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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧

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🎙️#1 Podcast in CPG | Over 1000 episodes exploring the stories behind leading & emerging food & beverage brands. Listen on all platforms 🔥 Published by @bevnet.com & hosted by Ray Latif, @bevnetcraven.drnk.it @bevnetmike.bsky.social, & Jacqui Brugliera

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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 2h
What’s changed since launch—and what comes next? Leaders from Drink Nirvana, On the Brightside and Wook Water share their pitches and hear candid investor feedback from Integral CPG co-founder Rifle Highes. Listen to the latest Taste Radio Elevator Talk on the site.
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Advice That Could Be Integral To Your Brand's Success
<p>In the latest episode of Taste Radio's Elevator Talk, leaders from five emerging CPG brands -- Nirvana, On the Brightside,&nbsp;Pini Sparkling Cider,&nbsp;Wook Water, and Brica -- introduce their businesses, share what’s changed since launch and offer a look at where they’re headed…
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 9h
New episode: Taste Radio’s Ray Latif talks with John Sacksteder, CEO of Silver King Beverage Company, about bringing can manufacturing, filling, packaging, warehousing and logistics under one roof. Listen now on the Taste Radio site.
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How Silver King Beverage Is Rethinking Beverage Manufacturing
<p>Taste Radio’s Ray Latif sits down with John Sacksteder, CEO of Silver King Beverage Company, to discuss the company’s approach to beverage manufacturing and its vertically integrated model.</p><p>Sacksteder shares how Silver King brings can manufacturing, filling, packaging, warehousing and…
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 29/09/2026
How can wine reconnect with younger consumers? Wonderwerk’s founders meet them where they are—and throw a party. Fishwife and Health-Ade also enter the conversation. Visit the Taste Radio site to listen.
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Do What The Others Won’t. It’s Why This Brand Works.
<p>How do you repair an industry that’s steadily lost relevance with younger consumers? If you’re the founders of Wonderwerk, you go where they live and breathe – and throw a party.</p>
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 26/09/2026
Kroger is drawing a line on pricing—and major CPG brands are feeling the impact. Hear why the Red Bull dispute is bigger than energy drinks, with Golden Disco, Mindful Drops, and Hero Labs, Inc. Listen on the Taste Radio site.
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Red Bull vs. Kroger Is Bigger Than Energy Drinks
<p>Kroger is drawing a line on pricing — and some of the biggest brands in CPG are finding themselves on the wrong side of it.</p>
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 22/09/2026
Scaling a CPG brand requires knowing which opportunities are worth pursuing. Hear how Hero Labs, Inc. is taking on entrenched food categories with zero-sugar baked goods and pasta featuring added protein and fiber. Listen on the site.
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The Blueprint For A CPG Hero
<p>Scaling a CPG brand isn’t just about finding more ways to grow – it’s about knowing which opportunities are worth pursuing.</p><p>Hero Bread is taking on some of food’s most entrenched categories with baked goods and pasta that deliver the taste and texture of traditional carbs with zero grams…
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 18/09/2026
Could grocery’s most overlooked aisle be ripe for reinvention? Hear about Riff’s shelf-stable meal kit bet, Battle Bars’ effort to broaden its appeal and what The Angel Group wants from emerging CPG brands. Listen on the site.
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The Big Opportunity In Overlooked Categories
<p>The most overlooked aisle in the grocery store may be ripe for reinvention. Riff is betting on it. We dig into the new shelf-stable meal kit brand launched by Sir Kensington’s co-founder Mark Ramadan and Eleven Madison Park chef Daniel Humm. We also discuss Battle Bars’ attempt to broaden its…
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 15/09/2026
How did Katie’s jump from $2M to $24M in three years? 🍕 On Taste Radio, founder Katie Lee covers Target, 6,300+ doors and scaling restaurant-quality frozen pizza.
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 14/09/2026
On Taste Radio, Pilot Project Brewing details how it helps emerging beverage brands turn promising ideas into retail-ready products. 🍻💡
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 11/09/2026
Goodles’ $500M Barilla deal anchors a Taste Radio episode on CPG innovation, “incremental betterness,” Medici’s momentum & better-for-you brands built to scale. 🎙️
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 09/09/2026
Five emerging brands pitch products and get candid operator/investor feedback on the latest Elevator Talk. Applications are open for future episodes — free, remote and founder-focused. 🎙️🚀
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 08/09/2026
🥩 Former Keurig Dr Pepper CEO Larry Young and Colette Young on how 10-2-4 Ranch grows premium beef without chasing scale — prioritizing taste, value and trust.
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 04/09/2026
Trend or distraction? 🎙️ Taste Radio explores why clear messaging beats complexity, how Purely Elizabeth taps trends with focus, and why Pathwater’s evolution spotlights consumer value.
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 01/09/2026
Replay: After Caulipower’s sale, Gail Becker’s interview hits differently: purpose-led growth, scaling to 25K stores and knowing when to say no. 🎙️🍕
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 28/08/2026
🎙️ Taste Radio: How private label can unlock cash flow for CPG brands, why networking pays, plus Honey Mama’s Mashups, Long Chips and founder lessons.
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 25/08/2026
Cheeky Cocktails founder/CEO April Wachtel discusses consumer feedback, rapid iteration and a fiber-infused lime tonic that could reshape the brand’s next chapter on Taste Radio. 🍸
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 24/08/2026
Vibes Candy’s co-founders explain how snack aisle frustration became a fast-growing confectionery brand on Taste Radio. 🍬🎙️
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 21/08/2026
FirstLook’s Brian Folmer joins Taste Radio to unpack what investors seek in CPG: traction, valuation, founder quality and the “X factor” — as cleaner products surge. 🎙️
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 19/08/2026
🎙️ On Elevator Talk, veteran VC Dayton sizes up five early-stage CPG brands with Ray Latif, sharing candid feedback for food & beverage founders:
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 18/08/2026
🎙️ Chicago’s CPG scene takes the spotlight on Taste Radio, with a meetup recap and product haul spanning salted lemonade, sparkling tonics, caffeine-protein bars, “chai baby” and more.
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 14/08/2026
Taste Radio asks: Do consumers value added function in familiar foods? Plus: pickle flavor’s pull, Grillo’s collab streak, premium dates & Air Up’s scent-tech. 🎙️🥒
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 12/08/2026
On Elevator Talk, Yola joins Ray Latif to spotlight five emerging food & beverage brands, offering founders strategic feedback and insight into what’s next for the industry. 🎙️🚀 www.tasteradio.com/episodes/inn... #TasteRadio
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 11/08/2026
🎙️ Ken Sadowsky joins Taste Radio on coconut water’s runway, colostrum, caffeine-free energy and the key test for beverage brands: repeat purchase. #TasteRadio
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 10/08/2026
Bay State Milling’s Colleen Zammer joins Taste Radio to discuss the future of functional flour and nutrition-forward staples. 🌾🎙️
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 07/08/2026
🎙️ Taste Radio examines the most fundable F&B concepts — from better-for-you candy and algae oil to mushroom lemonade, snacking croutons and tinned protein bars.
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 04/08/2026
Darren Rovell on Taste Radio: investable founders, adaptability and how Kickstand Cocktails is tackling crowded alcohol categories. 🎙️🍹
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 31/07/2026
On Taste Radio: what PepsiCo’s GLP-1s/inflation response signals for CPG, Vita Coco’s Copra deal and tastings of date-sweetened cola, birch water & caffeinated banana milk. 🎧🥤
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 28/07/2026
Whole Foods said wait. Little Spoon went DTC—and built a $100M baby & kids food brand. On Taste Radio, Angela Vranich details the pivot and Target launch. 🍼
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 27/07/2026
Taste Radio: VIP outlines a vision for AI in distribution, including agentic tools that can do the work across beverage sales, operations and execution. 🤖🚚
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 24/07/2026
Can mission-driven brands keep purpose intact as they scale—or sell? 🎙️ Taste Radio spotlights Atomico’s STEM water and samples Wagyu tallow spray, snacks, THC drink mixes & more.
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 22/07/2026
On Elevator Talk: Hover, Purple Drop, Atomico, Ola Mate & ChamCham pitch as Rebecca joins Ray Latif with questions, feedback and strategy. 🎧🚀
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 21/07/2026
🍪 Taste Radio: Heathcote’s Suzanne Lyon on scaling a premium cookie brand after viral demand and Oprah/Bobby Flay buzz — without compromising quality.
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 17/07/2026
🎙️ On Taste Radio: Brewbound’s Zoe Licata joins the team to unpack borrowed booze trends, Gen Z drinking shifts, Costco-Deschutes and Guinness’ resurgence.
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 14/07/2026
Curious Elixirs’ J.W. Wiseman on how a non-alc cocktail brand hit 8 figures without outside capital, powered by DTC and sober-curious timing. 🍸
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 10/07/2026
AI is reshaping product discovery, but it can’t build your brand. On Taste Radio, the team examines AI’s limits, a proposed protein labeling lawsuit, and why founders must look beyond niche audiences to reach mainstream consumers.
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 08/07/2026
Olipop and Graza investor Tom Spier joins Elevator Talk to hear pitches from four emerging food founders, offering candid feedback on brand, scale and strategy.
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 07/07/2026
What did it take to make MadeGood great? Co-founder Nima Fotovat says taste—not allergen-friendly claims—drove its edge, along with a bet on in-house manufacturing and a people-first culture that fueled growth.
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 03/07/2026
Inside the 2026 Summer Fancy Food Show, globally inspired flavors, premium non-alcoholic beverages, inventive snacks and convenient pantry staples took center stage. Taste Radio recaps the standout brands and trends.
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 30/06/2026
Wandering Bear nearly collapsed during the pandemic. CEO Matt Bachmann explains how the company pivoted to DTC, expanded into retail, and launched protein coffee lattes while staying focused on consumers.
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 26/06/2026
Taste Radio examines BRĒZ’s bet beyond THC amid regulatory pressure, Stars & Honey’s move from DTC to Target, and new takes on Shirley Temples, protein bars and Rice Krispie treats.
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 23/06/2026
Good Good CEO Gardar Stefansson discusses scaling from a stevia startup to major retailers like Whole Foods and Walmart, highlighting pricing strategy, packaging as marketing, and tactics to drive trial and repeat purchases.
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 19/06/2026
On Taste Radio, hosts recap BevNET Live NYC 2026, spotlight kanna-based beverages and DryWater’s retail rise, and debate functional cookies and better-for-you drinks for parents and kids.
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 16/06/2026
How did Wilde Snacks build a brand competitors cannot copy? Founder and CEO Jason Wright discusses proprietary technology, owning manufacturing, Costco’s impact, patient investors and eliminating the tradeoff between nutrition and indulgence.
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 12/06/2026
Recorded at BevNET Live NYC 2026, the Taste Radio team examines standout brands, retailer insights and why clarity prevails in a crowded market. From THC beverages to protein water, they explore forces shaping the next wave of innovation.
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A 'Live' Take: In a Crowded Market, Clarity Wins
What separates the brands that break through from the ones that get left behind? At BevNET Live NYC...
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 09/06/2026
How did Mooala stand out in the crowded plant-based milk aisle? Founder and CEO Jeff Richards explains how organic ingredients, simple formulas and disciplined growth built a multimillion-dollar almond milk brand.
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How Mooala Built A Multi-Million Dollar Brand By Keeping It Simple
What if the secret to winning in CPG wasn’t chasing the next trend – but staying focused on simple i...
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 05/06/2026
David Protein bets on ice cream, Smash Foods raises $5M, and AI reshapes product discovery. Plus insights from Austin leaders at Nutrabolt, GoodBelly, Bloom and more.
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David's Decadent Bet, AI Discovery & Austin's Top Operators
Can protein be a decadent dessert? David is betting on it. We dig into the brand's new frozen desser...
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 02/06/2026
TRUFF’s founders discuss their packaging refresh, lower pricing, new aioli, innovation strategy, and the impact of hiring an experienced CEO on Taste Radio. Listen:
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TRUFF’s Founders: ‘The Status Quo Is In All Of Our Hands’
“The status quo is in all of our hands,” says TRUFF co-founder Nick Guillen — a mindset that has gui...
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 29/05/2026
Taste Radio examines why Messi’s Más+ failed, the challenges facing celebrity brands, and how Patrón sustains success through craftsmanship and tradition, including the debut of Patrón 100.
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Why Más+ Failed — And Why Patrón Continues To Win
Lionel Messi is a global sports icon and had a deep-pocketed strategic partner at his side. So why d...
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 28/05/2026
On the latest Elevator Talk, founders of Wave Kids, Osia, Jous, Kulli and Amor Cura pitch their brands and receive strategic feedback from Ray Latif and Nicholas Reichenbach. Early-stage CPG entrepreneurs can apply to be featured.
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Elevator Talk: Wave Kids, Osia, Jous, Kulli, Amor Cura
The latest episode of Taste Radio’s Elevator Talk spotlights innovative leaders from Wave Kids, Osia...
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 26/05/2026
Hype doesn’t build lasting CPG brands—fundamentals do. On Taste Radio, Ithaca Hummus founder Chris Kirby discusses scaling profitably, disciplined manufacturing, fundraising pitfalls, and Guillermo’s Salsa’s rapid rise.
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The Simple & Reliable Secret Behind Ithaca’s Success & Guillermo’s Hot Start
A relentless focus on product quality and operational discipline helped Chris Kirby build Ithaca Hum...
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BevNET's Taste Radio Podcast 🎧 @tasteradio.com · 22/05/2026
As investors grow more selective, grocery shelves are becoming increasingly curated. Taste Radio examines Whole Foods’ Daily Shop, premium brands such as Ripi, Olipop’s latest update, venture capital’s focus on regional growth, and insights from a New York City meetup.
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As Investors Get More Selective, Grocery Gets More Curated
What actually gets investors to say yes in today’s CPG market? We revisit conversations with founder...
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