CPG Week Podcast

On this week’s show, the team drums up some girl dinner alternatives and run down recent news from the plant-based sector. Later, Tony’s Chocolonely Mission Guardian Anne-Wil Dijkstra shares insight on the company’s Mission Lock and how emerging brands can take steps to secure their lasting impact.

In this episode: the team advocates for year-round pumpkin spice, runs through key grain and sugar trends spotted at IFT First and discusses Perfect Day’s presence at the show. Later, Chubby Snacks talks about how building the business, and working in it, had a positive impact on both team building and the bottom line.

This week on the NOSH Podcast, the co-founders of Every Body Eat discuss inclusivity in snacking and food manufacturing. Also, the team discusses THC-infused snack brand knockoffs, CPG food products cashing in on popular entertainment properties and the WHO’s ruling on artificial sweetener aspartame.

On this week’s show, the team continues their food emojis crusade and highlights some news from Tattooed Chef and Kevin’s. Later, Carol and Immi co-founder Kevin Lee talk through the brand’s approach to funding announcements.

On this week’s NOSH Podcast, reporter Lukas Southard took a trip out to the World Business Chicago/Chicago Venture Summit earlier in the summer to talk with Midwest-based brands and investors about the advantages and challenges of being located in the middle of the country.

The NOSH Podcast team share what they saw, tasted and heard about at this summer’s Specialty Food Association’s Fancy Food Show including global takes on chili crisps, sales of hot sauce, pivoting into wholesale and wildcard products aimed to draw in consumers.

On this week’s show, the team airs grievances about the lack of natural product emojis, runs down some ice cream deals and discusses the impact of pouched products on Stonyfield’s business. Later, Carol and Jeff rehash key takeaways from BevNET Live including how investors are assessing growth and how brands can use their online identity to generate insights.

Institute for Justice Senior Attorney Justin Pearson joins the NOSH Podcast this week to talk about how and when the First Amendment and the Constitution protects brands against food labeling regulations.

On this week’s show, the team chats about a recent move from Sonoma Creamery and runs down some nutty news from Campbell’s. Later, Neil Booher, VP of Crisis and Reputation Risk at Edelman explains how business leaders should navigate crises that enter the public eye.

This week the NOSH team revisits some important lessons and stories shared during NOSH Live Winter 2022 with Suzie York, founder and CEO of The Better Chocolate and Matt Clifford, CEO of CanDo. Both have moved onto their second endeavors in the world of CPG and share how they applied certain learnings from their first businesses, the second time around.