Food Industry News, Insights, and Education for the CPG Community

In the following video segment Pat Finn discusses seed funding and how it can impact your company.

“Grab-and-go” packaged beverages yielded growth of 6 percent in traditional stores and 11 percent in the convenience channel in 2012, significantly outpacing the industry as a whole, which grew at 2.6 percent, according to IRI estimates.

If you were unable to join us at the event, or perhaps attended or watched the livestream and wanted to revisit the content, you’re in luck.

While the day might have served as a rude awakening to the hundred or so entrepreneurs with dreams of following Vitaminwater, Red Bull, Kashi, Wild Oats, it was an awakening nonetheless.

After months of hard work, you’ve finally nailed the formulation of your product, and your packaging and labels are perfect. But how do you get your products into stores, and, ultimately, into consumers’ shopping carts? DSD is one option.

Sales of natural products have never been better, rising 9 percent annually compared to 4 percent for the entire U.S. food and beverage industry.

With club/warehouse quickly emerging as an important channel for beverage and snack companies, learn how to maximize the usefulness of Costco’s in-house sampling and Roadshow programs.

Ask most decorated entrepreneurs, and you might hear the words commitment and perseverance when describing their ability to craft a successful brand launch. Yet, it’s passion that is perhaps the entrepreneur’s most critical asset.

Joyce Longfield offers her advice on how to use HPP effectively with new products.