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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: Kefir Feuds And Soda ‘Suits
The team discusses the family power struggle at Lifeway Foods, Poppi’s class-action lawsuit, and claims of a discriminatory workplace at a General Mills plant.
CPG Week: Artificial Intelligence and Slice Resurrected…Again
The CPG Week podcast team talks about how artificial intelligence is creeping further into all aspects of food and beverage, why granola is having a moment, and the resurrection of soda brand Slice.
Taste Radio: Black Founders Club, Ep. 1
This episode is the first in a special series in which we examine the state of Black food and beverage entrepreneurship within the CPG landscape. The series highlights conversations on various aspects of the challenges felt by all entrepreneurs filtered through the experience of Black founders.
CPG Week: Private Label-Palooza & Nestlé’s Bet On GLP-1
This episode of CPG Week the team digs into the growing trend towards new private label programs and what it means that Nestlé is launching a GLP-1 drug companion frozen food brand.
CPG Week: Unpacking ‘Unfrosted’, High Cocoa Prices & Foxtrot Update
The CPG Week team gives their unadulterated takes on “Unfrosted” before diving into the week’s news related to snack trends, cocoa prices and an update on Foxtrot.
CPG Week: What’s With All The Recent M&A Deals?
The CPG Week team talks about mergers, acquisitions and restructuring news this week and why a prioritization of production capacity appears to be the through-line in many of the deals.
CPG Week: High Hopes For Hemp And Ampla’s Credit Concerns
In this episode, the CPG Week team talks Beverage Forum insights, the state of the cannabis industry after the news that marijuana will be rescheduled to a Class III drug and the troubling signs coming out of the fintech consumer brand lender Ampla.
CPG Week: Inside The Closure Of Outfox Hospitality And The Future Of Retail
The CPG Week team dives into the fallout from the sudden closure of Outfox Hospitality which operates the Foxtrot and Dom’s Kitchen & Market grocery chains and tries to unpack what this means for the retail environment for CPG brands.
CPG Week: Water That’s Not Beer And PE Firm Buys Cracker Company
On this episode of CPG Week, the team discuss developments in a spicy trademark dispute, water thats Not Beer and the first acquisition for a new PE firm.
CPG Week: Trademarks, Trader Joe’s and Anti-Diet Dietitians
On the CPG Week podcast, the team discuss food news stories involving trademark infringement, Trader Joe’s innovation and anti-diet dietitians this week. Plus, a BevNET original song to baked beans.