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People are always thirsty. Wolseley Kombucha is on track for it's best year ever. Michelle talks about their success and what's next.

Tatsuo Kan is the owner of Kojo, and founder of Kizuna.

He retired, started a business, retired again. Ran a triathalon, got his bike stolen, bought a bar and the rest is history

We take a tour of Pealow's Your Independent Grocer with Brian Pealow

Rochelle teaches us about kombucha. Phil meets Oprah

Stephanie Horman has a plan to give back. It's called Cabin 5 granola, and it's awesome.

Cam Bruce, owner of Famous Foods in Vancouver talks about coming to retail late in life, and what it takes to be successful as an independent grocer

From 1 to 150. Ben Osmow talks about the Osmow family hustle, building a business from scratch and introducing Ontarians to shwarma.

We talk to Kurstin Leith and Christine about helping brands, how to know when you're ready for expert help like Agency Brand Management.

We hung out with Marie Morden and Haddas Lederman to talk about Ontario Made

There's always time to talk about coffee. Founder of Smoking Gun Coffee Brandon Liton talks about moving from social work to roasting coffee.

We get a chance to talk to Bill van Nes, founder of St Brigids creamery, it might be the best butter we've ever tasted.

We get a whole episode this time with Tareq Hadhad, Founder of Peace by Chocolate.

"All tomato school stories stay in tomato school." Dwayne Boudreau talks about challenges for brands growing up in Atlantic Canada.

In 1999, it all started as a labour of love with Nova Scotian entrepreneurs Gerry McConnell and the late Dara Gordon.

We're walking the show in today's episode. If you ever wanted to know what retail folks talk about during show walks, this is the episode for you.

Paloma & Andrew created a place where culture, quality and respect come together as Paz Bakery

Rob & Geraldine Brouwer didn't start out thinking they would create a dog food company

Michael Clark is the Winemaker, General Manager and co-owner of Clos du Soleil

We're on a roadtrip. We get some real feedback on wine in the Okanagan valley, and the BC Fruit Grower's situation.

David Giffin shares his journey in establishing a hemp business

Andrew Elliott, former President of Foley's Chocolates comes on to talk about growing companies and the importance of leadership.

ast to coast podcast. Patrick Griffin, the Founder of the Oat Company joins us from Newfoundland.

We catch up with Michael Mazur, President at Freshfield Naturals, Inc. Freshfield won the 2024 CHFA Launchpad award in Vancouver

Spreading the popcorn gospel. Tanner Townsend talks about switching crops, and becoming Canada's largest popcorn grower.

Retailing is an art and a grind. Kristina Cavallari has both - the art to retailing and the grit to grind it out in retail.

Food Banks Mississauga partnership with Kimberly Clark Canada

Steve Rad, CEO of Abacus comes on to talk AI, how Steve is using AI and how he and Abacus thinks about AI and the future

Carmen Wakeling, Co-Owner of Eatmore Sprouts comes on to talk about sprouts and turning the tide on a 25 year old incident.

Sam Wong, Data executive at Marc Anthony leading organizations to work smarter with Data and AI.

Max saw the future of trading cards before we all caught on

Mike Nunn is the CEO of TLC Solutions. We talk about how to keep yourself cyber safe, and the things that brands and businesses should worry about

Mitch Cobb is the founder of Libra Non-Alcoholic Craft Beer. We talk about his experiences "crossing over" from Upstreet Craft Brewing to the non-alcoholic side.

Michelle Mckay-Prychidny is the CRO at Shelfgram. She talks about super-charging the store visit, and the new thing they've built for students.

"Why can't I have a craft (non-alcoholic) beer with my friends?"

Special episode today. We named him "Amazon Master" but in truth, Deepak is really really good at Amazon.

Kristin Matthews, CEO of Tom&Sawyer comes back to tell us about her new partnership and product launch with Dr Joe Inglis.

Always be ready. Toronto based Shop Shndy got discovered in Scarborough, and is being featured in Paris Fashion Week 2024.

We meet up with the remarkable Winnie Hsu. Founder of Vision2Reality Foundation & CEO of NexGen Accounting

We catch up with the amazing Corwin Hiebert. We talk about his podcast, the work he does and how to stay focused on your consumer.

John Doherty has to put up with us city mice. Stonepost Farms’ mission is to farm ethically

Mitch needs a hug. The founder of Rviita talks about starting in the CPG world from scratch

Our first food scientist! Lara Tiro comes on to talk about our favorite topic...FOOD!

Kieran and Brent talk about what it takes to run a farm in southern Ontario

Jared talks about: being a dad, an ex-CPG founder, relationship builder, researchers & strategist. We do not talk about him being a really tall guy

Melanie MacInnes talks about being flexible, nimble, the irrational fear of losing the farm

Jan Stenc, Co-Founder and Head Distiller at Copperpenny Distilling Co. teaches us about gin, and also sorts of yummy alcoholic things.

Aeryon came on to talk about lady bits and chlamydia

How hard is it to get good data?? Nimesh finds your data, fixes it, and helps you tell the story.

Happy 10th birthday to Moonshine Mama's! Mel Divers talks about putting summer in a bottle.

He has 18+ years of real estate development, and he knows music spaces. But now, he knows kitchens too. COO of Coho Collective Kitchens, Amrit Maharaj talks about one of our favorite subjects - food!

Daniel Rabu is an aquaculturist.Don't know what exactly that is? Neither did we.

We get naked and saucy (sortof) with Founder Paul Gill.

John Danyluk and Michael Rende from Earth's Own come on to talk milks - oat, almond and we get a bit of masterclass in how to look at category analytics.

We spend some time with Hope Aylen. We learn a few things and see how a designer sees the process of designing our hopes and dreams in packaging and labels.

We brought her back to talk about her! Cheryl Grant, the founder of Vitality comes on to talk about her journey.

Former broadcaster Patrice Mousseau started making eczema lotion, and now she's moving into helping other businesses.

Tamara Wensley sent us the best pork rinds we'd ever had. The founder of Primal Sisters talks about how a vegetarian nutritionist got into pork rinds.

They got voted off the island...literally. Salt Spring Island Founder Mickey McLeod comes on to talk about their origin story, regenerative farming, organic, fair trade standards.

He likes to break down silos and move between things. Michael Mikulak, Executive Director of Food and Beverage Manitoba comes on to talk about his winding path to helping food processors and brands today in Manitoba.

She's done a fast thought with us, but we finally got a chance to hang out for real with her. This started with a journey to switch the family to vegan, and she realized how hard it was to get healthy, tasty and relatively to make.

Cedar Valley founder Ameen Fadel talks about how he got started at 16 and how he and his family have built a national business

Looking for a Christmas treat? HINT - listen to this episode. A colouring cookie kit. Who knew? Chris Goodrow and his wife, Kristy, that's who.

They bought their uncle's business, got orders by fax machine, and didnt' know who their end customers were. It took a pandemic, and a timely instagram post by Ryan Reynolds, and a lot of sweat and selling to get this business into what it is today.

A father/daughter podcast on families in business together. Randy and Kamryn Sihota talk family business

Aaron Chin always knew that he wanted to be in the business of helping others. Watching his dad build Organika served as role model for what he's trying to do with the business today.

CEO and a partner of Unity Brands Inc., David Lui comes on to talk about the company he cofounded with Joe Mimran and Frank Rocchetti.

Let's talk about her Noods - Mayumi Bae and her siblings are committed to bringing Asian inspired, innovative plant based products to market.

Sonia Strobel talks about supporting Canadian fishing families and keeping small-scale fishing alive in BC and providing transparency around what they are catching, where and how.

92% Canadians said they love having small businesses in their community, but only 13% do most of their shopping at small businesses

"Who the heck cuts out sugar??" This got her thinking. Alice Grey talks about finding monk fruit, and making the best chocolate she can make with monk fruit.

Chocxo just won an award at BCFB. Wondering what their story is? Scott Sulz comes on to talk about great chocolate.

The CEO of Vitality, Cheryl Grant sounds the alarm on Health Canada putting more red tape on our world class supplements process.

She inherited her dad's meat smoker and decided that she'd smoke tofu instead.

We're talking to a functional expert you can call or ask questions of. Bryan Horsley is a CA/CPA who has an accounting background, consulting and been a retailer.

"People want real tangible holistic frameworks for healing" Angela and Yarrow Willard talk about Harmonic Arts, how they became a national brand, and the shift from being a small business owner to a business leader.

For every dollar they've given a company, those companies are able to attract another $64. Who is NPC? Sue Coulesan explains

Mitsoh ("Eat" in Cree Nehiyaw) was founded by Ian Gladue of Wabasca's Bigstone Cree Nation in Alberta.

If you had 250,000 people at your disposal what would you ask for? Jeff Doucette talks about some of the retail wishes he and Fieldagent fulfill every week for brands.

A what? A dacquoise + macaron = Dacaron. Jimmy Kim talks about their journey to bring the Dacaron to Canadian consumers.

Riaz Meghji, Author of Every Conversation counts comes on to talk about conversations, journaling and connections.

Karen Danudjaja the founder of Blume comes by to talk about startups, not knowing retail and celebrating wins

We get the '101' about chocolate and social enterprises. Mara Mennicken is the 'GOOD' in the The GOOD Chocolatier. After studying about social enterprises, she wondered why companies don't give back every step of their journey to growth.

She takes risks. She loves learning and she's made a habit of sharing her wins and mistakes. Bro-Dough founder Erica Rankin comes on to talk about learning CPG and selling a product that she loves.

One of his greatest fears is that he will talk without saying anything. That isn't true - while he was with us, VP Strategic Partnerships / Ethical Food Group Corwin Hiebert has a lot to say about helping brands grow.

This guy finally makes it onto the podcast. Kirk Homenick talks about getting kicked out of London Drugs in his first week, and the long hard road back to being a Canadian made, hand-crafted snack.

Near 90 years of farming in Pitt Meadows BC, Hopcott Farms continues to thrive as a Family Farming Business

It's not about fear, it's about being aware. Mike Nunn from TLC Solutions walks us through the threats we face today in the world of Cybersecurity

We catch up with our CPG Industry Recruiting Guru, Trevor Baker. A chat about the workplace today, post Covid, the job market now and what people are looking for in employees and employers

We meet a fan, become fans. Sarah Kinlin will be a world reknowned speaker, coach and educator. We're proud to be her first podcast.

Mushrooms! We talk mushrooms and building a mushroom farm from scratch with Bryan Thomas.

"It's like running up a down escalator" CEO of BC Food and Beverage James Donaldson talks about member challenges, being a not-for-profit industry association representing food and beverage manufacturers in British Columbia.

A ballet dancer, model, actress, and scuba instructor turned to beverage maker. GnuSante Chief Strategy & Ideation Officer Autumn Kendrick talks about making kid friendly, nutritional drinks.

Dean Yachison jumps in to talk about Health First network

We take a road trip to Fancy Food show in New York City. Favorite brands, how we think about imported products and costing are a few of the things we talk about.

Emily and Kyle have made it their mission to knock down barriers to eating a plant-based diet by making accessible vegan versions of traditional products

He's a CPA by training, but he was employee #2 with Choices. It turns out that retail stuck, and now Arif Ahmed runs two stores, and has ambitions for more locally focused, community driven stores.

Jeff Ball talks about his family, and their journey thru farming. Trudi-Ann and Jeff talk about the process of getting Thrive Provisions to market, and packaging wagyu beef as a snack.

Retailer Spotlight: Peter Boyd, YIG Kelowna. Peter Boyd is a local legend, and a brand favorite grocer - he's helped so many brands, retail folks, store folks to find their feet, we were honored to have him on the podcast.

She'd never made guacamole before. While mashing the avocados, Dyana saw a bottle of Aji condiment, a speciality in Colombia and South America. The rest, they say is history.