+ fast-casual Blaze Pizza, fastest-growing coffee company Super Coffee, the recently Unilever-acquired Liquid I.V., Simulate, and many more. Patrick is committed to helping founders scale their emerging businesses to the next level, and now he is betting on himself alongside his mother Maria Shriver to do just that with the launch of their new brain health brand MOSH.
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Jason StammPrincipal, PepsiCo Ventures Group
Jason Stamm
Principal, PepsiCo Ventures Group
Jason Stamm leads category strategy and investments in emerging beverage brands as Principal in the PepsiCo Ventures Group. The PepsiCo Ventures Group is focused on identifying, securing, and nurturing PepsiCo's partnerships with emerging Food & Beverage companies, simultaneously positioning PepsiCo to capitalize on trends and strengthen marketplace positions. Jason joined PepsiCo in September, 2021. Prior to taking on this role, Jason worked at AB InBev, where he had the opportunity to take on numerous challenges globally. He previously led Innovation Strategy & Portfolio for ABI’s Europe Zone, where he focused on the growth of the company’s non-alcoholic beer portfolio across Europe. Jason was also an early member of the ABI’s global disruptive innovation unit, ZX Ventures. There, he co-founded AB InBev’s first organically developed startup, Canvas, a nutritious smoothie made with spent grain. Jason also led the development of nutritious RTDs for the South Africa and Mozambique markets. Jason earned his MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, and a B.A. in International Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Amit PandhiCEO, Velocity Snack Brands (VSB)
Amit Pandhi
CEO, Velocity Snack Brands (VSB)
Amit Pandhi is the CEO of Velocity Snack Brands (VSB), a data and digital driven better-for-you snacking platform that seeks to acquire, incubate and grow a portfolio of iconic brands in the salty snacks, sweets and nutrition bar category. VSB’s first acquisition was Popchips, one the leading better for you snack brands in North America. Amit also is Vice Chair and Founding Member of the Naturally Network, a non-profit that supports a national ecosystem to galvanize and grow the natural and organic products industry. He sits on the Executive Committee overseeing Affiliate Growth and expansion. Prior to joining VSB, Amit served as President and CEO of Arctic Zero, a low-calorie ice cream, bootstrapping the brand from inception to being in over 18,000 doors. Prior to becoming an operator, he was a member of the founding team of the private equity firm, HGGC. Pandhi currently serves as a board member and advisor for various food and CPG companies including Mike’s Hot Honey, Dang Foods and ASTR the Label.
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Thuy Nguyen, Category Manager, Thrive Market
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Patrick Schwarzenegger, Investor, Advisor and Co-CEO, MOSH
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Jason Stamm, Principal, PepsiCo Ventures Group
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Amit Pandhi, CEO, Velocity Snack Brands (VSB)
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11:30 AM
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12:00 PMAdd to Cart: E-commerce Retailer Deep Dive
We'll chat with buyers from two of the leading e-commerce platforms about how they approach merchandising and purchasing decisions. Executives from Misfits Market and Thrive Market will paint a picture of what it takes to catch the eye of an ecommerce buyer or category manager, how they think about assortment given the option of an “endless aisle” and what makes a brand successful with their consumers.-
James RenHead of Merchandising, Food, Thrive Market
James Ren
Head of Merchandising, Food, Thrive Market
James is the Head of Merchandising, Food, at Thrive Market, the health-first membership for conscious living. Responsible for steering the Branded Food catalog of more than 3,000 SKUs, James and his team are responsible for the selection and onboarding of the branded food categories of Snacks, Beverages, Grains, Pasta & Bread, Bars, Baking, Soups, Meals & Side Dishes, Condiments & Sauce, Candy & Chocolate, Canned & Packaged Foods, Ghee, Oils & Vinegars, Honey & Sweeteners, Spices, Seasoning & Salt, Cereals & Granolas, Nut Butters & Fruit Spreads, and Frozen. Prior to his role at Thrive Market, James started his career on the brand side of multinational consumer product goods companies where he focused on sales and trade strategy and later transitioned to the retailer side to build Walmart’s e-commerce private label program. James resides in Los Angeles and Brooklyn and enjoys doing CrossFit so that he is able to eat at all the new restaurants in his neighborhoods.
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Brandie MillerSenior Director of Grocery, Misfits Market
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James Ren, Head of Merchandising, Food, Thrive Market
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Brandie Miller, Senior Director of Grocery, Misfits Market
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12:00 PM
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12:30 PMStrategies for Sustainable Growth
We’ll hear from Yasso CEO Craig Shiesley about how the frozen novelty company grew from a regional business to a national category leader, with over $200 million in annual retail sales. Using Yasso as a case study and drawing from his time at Amplify Snack Brands and WhiteWave Foods, Shiesley will detail strategic avenues for brand growth: innovation, distribution, and velocity. In tandem, he will dispense advice on how to decide which of those levers to pull, the right time to do so, and why saying “no” to some growth opportunities can be just as valuable as saying “yes.”
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Craig ShiesleyCEO, Yasso
Craig Shiesley
CEO, Yasso
Craig Shiesley joined Yasso in July 2019. Prior to Shiesley's role as Yasso CEO, he was an existing independent member of the Yasso Board and saw the opportunity to accelerate Yasso’s growth while staying true to the company’s core principles. Shiesley has more than 25 years of experience building brands and businesses in the consumer packaged goods industry, as well as extensive experience with successful better-for-you brands. Most recently, Shiesley served as President and COO of Amplify Snacks, preceded by President roles at the WhiteWave Food Company, responsible for leading the broad plant-based business platform which included the Silk, So Delicious and Vega brands.
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Craig Shiesley, CEO, Yasso
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12:30 PM
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1:45 PMLunch Break, Sampling & Elevator Talk
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1:45 PM
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2:15 PMPitch Slam Finals - Part II
NOSH Live Pitch Slam puts brands in the spotlight. Founders craft their perfect pitch and present on the main stage to the audience, our panel of expert judges from brands, retail, investment, consulting and design and to our international livestream audience.
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Thuy NguyenCategory Manager, Thrive Market
Thuy Nguyen
Category Manager, Thrive Market
Thuy Nguyen is a Category Manager at Thrive Market, the health-first membership for conscious living, with a mission of making healthy living easy, affordable and accessible to all. At Thrive Market, Thuy is building out the assortment in Dairy, Deli and Refrigerated Grocery in preparation for their Fresh launch. Prior to Thrive Market, she was the Forager at Good Eggs and focused her time on finding unique and differentiated grocery products to bring onto the platform.Thuy graduated summa cum laude from New York University and has over 12 years of experience working within all facets of the food industry and supply chain from farmer's market manager, to wholesale coordinator, to small business owner. Throughout her years working within food companies like Hot Bread Kitchen, FarmBox, and Good Eggs, she found the most joy in discovering small emerging brands and helping them grow. When she isn't focused on trying the latest innovative ready-to-drink beverage, she spends time baking and thinking about ways to increase representation and diversity in the food world.
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Patrick SchwarzeneggerInvestor, Advisor and Co-CEO, MOSH
Patrick Schwarzenegger
Investor, Advisor and Co-CEO, MOSH
Activism, acting and entrepreneurship are in Patrick Schwarzenegger’s DNA. He thoughtfully balances each passion through his work as an Alzheimer’s advocate, actor, investor and now — food founder. As a successful entrepreneur, Patrick is known for his trend-spotting abilities in the better-for-you food and beverage industry. He’s an active investor and advisor to numerous brands in the CPG space, including the 350+ fast-casual Blaze Pizza, fastest-growing coffee company Super Coffee, the recently Unilever-acquired Liquid I.V., Simulate, and many more. Patrick is committed to helping founders scale their emerging businesses to the next level, and now he is betting on himself alongside his mother Maria Shriver to do just that with the launch of their new brain health brand MOSH.
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Jason StammPrincipal, PepsiCo Ventures Group
Jason Stamm
Principal, PepsiCo Ventures Group
Jason Stamm leads category strategy and investments in emerging beverage brands as Principal in the PepsiCo Ventures Group. The PepsiCo Ventures Group is focused on identifying, securing, and nurturing PepsiCo's partnerships with emerging Food & Beverage companies, simultaneously positioning PepsiCo to capitalize on trends and strengthen marketplace positions. Jason joined PepsiCo in September, 2021. Prior to taking on this role, Jason worked at AB InBev, where he had the opportunity to take on numerous challenges globally. He previously led Innovation Strategy & Portfolio for ABI’s Europe Zone, where he focused on the growth of the company’s non-alcoholic beer portfolio across Europe. Jason was also an early member of the ABI’s global disruptive innovation unit, ZX Ventures. There, he co-founded AB InBev’s first organically developed startup, Canvas, a nutritious smoothie made with spent grain. Jason also led the development of nutritious RTDs for the South Africa and Mozambique markets. Jason earned his MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University, and a B.A. in International Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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Amit PandhiCEO, Velocity Snack Brands (VSB)
Amit Pandhi
CEO, Velocity Snack Brands (VSB)
Amit Pandhi is the CEO of Velocity Snack Brands (VSB), a data and digital driven better-for-you snacking platform that seeks to acquire, incubate and grow a portfolio of iconic brands in the salty snacks, sweets and nutrition bar category. VSB’s first acquisition was Popchips, one the leading better for you snack brands in North America. Amit also is Vice Chair and Founding Member of the Naturally Network, a non-profit that supports a national ecosystem to galvanize and grow the natural and organic products industry. He sits on the Executive Committee overseeing Affiliate Growth and expansion. Prior to joining VSB, Amit served as President and CEO of Arctic Zero, a low-calorie ice cream, bootstrapping the brand from inception to being in over 18,000 doors. Prior to becoming an operator, he was a member of the founding team of the private equity firm, HGGC. Pandhi currently serves as a board member and advisor for various food and CPG companies including Mike’s Hot Honey, Dang Foods and ASTR the Label.
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Thuy Nguyen, Category Manager, Thrive Market
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Patrick Schwarzenegger, Investor, Advisor and Co-CEO, MOSH
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Jason Stamm, Principal, PepsiCo Ventures Group
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Amit Pandhi, CEO, Velocity Snack Brands (VSB)
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2:15 PM
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2:45 PMTactical Insights: Jumping the Online Moat to Brick and Mortar
What are the best practices for brands looking to take their online success and move it on-shelf in physical retail? Hogan will lead a talk on the ways emerging entrepreneurial D2C food brands can grow, while taking multiple channels into play. She'll show successful examples of the ways those approaches translate from new, online incubation channels into wider distribution.
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Kirsten HoganCEO, Sana Sano Growth Advisors
Kirsten Hogan
CEO, Sana Sano Growth Advisors
Through Sana Sano, Hogan has emerged as a leader in the establishment and implementation of growth strategies for brands that have built touchpoints online and are seeking to leverage them as they grow in stores. A 19-year veteran of the UNFI team, Hogan led the e-Commerce channel for that key national distributor after a career spent working on retail category management and retail services; that background allows her to see the complete playing field of growth channels for brands.
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Kirsten Hogan, CEO, Sana Sano Growth Advisors
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2:45 PM
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3:15 PMTake Two: Lessons on Growing Brands the Second Time Around
To wrap up the conference we’ll chat with two CPG all-stars about how they used the lessons they learned while building their first brands to later build a second, successful venture. Suzie York launched keto-friendly, low sugar snack bar brand Love Good Fats in 2016 before co-founding better-for-you chocolate brand FourX Better Chocolate earlier this year. York will join, Matt Clifford who co-founded snack brand Barnana in 2012 before becoming CEO of Keto Krisp brand CanDo in 2020.-
Suzie YorkeCEO & Co-Founder of FourX Better Chocolate, Board Member & Founder of Love Good Fats
Suzie Yorke
CEO & Co-Founder of FourX Better Chocolate, Board Member & Founder of Love Good Fats
Suzie Yorke is on a mission to bring healthy foods and good fats back. A mom of 4 kids, eleven-time Ironman competitor and yoga enthusiast, Suzie spent years adhering to a low-fat diet only for her health to hit a wall in her mid-40s. After reading Nina Teicholz’s best seller, Big Fat Surprise, she immediately shifted to a high-fat, low-carb diet, and started to feel better within a few weeks. While she loved the benefits of her new lifestyle, Suzie found it challenging to find convenient, good-fat snacks. Seeing a gap in the marketplace and a huge opportunity to help others through food, Suzie developed Love Good Fats, a company that produces low-sugar foods loaded with good fats. Starting in 2017, Suzie led the launch and expansion of Love Good Fats to exceed $100million in Gross Revenues in a little over 3 years with sales in the largest retailers across Canada and the US. Love Good Fats quickly became one of the fastest-growing bar brands in North America. As a 25-year veteran of the CPG industry, Suzie has worked at brand building companies such as Proctor & Gamble, PepsiCo, Kraft, Heinz and Weight Watchers. She also worked at two other hyper growth brands prior to creating her own rocket ship success story brand, at age 50. She is more so a unique, later blooming entrepreneur, who utilized her accomplished marketing background, personal journey, and deep devotion and passion for health, to drive towards her Mission to spread the word that fat is back, and sugar is out! Suzie is now on her second Start-up and launching FourX Better Chocolate, a world's first! A new family of delicious pure dark and milk chocolate bites, with 0g of sugar added. Available in either a line of Vitamins/Supplements or in a new line of Functional Chocolates with Benefits. Suzie became enamored with chocolate from Ecuador given it’s so delicious with cacao that is Single Origin, Bean-to-Bar and Fair Trade. She met Alejandro, also a Canadian, who owns a craft chocolate facility in Quito, Ecuador and they decided to partner to co-found and create this new company together.
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Matt CliffordCEO, CanDo, Co-Founder, Barnana
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Suzie Yorke, CEO & Co-Founder of FourX Better Chocolate, Board Member & Founder of Love Good Fats
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Matt Clifford, CEO, CanDo, Co-Founder, Barnana
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3:15 PM
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3:30 PMPitch Slam Winner Announcement + Taste Radio Studio Interview
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3:30 PM
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Conference End