The CPG Guys

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Emma Helsloot and Ana Laura Zain - cofounders of the Women in Retail Media Collective. Their mission :Connect, grow, and lead via a community designed to empower women to shape the future of retail media.  Find Emma Helsloot on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-helsloot-78767a64/ Find Ana Laura Zain on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com...

In this episode, the CPG Guys are joined by Chelsey Alexander,  Vice President, Emerging Digital Platforms at Bayer Consumer Health. The episode was recorded in Atlanta GA at the Commerce Brand Media Summit in March 2025. Follow Chelsey Alexander on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chelsey-alexander-a3269757/ Follow Bayer on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bayer/ Follow Bayer...

The CPGGUYS Sri Rajagopalan & Peter VS Bond muse the month that passed by. February means CAGNY - the annual Wall St analyst conference (Consumer Analyst Group of NY). Here, we got to meet several of the financial analysts and were able to discuss and learn what 2025 holds for us in the CPG industry. Find Sri Rajagopalan on Linkedin here : https://www.linkedin.com/in/sri-rajagopalan-09a0062/ F...

In this episode, the CPG guys speak with Carrie Sander, Chief Customer Officer at Kellanova, formerly the snacks division of The Kellogg Company. Find Carrie on LinkedIn at: http://linkedin.com/in/carrie-sander-b634b04 Find Kellanova on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/kellanova/ Find Kellanova online at: https://www.kellanova.com/us/en/home.html Carrie answers these questions: You’ve...

The CPGGUYS were joined live at CES during the annual show in Las Vegas by Sam's club Chief experience officer & EVP - Diana Marshall. This is a leadership class for vendors on how to be successful at Sam's club and her own leadership of people, data and MAP. This is the first episode of Women's month. In March, we will feature the amazing female leaders who have shaped the CPG...

The CPG Guys interview RBC Capital Markets' Managing Director Nik Modi at the 2025 Consumer Analyst Group of New York conference in Orlando FL. Follow Nik Modi on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nik-modi-675926/ Follow RBC Capital Markets on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rbc-capital-markets/ Follow RBC Capital online at: https://www.rbccm.com/en/ Nik’s thoughts headin...

In this episode, the CPG Guys analyze the 2025 Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) conference. To learn more about CAGNY, click here: https://consumeranalystgroupny.com/ To access all of the CAGNY presentations, click here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/10E493RGHHjB3nwV7-Ga-t-RPCdLm719R?usp=drive_link LA fire relief : https://www.directrelief.org/ (always research before giving) Ap...

This special episode of The CPGGUYS features four guests - the WINNERS of our 2024 Omnichannel awards - 'The OMNIES'. The Omnies recognizes a select few every year that have dedicated a career to evolving from brick & mortar to being truly omnichannel and championing it in the industry. Our four winners this past year have done exactly that. Our sincere CONGRATS to Doug Jossem from W...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by the CEO of Nature's Bakery - Steve Gardiner. He has previously held roles in commercial leadership at Henkel and PepsiCo. We personally love the portfolio and the Fig bars are our favorite. As such, this was both a fun and informative discussion.  Find Steve on Linkedin at : https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-gardiner-6092b11/ Find Nature's bakery...

This is a special episode from our partner podcast - The FMCG Guys. They recently had Christian Stammkoetter , who is Danone ’s President AMEA (Asia Middle East Africa) and Member of the Executive Committee. He joins Efrain and Daniel to speak about how, in the course of his career, has worked on multi-billion mergers, moved geographies, led teams, grown as a leader and developed a reliable routin...

In this episode, the CPG Guys review all of the television ads that played in Super Bowl 59, February 9, 2025. This episode is sponsored by Recess - 'helps CPG brands connect with their key retail shoppers, delivering experiential sampling in high-impact locations like gyms, colleges and community events to drive trial and conversion. Now integrated into retail media leading to measurable in-...

PVSB himself is the guest in this episode as the tables are turned and he is interviewed by Lucas Barros, Head of Walmart Connect Chile. This episode was recorded in December 2024 at the Walmart Chile Accelerate Suppliers Summit. Find Lucas Barros on LinkedIn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-barros-631955103/ Find Walmart Connect Chile on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/company/walm...

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode with Cornell University executive director for the food industry programming and faculty at the Johnson School of Management to discuss the first Executive Education programming on retail media offered May 5-8 at New York City. This program has been carefully designed in partnership with us at the CPGGUYS. Sri Rajagopalan has a decade plus experience of omni...

The CPGGUYS host Parbinder Dhariwal - VP of CVS Media Exchange and Andrew Lipsman from Media, Ads + Commerce for a LIVE fireside chat while at CES. This discussion is all about the latest retail media budget sentiment executed by Andrew and CPGGUYS surveying brands and retailers and where we stand in the industry. Find Andrew Lipsman on Linkedin at : https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrew-lipsman-10b2...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by FMI CCO Mark Baum. FMI, the food industry association, provides leadership to retailers and wholesalers of food, beverage, and consumer products, along with their manufacturer/supplier trading partners, by facilitating growth and collaboration, and promoting their role in feeding families and enriching lives. Find Mark Baum on Linkedin at : https://www.lin...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Liz Roche, VP for media and measurement at Albertson's media collective. AMC was the amongst the first to work with IAB to establish metrics and measurement standards. Claire Wyatt is replaced by Liz, and we spoke to her day one on the job - yes, we mean day one, week one at CES live. Find Liz Roche on Linkedin at : https://www.linkedin.com/in/eroche1...

The CPG Guys feature a special episode that our very own Sri Rajagopalan hosted with his Thinkblue partner Manish Sharma & Greg Welch - partner at Spencer Stuart in the executive practice. They had a discussion on how board seats, CEO's, and C-suite leaders are found and placed at the world's largest market cap brands. Find Greg Welch on Linkedin at : https://www.linkedin.com/in/gwwe...

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Jacquelyn Baker, CEO of Omnicom Commerce, a Flywheel Commerce company. Omnicom Commerce consists of Tracy Locke, Hagarth & TPN agencies. Specializing in designing compelling brand experiences for both owned andthird- party (3P) retail environments, Omnicom Commerce blends brand building with commerce, driving discovery, loyalty, and conversion to help...

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Omar Haque, VP & GM of omnichannel at Bimbo bakeries. He is a CPG executive with over 20 years of experience across all things digital – CPG, eCommerce, DTC, Online Grocery, Retail Media, Omnichannel. Over the last 12+ years, first at Colgate Palmolive and now at Bimbo Bakeries, he's been shaping the online future of CPG/FMCG, by focusing on new...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by FMI CCO Mark Baum. FMI, the food industry association, provides leadership to retailers and wholesalers of food, beverage, and consumer products, along with their manufacturer/supplier trading partners, by facilitating growth and collaboration, and promoting their role in feeding families and enriching lives. Find Mark Baum on Linkedin at : https://www.lin...

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Michael Zakkour, Founder & Chief Strategist of 5 New Digital, a consulting firm that focuses on short-term engagements that empower our clients to quickly break down the walls between online and offline commerce to reimagine how retail, D2C, technology, supply chain, content, and consumption must work together. Follow Michael Zakkour on LinkedIn at: h...

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Michael Zakkour, Founder & Chief Strategist of 5 New Digital, a consulting firm that focuses on short-term engagements that empower our clients to quickly break down the walls between online and offline commerce to reimagine how retail, D2C, technology, supply chain, content, and consumption must work together. Follow Michael Zakkour on LinkedIn at: h...

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Emma Irwin from Flywheel digital to recap all things omnichannel & retail in 2024. Emma is also host of the podcast 'Commerce collective'. Find Emma Irwin on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emma-irwin-b950a397/ Find Flywheel on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/flywheel-digital/posts/?feedView=all Find Flywheel online: https:/...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by industry analyst Andrew Lipsman. With a decade plus of observing and analyzing the omnichannel market and retail transformation, he is arguably one of the most revered analysts of our time. We have a deep dialogue on the year that passed us by and who the retail media winners were and how they ascended to leadership. Follow Andrew Lipsman on Linkedin : htt...

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Jeff Bustos, VP of measurement addressability. This episode takes on the questions on the industry of what's the latest on retail media, is it growing and is standardization and metrics a way of life now? Find Jeff Bustos on Linkedin here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bustosjeffrey/ Find IAB on Linkedin here  https://www.linkedin.com/company/iab/ Find...