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.

Location: Outdoor Sinder Lounge - Lobby Level

Prior registration is required and meeting times are sent individually. Please check in at the One-to-One Help Desk before to heading to your meeting room. Meetings will be 10 minutes and the complete schedule is posted at the Help Desk.

Location: Promenade Ballroom - Lobby Level

Boot Camp is a fast dive into the basics of launching a food brand with hand-chosen CPG experts and entrepreneurs. All Boot Camp Presentations are 15 minutes, starting at 8 a.m.; as soon as all speakers are finished, attendees join them at round tables for individual Q and A.

In the world of M&A, capital raising and dealmaking, a lot of advice is given freely.  Owners and entrepreneurs need to be aware that often “free” advice can be tainted by self-interest, a lack of knowledge, understanding or thoughtfulness, and at times simply incompetence.  A number of important topics surface frequently. We will discuss some perspective on these key issues and some ways to avoid making mistakes based on bad advice—which can be costly.

Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level

Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level
This conversation with co-founders John Foraker and Jen Garner will dig into the ways that the brand has grown, what has worked and what hasn't, and the aspects of brand- and company-building that are either enhanced or unaffected when a famous founder is on the cap table. It will also look into key issues affecting entrepreneurial brands and the ways that innovators can seek buy-in from their key partners.

Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level
Whole Foods Market has long served as a launching pad for food and beverage brands, but many founders don’t know how to get a foot in the door. What do executives and merchants seek from potential suppliers? And what is required to expand into additional regions? Casey Gaston, executive leader of Local and Emerging Brands at Whole Foods, will share how brands can prepare strong pitches, properly calibrate growth ambitions, and forge the best path for success within the company.

Location: Promenade Ballroom - Lobby Level
You have a successful product, marketing strategy, and a growing customer base. However, there's one major issue: your supply chain is insecure, leaving you vulnerable in your pursuit of growth. The supply chain is crucial for the success of your product, and protecting it is vital for expanding your operations. Join the Bay State Milling team for an insightful workshop drawing on their 125 years of expertise in ingredient supply chains. The session will tackle common scaling challenges and offer practical strategies to help you navigate supply chain pitfalls. Gain confidence in your ability to grow your business while learning from industry leaders.

Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level
Founders come into the food business with great ideas, incredible energy, and are fast saddled with the everyday chaos that is running their business and battling for survival. It sometimes takes years to find the patterns in customer feedback and retail fit, and the products needed to unlock growth.Attendees will learn to lop time off of that waiting game when they hear from two brilliant entrepreneurs on the ways they have found high-impact growth opportunities within challenging periods of company development.

Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level
The winners of the Nosh Best of 2024 Awards will be announced live on the Nosh Live stage. We will also be interviewing one of our winners!

Location: Bayview Ballroom - Rooftop
Lunch is served in the Bayview Ballroom on the rooftop level and is included with registration. Sampling continues in the foyer of the main ballroom and a live recording of Elevator Talk on the livestream takes place in the Venice room on the lower level.

Location: Promenade Ballroom - Lobby Level
Explore the versatility of California walnuts in consumer packaged goods in this interactive workshop. Participants will engage in a hands-on tasting exercise, learning how to incorporate walnuts into innovative snack and meal solutions while enhancing product appeal and nutritional value. 

Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level
The co-founder and CEO of Goodles, Jennifer Zeszut, will be joined by one of the breakout brand’s earliest financial backers, Springdale Ventures’ Genevieve Gilbreath, to address the ways that the brand’s growth has quickly forced them to address challenges that are both operational and funding related, and outline ways that the relationship between investors and entrepreneurs can change as the stakes increase.

Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level
A panel of experts will weigh the advantages and disadvantages of self-manufacturing versus partnering with a contract manufacturer. The group will discuss ways to optimize supply chains and scale production as a business grows. Attendees will learn how to squeeze more dollars out of operations and effectively build for the future.

Location: Sinder Outdoor Lounge - Lobby Level
At the end of Day 1, continue the day’s conversations at the NOSH Live Happy Hour.