DEC 4 + 5 | MARINA DEL REY
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Nosh Live 2025 Agenda
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Please note: All times US Pacific Time
- 8:00 AM9:30 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 AM9:05 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.
Jacqui Brugliera
- 9:00 AM11:30 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. - 9:05 AM9:30 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? - 9:55 AM10:20 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. - 9:30 AM9:55 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. - 10:20 AM11:00 AM
Networking & Sampling
- 11:00 AM11:35 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. - 11:35 AM12:00 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. - 12:00 PM12:25 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? - 12:25 PM12:45 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
- 12:45 PM1:00 PM
