Nosh Staff

In the latest episode of Elevator Talk, we feature leaders from Bonito, Heartbeat Hot Sauce, Raw Rev, Sundial Foods and Leto Foods. Watch founders and CEOs introduce their brands and provide a recap of recent news and updates. This week’s special co-host is Alex Sonageri, an investor with VMG Partners, who shared his thoughts, questions and feedback with the participants.

The teams at BevNET and SuperCoffee are hosting a food and beverage industry meetup on Thursday, September 15th from 4:30 PM to 7 PM CT. The meetup will feature live interviews with the editor and producer of Taste Radio Ray Latif. Join us to network and meet members of the Super Coffee, BevNET, NOSH, and Taste Radio teams including John Craven, Carol Ortenberg, Jacqui Brugliera and Mike Schneider.

This week’s roundup of notable new products saw brands creating better-for-you iterations of classic sweet treats, gearing up for the fall season with Halloween-inspired offerings and launching new Vietnamese coffee products.

The BevNET team is hosting a SoCal food, beverage, and beer industry meetup on Tuesday, September 13th from 4PM to 6PM PT. Join our San Diego team, as well as our CEO John Craven and CMO Mike Schneider, for two hours of networking and product sampling.

Heather Terry, the founder and CEO of ambitious platform brand GoodSam Foods and the co-founder of trailblazing chocolate company NibMor, spoke about why acknowledging a lack of business acumen is important for early-stage founders, why adhering to brand mission is paramount to an operational strategy and how GoodSam aligns with consumers and retailers that embrace its vision.

All four flavors from the Laoban’s core set of dumplings have entered a variety of stores in the past few months, including: King’s & Balducci’s, Earthfare, Tony’s/Woodman’s/Sendik’s, Plum Market, Central Market, Met Market, New Seasons and Bristol Farms/Mother’s Market.

This week’s notable new products saw brands creating better-you iterations of the classic hot dog, launching Mediterranean-inspired baking mixes and adding new flavors to their existing snack lineups.

This week’s roundup of notable new products saw a protein brand collaborating with animal-free whey protein producer Perfect Day, a snack company rolling out Thai chili edamame snacking beans and a frozen produce brand offering the “Honeycrisp of strawberries.”

This week’s roundup of new products saw brands making chef-inspired condiments accessible to everyday consumers, creating plant-based versions of a popular seafood dish and rolling out seed-based granola bars inspired by a favorite cookie variety.

After a successful pilot test last June, functional food company IQBAR is more than doubling distribution of its vegan nutrition bars in Walmart stores. The product is now available in 4-count multipacks (MSRP $6.97) in three flavors – Banana Nut, Almond Butter Chip, Peanut Butter Chip and Chocolate Sea Salt – in 1,800 Walmart stores nationwide. The bars will be stocked in the “Keto protein bar section” in grocery, IQBAR founder and CEO Will Nitze said.