Podcast
Featured Podcast Content
CPG Week: No Time To (Food) Dye
The CPG Week podcast dives into the recent FDA/HHS directive to remove synthetic food dyes from food and beverages, discussing the feasibility of the plan and how it will complicate food manufacturing.
CPG Week: Fear & Loathing At Expo West
The annual Natural Products Expo West trade show happens this week and the podcast team gathers to discuss what they are looking out for at this year’s show.
CPG Week: The C-Store Opportunity
On this episode of CPG Week, the team explores how the convenience channel is offering fresh opportunities and new challenges to food and beverage brands.
Additional Content
CPG Week: BevNET Live Teaser
The CPG Week team teases next week’s BevNET Live Winter event in Marina Del Rey, California.
CPG Week: Dairy Drama Hits Lifeway Foods And Ben & Jerry’s
On the podcast, the CPG Week team talks about Danone’s repeated attempts to acquire Lifeway Foods and a pending Ben & Jerry’s lawsuit against Unilever.
CPG Week: Celsius Goes Vertical And M&A Trends
On CPG Week, the podcast team talks about Celsius’ aspirations to go vertical and a variety of smaller acquisitions across food that nod to trends in M&A markets.
CPG Week: KDP Snags Ghost & Olipop Plays Ball
On CPG Week, the podcast team talks about Keurig Dr Pepper’s acquisition of GHOST Energy, Olipop’s sports sponsorship ambitions and a look at Whole Foods Market’s Trend Forecast.
CPG Week: Boba Controversy, AI Energy & NACS Takeaways
On CPG Week, the podcast team discusses a bubbling controversy in boba, Jack Owoc’s return to energy, and an update from the National Association of Convenience Stores’ (NACS) yearly conference.
CPG Week: Do Tariffs Spell Impending Doom For Craft Distillers?
On CPG Week, the podcast team talks about how retaliatory tariffs are plaguing the export market for American craft distillers.
CPG Week: Siete Acquisition, BetterBrand Rumors, and C-Suite Changes
On CPG Week, the podcast team talks about the PepsiCo acquisition of Siete Foods, uncertainty about the future of a low-carbohydrate baking company and some high-profile beverage industry leadership changes.
CPG Week: Decoding David & Unpacking Lunchly
The CPG Week podcast team talks about Peter Rahal’s newest protein bar release, the co-branded Lunchly product from PRIME and Feastables, and how these two products relate to consumers’ differentiated value demands from ingredients and nutrition.
CPG Week: Sweet Licensing Deals & Cannabis Sports Drinks
On CPG Week, the podcast team talks co-branding, energy drink and protein supplement licensing with sweets makers, and the evolution of cannabis in sports recovery drinks.
CPG Week: Newtopia Now And Non-Alc Wines
On the episode of CPG Week, the team discusses the social chatter around Foxtrot’s reopening, insights from the first Newtopia Now and the state of the non-alcoholic wine category.