This Commerce Life

Alicia and Jeff Lahey talk about their journeys - from moving to natural and organic and searching and finding sustainable packaging, their knack for unbelievable timing - to producing a wonderful chip in a bag was compostable. Oh...and they're in every major grocery in Canada already.   Find Alicia here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alicia-lahey-3019b954/ Find Jeff here: https://www.linkedin.com/i...

A friend of Angie Baker comes on the show. Justin Osborne, Vice President of Sales at Eat & Beyond Global Holdings Inc. dishes on moving from CPG to the natural space.  We talk to Justin about working for a publicly traded company that invests, owns and grows amazing natural brands.   Find Justin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-osborne-mba-21012821/ Find out more about Eat & Beyond Global...

Chef Dennis  comes on to talk about how he got started, and what it takes to grow an audience. We get a chance to walk through Chef Dennis' kitchens, and he talks about the origins of his blog, and how to grow the audience to what it is today.    Check out Chef Dennis on his page: https://www.askchefdennis.com/ Be warned - if you subscribe, you could get unsubscribed if you don't interact with his...

The cannabis industry has been a hot topic for awhile. Michele Rebiere talks about the opportunities and challenges, and the knuckleheads wander in with some OTC frustrations and hopes and dreams for this category. #michelerebiereforprimeminister If you're wondering what it takes sometimes to break into a new regulated industry, this episode is for you.   Find Michele here: https://www.linkedin.co...

She survived Kenny's basement from the old days and didn't go blind from his homemade wine. COO of BC Food & Beverage Alisa Hutton talks about the learning journey and helping people and how that brought her to where she is now.    Find Alisa here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alisa-hutton-907824155/ Find BC Food & Beverage here: https://bcfb.ca/

We catch up with Jerin Mece (pronounced Meh-che) while he's on vacation.  Jerin's a serial entrepreneur that has gone from building a brand from scratch to now helping brands build healthy, prosperous businesses.   Find Jerin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerinmece/  

A trainer, mom, marketer, now Sales & Marketing leader, Chelan Wilkins talks about learning, reinvention and embracing new challenges.   Find Chelan here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelan-wilkins-rhn-cse-934a30129/ Check out Herbaland here: https://www.herbaland.com/

Would you rather be right than rich? Tazz talks about providing the opportunity for retailers to get out of their own way. Ex-retailer Tazz Latifi is one of our favorite people and she comes on to talk about now sharing her experience with other retailers and helping them find profitability.    Find Tazz here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tazzlatifi/    

Three Farmers, Two Sisters, One Vision. CEO Natasha Vandenhurk talks beans, peas and lentils oh my! The vision that turned 3 Saskatchewan farms into something amazing. Their goal now? Make amazing snacks, and put Saskatchewan on the map as a destination for beans, peas, lentils and chickpeas. Shop here: https://threefarmers.ca/ Find Natasha here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/natasha-vandenhurk-61a8...

She's building an alternate dimension for cheese. CEO of Lumi Foods (Blue Heron Creamery) Karen McAthy goes visionary on the knuckleheads. She goes deep on how to make 100% dairy-free, plant based vegan cheeses that doesn't sacrifice taste or tradition.   Find Blue Heron Cheese here: https://blueheroncheese.com/ Find Karen here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-mcathy-26728019/   If you love what...

Cupcakes to Ice Cream. Lori Joyce talks about her journey from being on tv to now making wickedly good ice cream. Founder of Betterwith Ice Cream comes on to talk about learning how dairy works in Canada to her mission of making amazing ice cream.    Find Lori here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lori-joyce/  Betterwith is here: https://www.betterwith.com/      If you love what we do and want to help...

Gelato season is upon us. James Boettcher, Chief Empowerment Officer & Custodian of Culture 🤙 at Righteous Gelato comes on to talk about buying the business on a handshake, the adversity that took him from a single retail store to being sold all over Canada. This one was really interesting because we also talk about culture and how to build a great culture.   Find James here: https://www.linkedin...

Check out Tout De Suite: https://www.toutdesweet.ca/   Find Jeanette here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeanettemillertout/  

Matt LeBeau - President at LeBeau Excel Sales & Marketing, comes on to talk about interviewing brands, choosing who to represent and the value that he brings to the retail space, retailers and brands.   Find Matt here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattlebeau/ Check out LeBeau Excel here: https://www.lebeauexcel.com/ If you like what we do and want to support us keeping the microphones on... https:/...

An unusual guest for us, David Perry is the CEO & Co-Founder of the eCommerce Network Carro. He talks about influencers, brands and retailers and how he sees the dynamics changing in the next few years.    You can find David here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dperry/    

We stop fooling around. Steve Rad prepared to be taken seriously. Abacus Toys has new merch, new toys - virtual reality kicking up a notch. We also bend Kenny's brain with a virtual reality Check out Abacus brands here: https://www.abacusbrands.com/ Find Steve Rad : https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-rad-5959943b/   Help us keep the mic's on: https://www.patreon.com/join/thiscommercelife    

Shop Made with Local here: https://www.madewithlocal.com/ Find Sheena here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sheena-russell-0459b728/   If you like what we do on this podcast and would like to help us out: https://www.patreon.com/join/thiscommercelife    

You can find Jordan here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-james-rogers-ba-dipt-80331b6/ You can find Martino here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martino-ciambrelli-47648836/ Brands that we found and love at the show:   https://notco.com/ca-en/ https://nutmegmylk.com/ https://store.threefarmers.ca/pages/about https://www.calgaryheritageroastingco.com/   If you love our podcasts and want to become...

  Intuity Performance Whole Person Performance Sign up: https://bit.ly/3OiBHKT Shop Chiwis here: https://chiwis.co/shop/ Find Sarah Goodman here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-goodman-48b89173/   Love what we do? Help us keep the lights on. Head to Patreon and become a patron of the show.   https://www.patreon.com/join/thiscommercelife  

check out the CHFA show here: https://chfa.ca/en/Events/chfa-2022-events Aaron's Linkedin is here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronskelton/ Hayden Thomson's Linkedin is here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/haydenbthomson/ The Pack Heavy Podcast can be found here: https://thepackheavy.podbean.com/  

As mentioned in the podcast - Ange and Scott at Intuity Performance are hosting a Leadership Cohort.  Check it out here: https://www.intuityperformance.com/whole-person-leadership   Check out CHFA West here: https://chfa.ca/en/Events/chfa-2022-events   Shoot us a note if you're going - name, booth number, email : thiscommercelife@gmail.com    

Find Mike's profile here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-pilato-b31a75/   Shop Jamieson Vitamins here: https://www.jamiesonvitamins.com/

To shop Good Juju: https://hellogoodjuju.com/ Find Lisa Karandat: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-karandat-50b69821/ Find Alexa Monahan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexa-monahan-82a73678/  

Check out Ener-C here: https://www.tryenerc.com Check out Harmony here: https://www.takeharmony.com/ Check out Ki here: https://www.kihealthdefence.ca/   Contact Chloe here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chloe-holyman-7b328656/    

Find Ange here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ange-maccabe-67a07616/   Check out Intuity Performance here: https://www.intuityperformance.com/     Want to support the podcast? Become a Patron here: https://www.patreon.com/join/thiscommercelife