Hungry for a new career in marketing? Do you have a passion for building brands and bringing their stories to life? These healthy food brands are actively hiring marketing directors, social media managers, and more. So if you’re ready to put your skills to work — and have an appetite for success — look no further […]
David McCormick runs operations for both Siddhi Ops, an outsourced operations execution firm for entrepreneurial food and beverage brands, as well as Siddhi Capital, a newly launched venture capital arm of the business. We caught up with him to learn more about where investments are being made right now, operational challenges caused by COVID-19, how […]
Chandler Gotschlich has been named Vice President, Retail Marketing at Golden Krust. He had been Associate Director, Marketing at Sabra Dipping Co.
Austin-based SKU — the nation’s first accelerator focused on consumer packaged goods (CPG) — will expand into the Dallas-Fort Worth market this fall with a program tailored toward later-stage startups. Walter Robb, former Whole Foods co-CEO and an icon in the natural foods industry, will kick off SKU DFW, which features a best-in-class curriculum taught […]
Candice St. Pierre has been named VP of Sales – Traditional Markets at Twinlab Consolidation Corporation. She had been Sales Consultant at Encompassales.
Minneapolis-based ImpactSKU has selected the 10 consumer packaged goods (CPG) startups that will participate in the Preview program. Participants make everything from vegan baking mixes to matching dog-owner togs. The six-week ImpactSKU Preview Program kicks off August 4 and includes programming on such topics as Vision +Purpose, Market Validation + Positioning, Social Impact, and Channel […]
As part of our ongoing Female Forces series to celebrate women leaders in the consumer brand universe, we’re highlighting Jenny Cawthon, the Founder of Greenjoy. Inspired by her mother’s passion for health and her legendary salad dressing recipes, Greenjoy is on a mission to bring people together with nourishing food. We caught up with Cawthon […]
Father’s Day may only happen once a year but it’s easily celebrated all year long, especially at some of these food companies — both big and small — where the influence of fatherhood is in the brand DNA. From legacy names like Cape Cod Potato Chips to newcomers like Partake Foods, we’re sharing some companies […]
Born to Lead is ForceBrands’ original leadership series that highlights industry thought leaders across CPG. In the debut episode of Born to Lead, we caught up with Duane Primozich, the Co-Founder & Managing Partner at BIGR Ventures, a Boulder, Colo.-based growth equity fund providing value-added, strategic partnership, and capital to promising early-stage products. Although Primozich doesn’t […]
Jessica Young has always had a passion for clean food. Although she didn’t set out in her career to launch an online marketplace where consumers could directly access some of the healthiest products from today’s most innovative food brands, she recognized there was a need for it. “I was thinking of launching my own food […]