We're talking ~shop~ (grocery shopping that is) with Weaver Street Market's merchandising manager James Watts! The market was founded in 1988 (Watts has been there since 1992) as a pioneer for modern grocery store co-ops that allowed duality of ownership between shoppers and workers. We speak to Watts about how Weaver Street Market creates an empowering workplace and engages consumers with interesting products. Tune in to hear more!

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The NC F&B Podcast is Produced and Engineered by Max Trujillo of Trujillo Media

For booking or questions about he show, contact: [email protected]

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Hospitality industry veterans, Max Trujillo and Matthew Weiss, get behind the scenes of North Carolina's burgeoning food and beverage culture. Hear from local chefs, sommelier's, distillers, farmers, brewers and the whole lot of them in the NC F&Bpodcast.

Max is a front-of-house veteran/sommelier that moved from Los Angeles to North Carolina in 2013. Since moving to North Carolina, he's run restaurants, designed wine programs and builds craft cocktail menus and now produces multiple podcasts.

Matthew is a certified sommelier from New York. His experience ranges from restaurant/bar to importing some of the finest wines in the world. He moved his family to North Carolina three years ago and works as a wine distributor.

For questions, comments and booking, contact us at [email protected]

Eat & Drink Merrily!