John Lawson is the Northeast regional grocery buyer at <a href="https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/" target="_blank">Whole Foods Market</a>. On this episode of In the Sauce, John tells Ali what he's looking for in emerging brands, what mistakes we can avoid, how to work with buyers to maximize sales and why we should see shelf space as a vote of confidence and an investment, but not the end-goal.
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John Lawson is the Northeast regional grocery buyer at Whole Foods Market. On this episode of In the Sauce, John tells Ali what he's looking for in emerging brands, what mistakes we can avoid, how to work with buyers to maximize sales and why we should see shelf space as a vote of confidence and an investment, but not the end-goal. In The Sauce is powered by Simplecast. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

John Lawson is the Northeast regional grocery buyer at <a href="https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Whole Foods Market</a>. On this episode of In the Sauce, John tells Ali what he's looking for in emerging brands, what mistakes we can avoid, how to work with buyers to maximize sales and why we should see shelf space as a vote of confidence and an investment, but not the end-goal.
In The Sauce is powered by <a href="http://simplecast.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">Simplecast</a>.See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.

Episode 29: Building with Whole Foods Market

Over 250 episodes and interviews across the CPG value chain. Alison Cayne shares Interviews with experts, retailers, and investors who can help founders and operators build sturdy consumer businesses. With hours of brass-tacks advice from finance, legal, operations, and supply chain experts to helpful hacks from brand marketing and social media specialists, ITS is the go-to podcast for emerging brands. In the Sauce is produced in partnership with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.naturallynewyork.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Naturally New York</a>, a community organization dedicated to fostering sustainable and responsible business practices, stimulating conscious business growth, supporting entrepreneurship, and cultivating exceptional leadership within the natural products industry in the Greater New York area.

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Over 250 episodes and interviews across the CPG value chain. Alison Cayne shares Interviews with experts, retailers, and investors who can help founders and operators build sturdy consumer businesses. With hours of brass-tacks advice from finance, legal, operations, and supply chain experts to helpful hacks from brand marketing and social media specialists, ITS is the go-to podcast for emerging brands. In the Sauce is produced in partnership with Naturally New York, a community organization dedicated to fostering sustainable and responsible business practices, stimulating conscious business growth, supporting entrepreneurship, and cultivating exceptional leadership within the natural products industry in the Greater New York area.

Over 250 episodes and interviews across the CPG value chain. Alison Cayne shares Interviews with experts, retailers, and investors who can help founders and operators build sturdy consumer businesses. With hours of brass-tacks advice from finance, legal, operations, and supply chain experts to helpful hacks from brand marketing and social media specialists, ITS is the go-to podcast for emerging brands. In the Sauce is produced in partnership with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.naturallynewyork.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Naturally New York</a>, a community organization dedicated to fostering sustainable and responsible business practices, stimulating conscious business growth, supporting entrepreneurship, and cultivating exceptional leadership within the natural products industry in the Greater New York area.

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