Weekly Updates 11/27/23

😋 This Week in CPG

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😋 CPG Weekly News

A roundup of CPG news that happened last week brought to you by Amber Caro

🛒 Retail Rollouts

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expanding within Aisle 24 staffless markets in Canada (

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healthy soda launches in Town & Country Grocery stores in Seattle (

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➡️ Cultured Kombucha Co. launched into 85 new retailers across Michigan including  VG's Grocery, FamilyFare and D&W Fresh Market through distributor SpartanNash. 

🚀 New Product Launches

➡️ Phreshly, an Atlanta-based, Black-owned, female-founded company launches it’s rebranded line of canned cocktails (Paul Owusu

💰 Acquisitions and Investments 

➡️ Kim Kardashian's SKKY Partners invests in hot sauce brand TRUFF (Nick Guillen)Have an announcement? Shoot me an e-mail.

CPG Weekly Updates

  ASK AN EXPERT: MERCHANDISING FOR CPG BRANDS  

Do you have questions about merchandising for your emerging CPG Brand? Come learn how to make your product stand out and sell off of the shelf.

I’ll be joined with Stevie Allegretto, Director of Account Management for Trax Retail. 

   HOW TO STAND OUT WITH     PACKAGING DESIGN   

In the CPG world each day, countless products jostle for attention on crowded retail shelves, and to consumers glossing by, packaging design can make all the difference to catch their gaze. Beyond merely containing your beloved product, packaging serves as a silent saleswoman, communicating your brand’s identity, values, and enticing consumers - whether they are conscious of it or not - to choose one product over another amongst factors of price, nutritional benefits and perceived value.

   HOW AI-POWERED DEMAND FORECASTING     IS HELPING CPG's BALANCE INVENTORIES     IN 2024   

In the fast-paced CPG landscape, you never stop hustling. Between product launches, seasonal promotions, and shifting customer tastes, driving growth and keeping up with demand can feel like a game of whack-a-mole. Brands are juggling decisions worth hundreds of thousands of dollars every day. One wrong move with your inventory can substantially affect your financials.

Many brands are learning how to partner with artificial intelligence to give them superpowers. Despite initial doubts about the value of artificial intelligence, many brands are now partnering with intelligent forecasting platforms to gain strategic advantages. 

Take a look at 3 difficulties many CPGs face and see if you recognize any of these for your brand.

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  FOODBEVY FOOD AND BUSINESS     COACH CHATGPT  

Foodbevy’s Food and Beverage Coach is your go-to resource for asking questions about building and growing your CPG brand. 

How is it different from basic ChatGPT? It layers in the hundreds of articles, documents, and posts from Foodbevy to provide specific information about the CPG industry.Learn More

STARTUP TO SCALE PODCAST

148. Creating a Planning Process for Your CPG Business

As CPG founders, we spend a lot of our days reacting to the world around us and not enough time strategizing and planning for the future. It can leave you feeling unbalanced and constantly behind. One of the best things you can strategize is your sales and inventory planning, so that everyone on your team can be on the same page.

Today I’ve invited on Yuval Selik, CEO of Promomash to talk about how to planning process so you can make more informed decisions.

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