| Nosh Live 2025 - AGENDA |
| FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2025 | |
| 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. |
| 8:30 AM - 9:05 AM |
Pitch Slam Finals - Part I --
Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level |
| 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM |
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. with 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 |
| 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? with Kelli Howard, Senior Director of Brand Insights, SPINS |
| 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. with Lauren Castro, Lead Director, Category Manager, Healthy Consumables & Grocery, CVS |
| 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. with Morgan Zanotti, Co-Founder & CEO, Primal Kitchen & Waay |
| 10:20 AM - 11:00 AM | Networking & Sampling -- |
| 11:00 AM - 11:35 AM |
Pitch Slam Finals - Part II --
Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level |
| 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. with Luke Holden, Founder & CEO, Luke's Lobster |
| 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? with Kristin Piper, Vice President, Merchandising – Wellness, Walmart U.S., Walmart; Katie Wilson, Co-Founder, BelliWelli |
| 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. with Peter Burns, CEO, Justin's |
| 12:45 PM - 1:00 PM | Pitch Slam Winner Announcement -- Location: California Ballroom - Lobby Level |
| Please note that event agendas are subject to change. |