Build a stronger circle around your business
Meet founders, buyers, investors, advisors, and partners you can learn from, lean on, and stay connected with as your business evolves.
Nosh Live Brings the Packaged Food Industry Together in LA December 3–4
Nosh Live offers two focused days for the people building, growing, buying, investing in, and supporting packaged food businesses.
Come to Los Angeles on December 3+4 for candid conversations, practical business insights, product discovery, and meaningful connections with people who understand the challenges you're working through.
Leave with stronger relationships, sharper perspectives, and a clearer idea of what to do next.
Early registration is open! Register and save.
What Are You Looking to Accomplish?
Nosh Live is built around the conversations and relationships that help packaged food businesses make progress. Choose what’s most relevant to you and explore how to make the most of your time at Nosh Live.
Been to Nosh Live Before? See how you can build upon your last experience and keep the momentum going.
Get your product into more places
Talk through retail expansion, distribution, margins, and the decisions that come with reaching more customers and growing your footprint.
Find brands that can strengthen your assortment
Taste emerging products, meet the founders behind them, and identify brands that could bring something new to your shelves, portfolio, or customers.
Meet brands you can help grow
Connect with founders who are actively thinking about production, capital, distribution, operations, and the partners they need to move forward.
A Sample of Past Attendees
Nosh Live 2026 Speakers
Stay tuned! Additional speakers to be announced.
Thank You to Our Sponsors
What Happens at Nosh Live
Hear What’s Actually Working in Packaged Food
Founders, buyers, investors, and operators share how they’re navigating retail, distribution, margins, fundraising, consumer demand, and the decisions shaping food brands right now.
Talk Through the Challenges You’re Facing
The smaller format gives you more time to compare notes, ask questions, and hear how others have handled similar issues — whether that happens over lunch, at happy hour, during networking, or through Boot Camp for newer brands.
Spend More Time With the People You Came to Meet
Scheduled 1:1 meetings and a more intimate attendee mix make it easier to go beyond a quick introduction — whether you’re looking for retailer feedback, investor perspective, a manufacturing partner, or advice from another founder.
Put New Products and Ideas to the Test
Pitch Slam and sampling give brands a chance to share what they’re building, hear direct feedback, and start conversations around products, positioning, packaging, and what could resonate at retail.
Recent Event Announcements
Nosh Live 2026 Pitch Slam: Applications Are Open for Emerging Food Brands
Applications are now open for the Nosh Live 2026 Pitch Slam, giving emerging packaged food brands the chance to pitch their business on stage at Nosh Live 2026, taking place December 3–4 in Marina del Rey, California.Nosh Live 2026: Learning from the Builders
Reinventing a category. Scaling without losing your identity. Knowing when to take the next big swing. Those are the conversations taking center stage at Nosh Live, returning Dec. 3-4 at the Marriott Marina del Rey.Nosh Live 2026 Puts the Packaged Food Industry’s Most Valuable Conversations Within Reach
For packaged food brands, the right conversation can change the trajectory of the business. A buyer’s feedback can sharpen a retail strategy. An investor’s perspective can clarify what growth metrics matter most. A fellow founder’s experience can help solve a challenge before it becomes a costly mistake. That is the value of Nosh Live. Taking place December 3 + 4 in L.A., the two-day event brings together packaged food founders, buyers, investors, operators, suppliers and service partners for curated education, product discovery and direct industry connection.Tara Bosch To Headline Nosh Live 2026
Tara Bosch helped transform the candy aisle. Now she's setting her sights on salty snacks. As the founder of SmartSweets and, more recently, Snackish, Bosch has built a career around challenging legacy categories. At Nosh Live 2026, she'll share the hard-earned lessons from scaling a breakout brand, navigating a successful exit and applying those insights as she embarks on her second act.
Who Attends Nosh Live?
- Startup brands looking for advice, guidance, and partnership
- Founders who have hit a plateau and wants to overcome hurdles and reignite growth
- Mid-stage brands looking to vet their 2026 business plans before they execute on them
- Brand leaders who want to hear the latest and greatest when it comes to innovation, packaged food trends, and consumer behavior
- Brand executives searching for fresh, new ideas that will push their business to the next level
- Retailers searching for up-and-coming brands to bring excitement to store shelves
- Investors on the hunt for the next big name in packaged food
- Suppliers looking to help brands cut costs and increase value
- Service providers wanting to help brand leaders get their product into the hands of consumers
From the Community
“Nosh Live is unlike any other conference I’ve attended. The intimate setting gives you the chance to truly connect with founders, brands, investors, and buyers... building both new and lasting relationships that help move your brand forward. The connections I made last year have already supported me with sourcing, collaborations, sales, and more.”
"The Nosh team, the panels and sessions, and the folks who attend are genuinely looking to learn about your business, find opportunities to work together and connect you to people who can move the needle for your business. The sampling opportunities give you a sense into what's coming down the pipe and then you get to meet the founders behind them! No brainer with tangible relationship building. Our new SKU came from Nosh Live 2024!"
"The best part about Nosh Live is the community. We’ve made lifelong industry friends — people we can call anytime for advice on anything from distribution and retail partners to manufacturing and SQF certification. The connections we’ve built here have helped shape how we run our business."
"I absolutely loved Nosh Live. It was hands down the best event I’ve attended for both learning and networking. The room was filled with incredible expertise. What makes this event stand out is how real and honest the conversations are with industry leaders and experts. There’s no smoke and mirrors or people putting on a show. It’s genuine, informative, and that's exactly what I appreciate most."
"It's an intimate environment where you can get stuff done and make those connections that will lead to the big break, the big opportunity as a young brand."
"The intimate size of Nosh Live is the perfect environment to make meaningful connections with other founders, buyers and investors. It's a refreshing alternative from other shows that can often feel overwhelming, especially for emerging brands. I truly love it!"
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