Nosh Live 2025 — Agenda

Dec 4+5, 2025

Pacific Time

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2025

  1. 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM

    Breakfast & Registration

    Location: Promenade Ballroom - Lobby Level
    Breakfast, coffee and beverages are served from 8:00 AM to 9:30 AM PT and are included with registration. Registration and badge pick up opens for the day at 8:00 AM PT.
  2. 8:30 AM – 9:05 AM

    Pitch Slam Finals - Part I

    Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level
    A panel of expert judges will offer participants and attendees valuable insights on what makes for a successful food brand. They’ll evaluate the emerging brands, business plans and innovative products presented by our contestants.

    • Luke Abbott, Founder & CEO (Vdriven)
    • Jacqui Brugliera, Taste Radio Co-Host; Director of Marketing (BevNET)
    • William Quartner, Partner (Prelude Growth Partners)
    • Ashley Rogers, Founder (ShelfMade CPG)
  3. 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM

    1:1 Meetings, Powered by Vdriven

    Location: Outdoor Sinder Lounge - Lobby Level
    Nosh Live attendees have the opportunity to meet 1:1 with retail buyers, investors and experienced food leaders. Prior registration is required and meeting times are sent individually. Please check in at the 1:1 Help Desk before heading to your meeting room. Meetings will be 10 minutes each and the complete schedule is posted at the Help Desk.
    • Karen Ivanis-Rogers, Senior Director of Business Ventures (Albertsons)
    • Mollye Santulli, Senior Associate (Springdale Ventures)
    • Brad Barnhorn, Board Member and Strategic Advisor
    • Brody Burk, Sr. Foraging Manager (Sprouts Farmer's Market)
    • Mason Webb, Forager Manager (Sprouts Farmer's Market)
    • Laura Broggi, Department Specialist - Foraging Team (Sprouts Farmers Market)
    • Michael Sands, Principal Consultant (The Maker Group )
  4. 9:05 AM – 9:30 AM

    Decoding Health Trends

    Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level
    MAHA, GLP-1s and other sweeping movements are transforming how consumers define health and wellness, but what does the sales data say?
    • Kelli Howard, Senior Director of Brand Insights (SPINS)
  5. 9:55 AM – 10:20 AM

    Building And Selling Your Brand Without Regret

    Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level
    Building a business carries plenty of risk – but one of them shouldn’t be wondering, when it’s finally time to sell, whether all that hard work is about to implode.
    • Morgan Zanotti, Co-Founder & CEO (Primal Kitchen & Waay)
  6. 9:30 AM – 9:55 AM

    Demystifying The Drug Store Channel: How To Launch and Scale at CVS

    Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level
    Lauren Castro, Lead Director, Category Manager, Healthy Consumables & Grocery at CVS Health, will share how the company partners with emerging brands to support their success on-shelf and evolve its product mix to meet the needs of today’s health-conscious shopper.
    • Lauren Castro, Lead Director, Category Manager, Healthy Consumables & Grocery (CVS)
  7. 10:20 AM – 11:00 AM

    Networking & Sampling

  8. 11:00 AM – 11:35 AM

    Pitch Slam Finals - Part II

    Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level
    A panel of expert judges will offer participants and attendees valuable insights on what makes for a successful food brand. They’ll evaluate the emerging brands, business plans and innovative products presented by our contestants.

  9. 11:35 AM – 12:00 PM

    How Luke's Manages Complexity

    Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level
    Luke’s is a triple threat: a Frozen CPG Brand, Wholesaler, and Restaurant Chain. Roll in catch limits and a changing climate, and Luke Holden is used to operating with uncertainty – he’ll give coping strategies and advice for building on shifting sands.
    • Luke Holden, Founder & CEO (Luke's Lobster)
  10. 12:00 PM – 12:25 PM

    Winning in Walmart

    Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level
    Walmart has made it clear that it wants to work with trendy emerging brands – but how do they succeed there, and not just get worked over?
    • Kristin Piper, Vice President, Merchandising – Wellness, Walmart U.S. (Walmart)
    • Katie Wilson, Co-Founder (BelliWelli)
  11. 12:25 PM – 12:45 PM

    A Private Matter: The Justin's Team Returns

    Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level
    A talk with Peter Burns, Justin's returning CEO, on the ways to build -- and rebuild -- an entrepreneurial brand, and how the carve-out of the nut butter company might be a signal of what's to come in the CPG food world.
    • Peter Burns, CEO (Justin's)
  12. 12:45 PM – 1:00 PM

    Pitch Slam Winner Announcement

    Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level

Please note that event agendas are subject to change.