Episode 96 - Tomo Delaney-Lethbridge from Noshi For Kids and Victoria Ho from Sherpa CPG We talk food paint for kids, not having experience in CPG, growing the brand at Walmart, line extensions and more.
Let's Eat with Mark Samuel - Episode 95
Episode 95 - Kellie Lee from Rowdy Bars We talk prebiotic energy bars, an 8 year journey, working with 2 other sisters, and cash needed to scale.
Let's Eat with Mark Samuel - Episode 94
Episode 94 - Kevin Rutherford from Nuun Hydration and Kevin Smith from SmashBrand We talk hydration, building a brand for 13+ years, coming in as CEO, being acquired, and a group that helps emerging brands.
Let's Eat with Mark Samuel - Sales Series - Episode 11
Episode 11 - Wade Yenny from Jimbo's Naturally We talk all things sales when it comes to getting your product reviewed by a buyer.
Let's Eat with Mark Samuel - Episode 93
Episode 93 - Lin Jiang from Yíshì and Sid Makhail from Luminize Marketing We talk oatmeal, name change and what it means, balanced nutrition and amazon management.
Let's Eat with Mark Samuel - Episode 92
Episode 92 - Nathan Gordon from SANS Meal Bar and Allison Ball from Food Biz Wiz We talk protein bars, investment banking, retail distribution, and wholesale strategy.
Let's Eat with Mark Samuel - Episode 91
Episode 91 - Clara Paye from UNiTE Food and Tim Forrest from Tim Forrest Consulting, LLC We talk protein bars, experience coming from another industry, launching during pandemic, differentiating yourself in the category, and CPG consulting.
Let's Eat with Mark Samuel - Episode 90
Episode 90 - Sean Riley from DUDE Products and Micaela Schuffman from Symbiotic Public Relations LLC We talk butt wipes, DUDES, $20M+ on Amazon, capital, Mark Cuban, and PR.
Let's Eat with Mark Samuel - Episode 89
Episode 89 - Neka Pasquale from Urban Remedy Inc. and David Lemley from Retail Voodoo We talk early start-up, from the kitchen, to bringing on a CEO, and raising millions, to having a full refrigerator at most Whole Foods, and brand relevance.
Let's Eat with Mark Samuel - Episode 88
Episode 88 - Farzan Dehmoubed from Lotus Sustainables and Chris Ertel from Ignite CPG We talk reusable bags, consumers who use them, margin, DTC, overseas manufacturing and CPG consulting.
Let's Eat with Mark Samuel - Episode 87
Episode 87 - Daniela Terminel from Elephant in a Box and Todd Tweedie from Diamond Process Solutions We talk about furniture, easy to ship, easy to move, easy easy easy (DTC play) and high quality packaging and production.
Let's Eat with Mark Samuel - Episode 86
Episode 86 - Wian van Blommestein from Ayoba and Jeremy Scott from Poast Ecommerce We talk Biltong, South Africa, DTC, knowing your customers, and ads online.
Let's Eat with Mark Samuel - Episode 85
Episode 85 - Barry Turner from Lenny & Larry's and Valerie Madamba from Foodwit We talk about a 25 year overnight success, protein muffins, starting with $1400, the difference between then and now when it comes to innovation, celebrating capital raises vs good business, liquidity events, and helping with regulatory.
Let's Eat with Mark Samuel - Episode 84
Episode 84 - Silencia Cox from Motherlove Herbal Company and Shawn Sprauer Deliverr Inc. We talk organic herbal products for moms, having a long standing brand, real innovation, DTC and how to get your product delivered to customers, faster.
Let's Eat with Mark Samuel - Episode 83
Episode 83 - Ted Fleming from Partake Brewing and Will Salcido from Bedrock Analytics We talk non-alcoholic beer, DTC, starting in Canada and bringing it to the US, raising $4M and highlighted sales data.
Let's Eat with Mark Samuel - Episode 82
Episode 82 - Colin Dougherty from CAMSKNS and Alex Stagliano from People's International Racing We talk camera covers, drone covers, a multiple sku business, direct to consumer, and race car advertising.
Let's Eat with Mark Samuel - Episode 81
Episode 81 - Melanie Kahn from Poppilu Lemonade and Adam Pollack from Rodeo CPG We talk juice, experience in big CPG, launching in Target, how a product may or may not fit for DTC, and sales and operations solutions.
Let's Eat with Mark Samuel - Episode 80
Episode 80 - Will Nitze from IQBAR and Prem Shankar from 404 DM We talk food bars, unique proposition, DTC, mistakes often made, and content creation.
Let's Eat with Mark Samuel - Episode 79
Episode 79 - Ian Walker from Hippie Snacks and Morgan Gilliam from Fiddle Software We talk snacks, manufacturing, sole ownership, 25 years in the biz, and a CPG focused platform.
Let's Eat with Mark Samuel - Episode 78
Episode 78 - Jim Lamancusa from Cusa Tea and Daniel Quinones from Front Page Retail We talk coffee and tea, R&D, and got really into DTC model (check that part out), plus a merchandising solution.