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There is no such thing as an afternoon slump at NOSH Live. Presentations continued throughout the day on topics ranging from what’s trending in Whole Foods Market to scaling and selling your business. Here are a few highlights from the afternoon sessions at NOSH Live Summer 2017.

The event at the Metropolitan West in New York City was packed with presentations ranging from the keys to growing brands and relationships to the steps for rapid growth and the best branding for good-for-you products. The buzz of networking breaks was actionable advice, stories from market leaders and conversations with industry trailblazers — and that was all before lunch.

The New York-based, mission-driven hot sauce brand won the second annual Project NOSH Pitch Slam at the Metropolitan West in New York City on Monday. Bronx Hot Sauce Vice President Daniel Fitzgerald competed against representatives from four other emerging brands: Cali’flour Foods, Zesty Z, Bearded Brothers and Partake Foods.

Retailers looking to ride the waves of change this summer are adding new brands to their offerings. From burgers to bites, here is the latest in distribution news from the natural world.

Asking the average consumer how their fish gets into stores likely results in blank stares– and that’s only one of the issues facing the seafood industry. Many seafood companies are working to revamp the category’s product offerings to better reel in consumers. But Fishpeople CEO Ken Plasse said he thinks his seafood-focused CPG brand and supplier may be able to provide some extra bait with the company’s Tuesday announcement of a $12M round of funding.

When owner Pascal Rigo bought back his bakery brand, formerly La Boulange, from the Seattle-based coffee company in 2015, he quickly got to work. Now, the beloved San Francisco-based chain is reopening its retail stores, rebuilding its private label presence, and launching its own branded CPG line in Costco.

While at the Sweets and Snacks Conference in Chicago, Illinois, IRI snack industry expert Sally Lyons Wyatt reported on the “state of snack,” sharing the group’s latest research on 2016 category performances and marketplace predictions for 2017. Here are five noteworthy takeaways from her report.

Tuesday morning, ECRM announced the acquisition of tech company RangeMe, a software that allows buyers to discover new CPG products based on specific criteria.

In this NOSH Voices column, Jake Calaba, the Head of Institutional Business at CircleUp, examines recent M&A trends and asks the question, “What’s happening in consumer markets for investors and businesses?”

Asian-inspired food brand Nona Lim announced Monday the closing of a $3 million round of funding. Led by Harbinger Ventures, the round also included Echo Capital Group, Navama & Kouffman LCC, CircleUp and Cambridge Companies SPG as investors