Subscribing to Wellness

Today on Subscribing to Wellness, we are joined by Elisa Marshall, Co-Founder of Maman. What started as an independent soho café and bakery in October 2014 is now a leading lifestyle brand that boasts cafés across New York City, Montreal, and Toronto, plus retail items so you can ‘take maman home’ with you. Open seven days a week, maman offers a selection of delicious baked goods, coffee, fresh breakfast and lunch options, and seated lunch, brunch, and a full bar at selected locations. They serve a broad menu of hearty farm fresh salads, quiches, sandwiches, and of course pastries and sweets - you can’t leave without trying our famous nutty chocolate chip cookie, named one of ‘oprah’s favorite things’ for 2017 and and one of the best chocolate chip cookies in new york from ny magazine.

Today on Subscribing to Wellness we are joined by GoNanas Co-Founders, Morgan Lerner and Annie Slabotsky. Morgan and Annie were neighbors in their freshman year college dorm at the University of Michigan. What started out as a love for banana bread and baking together, turned into how can they “healthify” the staple that so many people love. They started baking mini loaves and selling them locally in Ann Arbor and eventually shifted the business to baking mixes. Today they are sold all over the country and recently launched nationwide in Whole Foods. We unpack the transition from baked loaves to mixes, their limited edition collab drop model, how they craft their unique flavors and so much more!

Today on Subscribing To Wellness we are joined by Zach & Val Fishbain, founders of Spread The Love. Spread The Love is a self-funded food brand specializing in spreadables. They only use all-natural premium ingredients in their products and produce almond butter, peanut butter and jam in small batches. They strategically focus on e-commerce and foodservice channels throughout the US and supply select natural grocery stores. They have been self-funded since the early days and we dive in on some of the benefits and challenges of avoiding traditional VC.

Today on Subscribing to Wellness, we are joined by Derek Flanzraich, CEO of Ness. Ness is a fintech company that offers credit cards to reduce the cost of wellcare, so everyone can afford to be healthy. 

Today on Subscribing to Wellness we are joined by Native Pet Co-Founders, Dan Schaefer and Pat Barron. Their products utilize whole-food and superfood ingredients to harness the healing powers found in nature to bolster the health and well-being of our pets. When Dan was looking for better nutrition for his Labrador retriever, Louie, he found that brands were really missing the mark. He quickly realized that kibble was base nutrition and if he wanted to customize Louie's diet for his own unique needs, he required a tailored regimen of kibble coupled with supplements. In an effort to make this realization a reality, Dan called on his childhood friend, Pat Barron, who had a similar passion for pets, food systems and entrepreneurship and together, they founded Native Pet in 2017.

Today on Subscribing to Wellness we are joined by founder and president of Seven Sundays, Hannah Barnstable. Seven Sundays is redefining the cereal aisle and breakfast time. The company is a certified B corp and all of their products are allergen friendly. The company started as solely a muesli brand and now in addition to muesli offers customers upcycled Sunflower Cereal, upcycled Oat Protein Cereal, keto granola, and protein oatmeal.

Today on Subscribing to Wellness we are Joined by 4th and Heart CEO, Max Dichter. Ghee is a filtered butter reduction, and a staple ingredient in traditional Indian cooking. It has a higher smoke point – which makes it great for cooking – is full of healthy fats like CLA, and boasts a nutty, delicious flavor. 4th and Heart is working to bring Ghee to the mainstream and is the category leader with innovating on flavor and form factor.  

We talk to Max about their new ghee sticks and innovating on form, driving growth in the category, and much more.

Today on Subscribing to Wellness we are joined by founder and CEO of Sprout Living, Mark Malinsky. Mark started Sprout in 2012. The company makes plant-based products with thoughtful formulations from the cleanest organic ingredients. The focus from the beginning has been in active nutrition, and now are slowly expanding into more functional foods and snacks geared towards everyone. The company's main product line is Epic Protein, which is a multi-source, superfood based plant protein. This is not only our favorite protein on the podcast, but this conversation is one you won’t want to miss.

Today on Subscribing to Wellness we are joined by Marc Washinton, founder and CEO of Supergut. Supergut is a  brand offering clinically validated and rigorously tested shakes and bars that support gut health and overall well being. We dig into what prebiotic fiber is, the role gut health plays in our everyday lives and what resistant starch is and why it's so crucial to our overall well being.

Today on Subscribing to Wellness we are joined by Gigantic Founder, Stu Davidoff. Gigantic makes  the “sortasweet candy bar.” Think about your favorite twix or hersey chocolate bar, but Plant-based and made with only 7 grams of sugar. The company has four flavors, banana pecan, almond horchata, salted peanut and double dark mink. Stu created the brand with bold, retro packaging. The bars are reminiscent of old-school candy rather than something you’d find in the health food aisle. We talk with Stu about flipping the candy aisle on its head.