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At Nosh Live Winter 2024 Day Two, attendees heard how maintaining focus, driving discovery and using viral moments can help lead a brand to lasting success.

Mochi Love was named the winner of Pitch Slam 15, Nosh’s annual pitch competition for emerging food brands sponsored by Vdriven. Launched in 2024 by Brandie and Will Miller, the California-based brand produces a line of “crème clouds,” refrigerated mochi bites featuring a French crème center.

Nosh Live Winter 2024 kicked off on Thursday in Marina Del Rey, Calif., with panels, presentations and conversations that pieced together fundamental components of successful CPG businesses and offered brands advice on how to navigate current economic headwinds, shifting consumer habits and prepare for an uncertain landscape in the years to come.

Nosh’s annual Best Of awards recognize the year’s standout individuals, brands and products from across all categories of the packaged food industry. Our honorees demonstrated resilience and drive in the face of unrelenting challenges that have unsettled the market and shuttered a notable number of businesses this year. Amid financial and political turbulence, continued supply chain disruption, and persistent inflation, these folks continued to operate and innovate with an eye toward building a more sustainable and equitable food system.

The CPG Week team teases next week’s BevNET Live Winter event in Marina Del Rey, California.

The EVERY Company has combatted a tough investment terrain to become the latest food tech outfit to lock in funds, totaling $2 million, from the U.S. Department of Defense, according to an announcement this week.

Today we are examining how a continued shift to private label and ecommerce will shape volume and sales growth amid high food prices in 2025.

Lillie’s Q Sauces & Rubs has been sold to manufacturing company OWS Foods as it looks to accelerate growth within new channels including conventional grocery, foodservice and club stores.

Consumers may still have complaints about grocery prices, but they aren’t shying away from the shelves ahead of one of America’s largest food holidays, which is expected to drive a $2.1 billion boost in grocery sales this year.

After nearly eight years, cookie dough brand Doughp’s founders have experienced the difficulties of operating a startup and are looking for an experienced operator to take over in its next stage of growth.