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Obvi's founders were dedicated to bringing re-generative ingredients in delicious drinks to the market. The variety of products offers tastes for everybody - making it the obvious choice for our customers that want to do something beneficial for their hair, nails,skin, bones and gut health - instead of just drinking mostly harmful products. Consume and rejuvenate! Collagen depletion at progres...

Luke is the founder and owner of VDriven, a CPG centric company that aids and helps CPG brands in numerous areas of their journey from raising capital, accounting, deduction management, to CEO coaching, and retail domination best practices. Luke is excited to bring what he has learned in growing purpose-driven companies to revitalize businesses through his advisory practice. He also enjoys sharing...

Equitea is a black-owned tea company committed to sharing the wisdom of better health and collective experience to make mental health management and wellness equitable for all.

Jake Karls is the co-founder and Rainmaker at the modern day Willy Wonka factory, Mid-Day Squares. He is larger than life with a tremendous amount of energy and passion for his brand. His co-founders are his sister Lezlie, and Lezlie's husband Nick.

Seed Ranch Flavor Co. creates sophisticated flavors to make everyday meals extraordinary. They hand select quality, honest, fresh ingredients and blend, stir, and simmer every sauce to its truest perfection. Real, quality ingredients make for real, better food. Seed Ranch Flavor Co.’s hot sauces are made with all non-gmo, organic, and natural ingredients. Inspired by homemade sauces, they never us...

Co-Hosts Alex Bayer (Genius Juice) and Wade Yenny with a combined experience in the CPG space of 35 years, chat about all things food and beverage in the market and share what’s going on in their lives and any current events. They also do shout-outs and answer questions live from viewers & listeners during their show

BevNET.com  is the leading beverage-oriented media company, producing a web site, print magazine, and live conference series. The company was founded in 1996 by John Craven, with its mission to offer, through products in a variety of media, the best, most comprehensive forum for news coverage, expertise, partnership and support for all members of the beverage community. Since its inception,  BevNE...

What makes a store tick when it comes to merchandising? What goes through store managers' minds when they are strategizing their merchandising, store shelf displays, and how does corporate center store work through different seasons? We discuss things from the retailer perspective. Co-Hosts Alex Bayer (Genius Juice) and Wade Yenny with a combined experience in the CPG space of 35 years, chat a...

Approaching independents and how to sell into these shops and strategies on building your velocity over-time and most importantly, how to build relationships with each and every independent store to build your revenue. Co-Hosts Alex Bayer (Genius Juice) and Wade Yenny with a combined experience in the CPG space of 35 years, chat about all things food and beverage in the market and share what’s goi...

At Wholly Veggie, they believe food sustainability is one of the key threats facing our planet. Their focus is to develop plant based food products that create better ways for people to feed themselves, and that leaves the least amount of ecological harm as possible, while promoting health and positive social impact. Co-Hosts Alex Bayer (Genius Juice) and Wade Yenny with a combined experience in t...

Michelle is the founder and CEO of ELAVI. Her brand ELAVI is a functional snack company by fitness trainers delivering gut-friendly nut butters and protein bars that taste like dessert and keep you energized for hours. Co-Hosts Alex Bayer (Genius Juice) and Wade Yenny with a combined experience in the CPG space of 35 years, chat about all things food and beverage in the market and share what’s goi...

Nature's Wild Berry - The Flavor Enhancing Wild Berry Turns Sour Sweeter Than Sugar In 30 Seconds! Unlock hidden flavors that make healthy food taste like candy! Natures Wild Berry is a freeze dried ledidi berry that gives you sweetness without a sweetener. People are aware that they should curb their sugar intake and we don't think the answer is more or better artificial sweeteners - we t...

For over 30 years, Miyoko has dedicated her life to creating a more compassionate food and economic system that honors animals as living beings with lives of their own, not as commodities for humans. She is the author of 6 books, made the Forbes 50 Over 50 list, a speaker, and an entrepreneur. Co-Hosts Alex Bayer (Genius Juice) and Wade Yenny with a combined experience in the CPG space of 35 years...

Noah is an energetic entrepreneur that is in love with hibiscus and wants to bring it to the mass market. A great way to fight inflammation and boost your hydration, Noah is looking to continue educating the consumer on the benefits of his drink. Co-Hosts Alex Bayer (Genius Juice) and Wade Yenny with a combined experience in the CPG space of 35 years, chat about all things food and beverage in the...

In his early 20s, David Meltzer quickly rose to the top of his game in the business world, becoming a millionaire. David lectured around the globe and saw rapid success in every business project he touched. But something was missing, and in his 30s as a multimillionaire, he went on a rapid downward spiral that ended in bankruptcy. It was only then that David realized, in order to revive and thrive...

At age 21, founder, Sydney Webb, was diagnosed with colon cancer. After fatefully being introduced to an extremely powerful, rare, healing class of superfoods called "adaptogens", her life was never the same. Three months after introducing them into her diet, she was completely cancer free. After her experience healing, she created Toto as a way to share the same powerful plant-medicine...

This week we are beyond excited and blown away to have Metta World Peace, the first professional athlete to be on our show! A decorated NBA Champion who played 19 seasons in the NBA, notably with the Los Angeles Lakers, and won an NBA Championship title in 2010 vs. the Boston Celtics. His most well-known shot is his Game 7 clinching 3-pointer with a pass from Kobe. More recently, Metta is in the w...

Founder and CEO of Sanzo, the 1st Asian-inspired sparkling water, made with real fruit + no added sugar. Prior to founding Sanzo, Sandro spent 5 years as head of growth and then chief-of-staff at Bombfell, a twice venture-backed personal styling service for men. He previously worked in investment banking at J.P. Morgan and as a nuclear power engineer for Exelon. Sandro is also a board member and f...

Yuval is an extremely unique individual and dare we say, a savior to the CPG Community. He offers several services that immensely help the CPG Community including tool-kits to better run your CPG brand (trade-spend, retail on shelf management, inventory management, and much more) He is also the podcast host of 7 Hats Podcast as well, a wonderful podcast that cuts the bullshit and gets right to the...

Co-Hosts Alex Bayer (Genius Juice) and Wade Yenny with a combined experience in the CPG space of 35 years, chat about all things food and beverage in the market and share what’s going on in their lives and any current events. They also do shout-outs and answer questions live from viewers & listeners during their show!

Dan-O’s Seasoning is changing the world one pantry at a time! Full of Flavor. Not Fillers. They are a Youtube and Tik Tok sensation with owner Dan Oliver posting videos of his cooking recipes with Dan-O's Seasoning. In a few short years, their brand has scaled to millions in revenue and thousands of doors. Broadcasted LIVE on LinkedIn, Co-Hosts Alex Bayer (Genius Juice) and Wade Yenny with a c...

Wade and Alex talk about how to select the right retailers for your brand and the ramifications of growing revenue for the sake of growth and not being strategic on what retailer is best. What questions should a brand ask themselves when thinking about a retailer to pitch to? Broadcasted LIVE on LinkedIn, Co-Hosts Alex Bayer (Genius Juice) and Wade Yenny with a combined experience in the CPG space...

Tom is a Co-Founder in Brandjectory & Co-Founder & Partner at The Litchfield Fund. Brandjectory is the new, innovative social media platform to connect CPG Food & Beverage founders with interested investors. Brandjectory helps founders build an investable business and build relationships with investors. Visit  www. BrandjectoryNow.com  or contact  hello@brandjectory.com . Tom has more...

Been wanting to spread the word about your brand and have your moment on CPG Vibes?? Now is your chance!! In this Special Edition episode, we are inviting up tp 8 brands live to share their story and their product for 3-4 minutes each. To get on our show for this episode as a 'Spotlight Brand' you can't 'reserve a spot' in advance, you have to tune in live, comment during our e...

Adam Brown is The Founder and President of Sircle Media, a Social Media Strategy Firm based in New York City. He has worked in and around digital marketing since 1999 and has held various positions on both the client and vendor sides. This has given him tremendous insight into how these relationships work best, which has allowed him to develop a keen understanding of what businesses really need. H...