Monday Newsletter 05/13/24

๐Ÿ˜‹This Week in CPG 05/13/24

NEWS

A roundup of CPG news that happened last week.

๐Ÿ›’ Retail Rollouts

  • ๐ŸŒป Brian Waddick celebrates Smackinโ€™ Sunflower Seeds going nationwide at Royal Farms, marking a significant retail expansion. Read more

  • ๐ŸŽ Rosa Li announces Wildwonder's launch at New Seasons Market, highlighting the support for AAPI-owned businesses and unique flavors. Read more

  • ๐Ÿ‘ถ Daniel Aud shares Kekoa's new retail partnership with Woodman's Food Markets, bringing organic, globally-inspired baby food to the Upper Midwest. Read more

  • ๐Ÿบ Jordan Bass is thrilled to launch Hop WTR in 2000 Walmart stores across the U.S., meeting a growing demand for non-alcoholic options. Read more

  • ๐Ÿ’ Michelle Razavi and Nikki Elliot celebrate Elavi's launch at Thrive Market, expanding their reach with low sugar snacks for kids and adults. Read more

๐Ÿš€ New Product Launch

  • ๐Ÿซ Sage Wylie has officially launched Caboodle Snacks, offering organic, no-refined sugar, vegan snack bars that reconnect you with real food. Read more

  • ๐ŸŒฟ Andrew Benin announces Graza's innovative olive oil refills in aluminum "beer cans," a first in the industry, now available at Whole Foods nationwide. Read more

  • ๐Ÿน Katy Perry and Morgan McLachlan introduce De Soi's new non-alcoholic aperitivo, Spritz Italiano, blending citrus, gentian root, and adaptogens for a refreshing summer sip. Read more

๐Ÿ’ธ Investments and Acquisition

  • ๐ŸŒฑ Hailey Swartz, Jason Rosenbaum, and Alex Swartz receive investment from John Burns and Relentless Consumer Group to scale Actual Veggies' plant-based foods. Read more

๐ŸŽ‰ News to Celebrate

  • ๐ŸŽฌ Samantha Sieloffโ€™s Biena Snacks gains viral success with a unique 7-layer bean dip Instagram Reel, garnering over 11 million views. Read more

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EVENTS

The path to purchase for customers is blurring the digital and physical world more than ever. People are browsing the web on their phone while in the store, and searching online at home to plan their in store purchases.

Are you making it easy for your customers to purchase when and where they want?

Join me as we do a deep dive on how to optimize your digital marketing and sales channels to maximize purchases.

Weโ€™ll share how to make shoppable your:

  • Digital Ads

  • Store Locator

  • Website (multi-channel shoppable)

  • Digital Coupons

  • and more

Iโ€™ll be joined by Louis Condon from Pear Commerce.

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