On today’s episode, we’re talking with Devaunshi Mahadevia, Director of Global Marketing for SunChips and the Global Lead on WomanMade, about how PepsiCo’s WomanMade program is supporting the economic advancement of women in the food system.

We cover a lot of ground in a short amount of time, including why programs like WomanMade are needed, how it’s helping female food founders, as well as how PepsiCo’s Food For Good Program is helping to fight childhood hunger while also supporting women-led small businesses.

Learn more about the WomanMade Community on Hello Alice.

Learn more about the Food For Good program.

Read the full transcript of this episode on the Food Processing website

On the podcast this week is Robert Hersh, National Managing Principal in Manufacturing and Food and Beverage for Grant Thornton. Throughout the next half-hour, we talk about the results of the firm’s 2020 Digital Supply Chain Survey as well touching upon Food Processing’s own 2021 Capital Spending Outlook.

We cover a lot of ground in 30 minutes, including talking about how food and beverage processors can become better equipped at assessing supply chain risk as well as discussing how digitalization and other technologies are playing a significant role in the future of the food and beverage workforce.

Read the transcript of this episode on the Food Processing website. 

Welcome to a special bonus episode of the Food For Thought Podcast. We recently sat down with Kaeser Compressors’ Bill Kemph, Neil Mehltretter, and Michael Camber to talk about the company’s custom enclosed compressed air systems.

A global leader of compressors, blowers, and vacuums, Kaeser Compressors designs and builds compressed air solutions that help facilities optimize and improve their operations.  In addition to installing equipment, Kaeser also provides customized solutions—including prebuilt compressor rooms—that food and beverage processors can drop in right next to their facility or plant.

In this episode, we talk about service, reliability, benefits and costs of a Kaeser Compressed Air Solution as well as reasons why a processor might consider moving their air system outside of their plant.

This episode is sponsored by Kaeser Compressors

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What does it take to keep a 141-year old meat processing company thriving in Rochester, New York? We’ve got that answer and more in this episode of the Food For Thought Podcast. Today’s guest is Julie Camardo. She’s the CEO and fifth-generation owner of Zweigle's, a meat processing company based out of Rochester. 

In the next half-hour, we cover a lot of ground. We talk about what it was like growing up in the family business, and how she—and the company—give back to the Rochester community in ways you won’t believe. We also talk about what it’s like to be a woman in a male-dominated field and how the women who came before her helped pave the way to make Zweigle's the certified women-owned business it is today. 

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Have you ever wondered what venture capital firms look at when considering whether or not to fund a food and beverage start-up?

Sarah Foley, Partner at SWAT Equity Partners is giving us the low-down on food and beverage funding. In the next 30 minutes, we talk about trends, sustainability, why SPACs are seeing a resurgence, as well as providing actionable advice for anyone considering launching their own food and beverage brand. 

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Learn more about SWAT Equity Partners

In this Special Bonus Episode, Cablevey Conveyors’ Karl Seidel sits down with Food Processing’s Food For Thought Podcast to talk about the powerful, yet gentle, way to move materials around your facility.

Cablevey Conveyors is a tubular drag conveyor manufacturer that has design, engineer, and service enclosed cable and disc tube conveyors for almost 50 years and in more than 65 countries. In this episode, we're talking about conveyor systems and how Cablevey Conveyors works with manufacturers to ensure materials are moved from Point A to Point B in a safe, efficient, and clean way. 

Listen as we discuss the types of materials Cablevey Conveyors can handle, how the company helps manufacturers move materials in clean and sanitized ways, as well as how they work with processors to ensure everything fits within the building envelope. 

This episode was sponsored by Cablevey Conveyors 

Enjoy this special bonus episode. 

We’re continuing our conversation about CPG entrepreneurship. In this episode, we talk to Dr. James Richardson about the risks and rewards of growing a CPG brand, in particular the risks entrepreneurs should—and shouldn’t—take as well as what it means to be memorable versus unique. 

Learn more

• Learn more about his book Ramping Your Brand

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• Read ore listen to Part 1 of the CPG Entrepreneurship series: A CPG Entrepreneur's Guide to Growth

In today's episode, we're talking to Dr. James Richardson. 

Richardson is a Ph.D, a cultural anthropologist, and the author of Ramping Your Brand. Through his company, Premium Growth Solutions, he helps CPG entrepreneurs create strategic plans to achieve exponential growth. 

In this episode, we talk about why entrepreneurs want to grow fast and set unrealistic forecasts as well as the mistakes that CPG entrepreneurs repeatedly make.

Learn more about his book Ramping Your Brand

Learn more about his company, Premium Growth Solutions 

What do you get when you pair up a food scientist with a passion for infant nutrition and a cellular biologist with a passion for novel applications of cell culture technology? You get Biomilq, one of the latest disruptors in the food and beverage space.

Launched in 2020, Biomilq is aiming to change the way we think about infant nutrition. The small company out of North Carolina is on a mission to produce cultured breastmilk that offers supplemental nutrition to mother’s milk with the convenience of formula.

For the next half hour, listen as CEO and Co-Founder Michelle Egger and our host talk about how the BIOMILQ team is changing the way we think about infant nutrition. We talk about the science, the safety, and the strategies behind this revolutionary approach to cultured food. We also tackle the topics of funding, naysayers, and how to know you're on the right track with your product. 

Read the full transcript on FoodProcessing.com

Learn more about Biomilq

On our Season 2 opener, the Food Processing team has gone into forecast mode. Listen in as Editor in Chief Dave Fusaro and Senior Pan Demetrakakes talk about what we can expect in the food and beverage industry in 2021. 

Throughout the next half-hour we talk about what trends we can expect to play out this year as well as how COVID-19 and a new Presidential administration will continue to impact the industry as a whole. 

Read the full transcript on our website, and catch up with the latest news and trends in the food and beverage industry on FoodProcessing.com.