December 3+4, 2026 • Los Angeles, CA
Take what’s working into new channels.
Meet buyers, investors, operators, and experienced founders with practical perspective on retail expansion, margins, and the decisions that come with scale.
Retail expansion, margin, and channel decisions
Scaling what works takes sharper decisions.
The questions are different now: where to expand, which channels are worth pursuing, how to protect margin, and what buyers need to see before opening more doors.
The brands holding share are proving clear differentiation, strong velocity, and repeat purchase. Investors are looking for many of the same signals: margin, sustained demand, and proof that the model works at scale.
Nosh Live creates space for candid, peer-level conversations with founders, operators, buyers, and investors working through those same decisions.
Learn from leaders who've faced the same challenges
Sessions and speakers
Sessions focus on the decisions that come with scale - retail expansion, channel strategy, margin, capital, and what comes next. Hear directly from founders and executives who have navigated those inflection points firsthand.
Past Nosh Live speakers have included
New connections across retail, capital, and operations
Who you’ll meet
Nosh Live brings together buyers, investors, founders, operators, distributors, and industry partners with perspective on expansion, channel strategy, and sustaining growth.
Each event brings a different mix of people and companies, creating opportunities to open new conversations while continuing relationships already in motion.
Retail buyers
Category and merchandising leaders evaluating proven products for broader distribution
Investors
Funds and strategic partners focused on sustainable growth, margins, and scale
Founders & operators
Experienced leaders navigating channel expansion, operations, and growth
Distributors
Regional and national teams supporting expansion into new markets and accounts
Suppliers & co-manufacturers
Partners across ingredients, packaging, production, and capacity planning
Service partners
Brokers, agencies, advisors, and specialists supporting sales, finance, and marketing
Past attendees from across the Nosh Live community
Nosh Live brings brands large and small together with retailers, investors, distributors, operators, and industry partners - creating a community where expansion plans, new opportunities, and hard business decisions can be discussed candidly.
Focused time with the people you came to meet
1:1 Meetings
The 1:1 meetings program creates focused conversations with retailers, investors, strategic partners, and experienced operators.
Use that time to explore new channels, pressure-test expansion plans, discuss capital or strategic options, and advance the relationships most relevant to what comes next.
Meetings aren’t guaranteed, but registering early improves your chances of being considered before calendars fill. Meeting requests will open closer to the event.
Sampling
Make your next launch part of the conversation.
Sampling fridges are active throughout the event, with Day 1 Happy Hour extending product discovery into more conversations.
Share a new SKU, line extension, reformulation, or the product driving your next channel push with buyers, investors, distributors, and industry partners. Sampling creates a natural opening to start new conversations and move existing ones forward.
Pitch Slam
A real-time read on where the market is heading.
As brands present, a panel of retail buyers, investors, and brand executives delivers direct feedback on what's working, what's not, and what they're looking for in the brands they buy, back, or build.
It’s an unfiltered market read on what buyers notice, what investors question, and which products and ideas are gaining momentum.
A few past participants
What Past Attendees Say
BevNET Live has positively impacted GHOST in a number of ways. And I'd encourage a lot of founders and other people in the industry to make sure that they get to the next one.
Several of our conversations continued well after the event. We had follow-up meetings with retailers and built relationships with industry experts who have continued to be valuable sounding boards. The introductions and honest feedback opened doors, strengthened our retail strategy, and helped shape key decisions for our business.
Retail expansion. Channel strategy. Peer perspective.
Take what’s working into new channels.
Nosh Live brings the packaged food community together for candid conversations around retail expansion, distribution, capital, and the decisions that come with scale.
