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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
NOSH Podcast: The Right to Free Speech and Alt-Meat
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.
NOSH Podcast: Masienda’s Storytelling Model Brought Fame, And Eight Figure Sales
This week, Carol speaks with Jorge Gaviria, CEO and founder of Masienda, and its creative director Daniel Klein about how the company’s focus on video and storytelling has fueled new growth in customer acquisition and retail placements — and led to several James Beard award nominations this year.
NOSH Podcast: Being Hardheaded Has Its Benefits, Particularly During A Reboot
On the NOSH Podcast, the team discusses the strategies brands use to boost perception of their sales strength, the Chicago Venture Summit, the impact of SPACs in CPG and an interview with FitJoy president Norman Taliaferro.
NOSH Podcast: What Will It Take To Raise The Stakes For National Distribution?
On this week’s show the team discusses mayo preferences in dating, an olive oil brand controversy and Whole Foods’ new regional map. Then, Ithaca Hummus chats about how they strategized growing from regional to national distribution.
NOSH Podcast: Scary to Scalable — A Self-Manufacturing Discussion
The NOSH team talk about Oatly’s new online marketing campaign, sesame seeds’ new classification as a “Big 9” allergen, Hershey’s acquisition of two Skinny Pop co-packing facilities and an interview with The Coconut Cult’s Ari Raz about manufacturing decisions.
NOSH Podcast: How Mergers Can Help Brands Scale and Survive
The NOSH team gets fooled by fake CPG products, discusses the FDA’s recent announcements concerning “healthy” food labeling and Grass Fed Foods CEO Jeff Tripician talks to Lukas about merging small businesses better compete with conventional producers.
NOSH Podcast: Why SVB Reignited The Working Capital Conversation
The NOSH team discuss the larger trend of chefs, restaurants and bakeries expanding into CPG, the recent news in cell-cultured meat and how the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank’s has emphasized how CPG brands prioritize how they view working capital.
NOSH Podcast: Observations From This Year’s Expo West
The NOSH team discusses what they saw, heard and tasted at Expo West 2023 including the possible reverberations of Silicon Valley Bank’s meltdown on CPG food startups.
NOSH Podcast: The Realities of Building the Cell-Grown Food Industry
The NOSH team discuss cereal and the wave of successful Asian-American Pacific Island CPG food products. Later, a panel of experts talk about some of the big conversations happening throughout the cell-cultivated protein industry.
NOSH Podcast: Well Done? Taking The Temperature of Plant-based In Foodservice
The NOSH Team considers what food products should truly be called food technology. Later, Lukas interviews Elohi Strategic Advisors founder Stephanie Lind to discuss the successes and failures of plant-based brands in foodservice.