jobTopia with Tony Moore

Paula Costa Bravo's career arc extends from General Mills, Hersey's, and Kellogg's. These best-in-class brands taught her how to build a sustainable brand through customer and operator insights.  But her passion for people and culture lead her to Oregon Fruit Products where she combines all her talents to steer her company into new channels of growth.  Join me and Kevin Scott, the CPG expert, as we discover Paula's strategies to expand Oregon Fruit Products into Foodservice and beyond.

Connect with Paula: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulacostabravo/

Oregon Fruit: https://www.oregonfruit.com/

• Origin Story

Connect with Kevin Scott - the CPG expert: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-scott-14b14b7/

About your Host Tony Moore and the Winning at Work podcast:

• Are you looking for a fun and light-hearted podcast to stay current on the trends shaping the $1.6 trillion food and beverage industry? My totally awesome brands featured here take us deep into the world of sustainability, plant-based, food tech, CBD, and good for you. Want to learn how to grow a brand? Scale a brand? I've got you covered. 

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A culinary expert is passionate about cooking! The last thing they want to worry about is logistics, accounting, SAAS IT platforms, and sales. This is the genius behind HUNGRY's marketplace model connecting chefs to corporate catering gigs and events. 

Jeff Grass, the CEO and co-founder of HUNGRY, and Jon Ebner,  the NYC market leader, unpack how HUNGRY is disrupting the $100 billion marketplace and working to solve one of the biggest problems in America - starvation. 

• Origin story

Connect with Jeff Grass on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffgrass/

Connect with Jon Ebner on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonebner/

HUNGRY: https://tryhungry.com/

About your Host Tony Moore and the Winning at Work podcast:

• Are you looking for a fun and light-hearted podcast to stay current on the trends shaping the $1.6 trillion food and beverage industry? My totally awesome brands featured here take us deep into the world of sustainability, plant-based, food tech, CBD, and good for you. Want to learn how to grow a brand? Scale a brand? I've got you covered. 

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The question I hear so often is "How do I" build a brand, get into retail or food service, find a broker or co-packer? These are important questions for first-time F&B entrepreneurs. 

Lisa Curtis, the CEO and Founder of Kuli Kuli is the perfect interview for anyone asking "how do I" grow my business or anyone who loves a great success story.   

Kuli Kuli is a native snack for many cultures around the world - albeit by a different name. But this moringa superfood had not found its way into the mainstream American diet. Not until Lisa Curtis, a Peace Corps volunteer, was introduced to the transformative food during a low point in her life. She was subsisting on rice and feeling awful when a local nurse introduced her to a local snack.

• Origin story

• Surveys

Connect with Lisa Curtis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisamariecurtis/

Kuli Kuli: https://www.kulikulifoods.com/

About your Host Tony Moore and the Winning at Work podcast:

• Are you looking for a fun and light-hearted podcast to stay current on the trends shaping the $1.6 trillion food and beverage industry? My totally awesome brands featured here take us deep into the world of sustainability, plant-based, food tech, CBD, and good for you. Want to learn how to grow a brand? Scale a brand? I've got you covered. 

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Hear the inside story of why one of the world's largest agricultural exporters of wheat, corn, soybean, lentils, peas, and dry beans transitioned into DTC (direct to consumer) by opening a massive supply line for more than 5,000 farmers. 

Join me and Jeff Van Pevenage, the CEO of Columbia Grain International, with special guest host, Kevin Scott - the CPG expert, to learn the retail strategy behind Balanced Bushel and why Jeff is investing in this platform for growth (HINT - it's all about his farming partners and employees).

• From commodity trader to CEO

• New company logo

• Distributors

Connect with Jeff Van Pevenage: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-van-pevenage-00521a1ab/

Columbia Grain: https://www.columbiagrain.com/

Press release: https://www.columbiagrain.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/pr_01-22-1.pdf

Balanced Bushel: http://balanced-bushel.com/

Connect with Kevin Scott - the CPG expert: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-scott-14b14b7/

About your Host Tony Moore and the Winning at Work podcast:

• Are you looking for a fun and light-hearted podcast to stay current on the trends shaping the $1.6 trillion food and beverage industry? My totally awesome brands featured here take us deep into the world of sustainability, plant-based, food tech, CBD, and good for you. Want to learn how to grow a brand? Scale a brand? I've got you covered. 

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Dr. Maha Tahiri has worked for the world's largest food brands: Mars, Coca-Cola, Danone, and General Mills. 

As the Chief Health and Wellness Officer at General Mills, Maha managed a team of 40 international and multi-disciplinary nutrition and food scientists, dietitians, and public health experts to support business decisions. 

Her passion is to help food brands, start-ups, and entrepreneurs transform the global food system by leveraging science, consumer knowledge, and technology to deliver innovations that will improve the healthfulness of the food supply and/or the environment. 

• Why are alternative protein companies striving for a 1 for 1 replacement of meat? 

Connect with Maha on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahatahiri/

Consultancy website: https://nutritionsustainability.com

About your Host Tony Moore and the Winning at Work podcast:

• Are you looking for a fun and light-hearted podcast to stay current on the trends shaping the $1.6 trillion food and beverage industry? My totally awesome brands featured here take us deep into the world of sustainability, plant-based, food tech, CBD, and good for you. Want to learn how to grow a brand? Scale a brand? I've got you covered. 

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So you want to launch a beverage brand but lack experience? Aimy Steadman, co-founder at BeatBox Beverages was in your shoes 10 years ago.  Now she is on a mission to build a multi-billion $$ beverage brand big enough to change the world.  Aimy Steadman, the COO, or as she playfully says on her LinkedIn profile, Founder and "Chief Get Sh*t Done Officer, shares her origin story and the remarkable rise of Beatbox into the top-selling beverage across multiple categories.

• Origin Story

Connect with Aimy on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aimysteadman/

Beatbox: https://beatboxbeverages.com/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/beatboxbeverages/

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@beatboxbeverages

About your Host Tony Moore and the Winning at Work podcast:

• Are you looking for a fun and light-hearted podcast to stay current on the trends shaping the $1.6 trillion food and beverage industry? My totally awesome brands featured here take us deep into the world of sustainability, plant-based, food tech, CBD, and good for you. Want to learn how to grow a brand? Scale a brand? I've got you covered. 

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The volume of food waste and the compounded loss of resources for each and every fruit and vegetable that isn't "retail perfect" is staggering when you multiple the losses across the category. Fortunately, there is a new breed of entrepreneurs tackling food waste through upcycling, a commercial endeavor to reuse food that doesn't meet the rigorous retail standards, but by other measures is perfectly suitable for consumption.

Meet imPASTA! Foods Company and the senior leadership team with a vision and mission big enough to solve a portion of the food waste puzzle. 

Donya Litowitz, CEO and co-founder, a Forbes #1000 honoree teamed up with Peter Mead, CSO to commercialize the benefits of Spaghetti Squash and upcycle the nearly 60% of waste in their harvest. 

Discover the upcycling business model into FoodService, Club, Retail, and Meal-kits. 

Connect with Donya Litowitz on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donyalitowitz/

Connect with Peter Mead on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-mead-1a73028/

imPASTA! https://alreadyspaghetti.com/

ReFed Refed.org

Upcycled food Association UFA - www.upcycledfood.org

International Fresh Produce Association –  www.Freshproduce.com

Project HOOD - https://www.projecthood.org/

Food Bank of Rockies - https://www.foodbankrockies.org/

CanAM Fresh -  www.canamfresh.com

About your Host Tony Moore and the Winning at Work podcast:

• Are you looking for a fun and light-hearted podcast to stay current on the trends shaping the $1.6 trillion food and beverage industry? My totally awesome brands featured here take us deep into the world of sustainability, plant-based, food tech, CBD, and good for you. Want to learn how to grow a brand? Scale a brand? I've got you covered. 

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The May F&B report

• Speed Shamed into losing weight

About your Host Tony Moore and the Winning at Work podcast:

• Are you looking for a fun and light-hearted podcast to stay current on the trends shaping the $6 trillion food and beverage industry? My totally awesome brands featured here take us deep into the world of sustainability, plant-based, food tech, CBD, and good for you. Want to learn how to grow a brand? Scale a brand? I've got you covered. 

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Chief Strategy Officer and food futurist, Liz Moskow, is an entrepreneur's dream connection. We all run into problems in business and need advice from a well-rounded expert. In this episode I want you to get familiar with her background and areas of expertise because I will invite her back to co-host a few episodes. She has opinions and isn't shy about telling them. I hope you all enjoy getting to know Liz...

Connect with Liz Moskow on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elizabethmoskow/

Show Notes:

• Entrepreneurial background

About your Host Tony Moore and the Winning at Work podcast:

• Are you looking for a fun and light-hearted podcast to stay current on the trends shaping the $6 trillion food and beverage industry? My totally awesome brands featured here take us deep into the world of sustainability, plant-based, food tech, CBD, and good for you. Want to learn how to grow a brand? Scale a brand? I've got you covered. 

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Aaron Hinde, the co-founder and President of LIFEAID, explains how the 10-year overnight success came into being one of the top functional beverage brands. Functional drinks are claiming more retail shelf space and eCommerce has never been better for the category. But if you think your homemade brew is ready for primetime, STOP and listen to Aaron's authentic story of how his brand got a foothold in the market. His practical advice is a must listen to for beverage start-ups.

Connect with Aaron Hinde on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronhinde/

LIFEAID: https://www.lifeaidbevco.com/

My special guest host, Kevin Scott, is a former Coca-Cola executive with more than 30+ years of experience in the beverage world. He is my resident beverage SME. Kevin's unique insights and curiosity cannot be heard anywhere else! Kevin Scott on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-scott-14b14b7/

About your Host Tony Moore and the Winning at Work podcast:

• Are you looking for a fun and light-hearted podcast to stay current on the trends shaping the $6 trillion food and beverage industry? My totally awesome brands featured here take us deep into the world of sustainability, plant-based, food tech, CBD, and good for you. Want to learn how to grow a brand? Scale a brand? I've got you covered. 

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