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Boxed Water: The Rise of Lifestyle Brands and The Fall of Plastic with Rob Koenen, CRO/CMO, Boxed Water and Matt Kovacs, President Blaze PR

Season 3 Episode 1
~ Boxed Water: The Rise of Lifestyle Brands and The Fall of Plastic ~
Connect with Rob Koenen https://www.linkedin.com/in/rob-koenen-6550017/
Connect with Matt Kovacs https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattjkovacs/
Connect with Tony Moore https://www.linkedin.com/in/differentbetterspecialbrands/
ATTRACT the hidden candidate market with a novel candidate attraction program (DEMO)
Matt Kovacs and Rob Koenen join me to discuss the rise in lifestyle brands and why Boxed Water resonates with consumers - here is a HINT - plastic is AWFUL!
Boxed Water
Fast facts
The Plastic industry
Why lifestyle brands are important to people
Disruptor brand
Selling and partnership strategies
Alaska Airlines
Social impact
Rapid fire
 
About me and my mission and podcast:
Are you looking for a fun and light-hearted podcast to discover unique brands and learn about the people and strategies successful companies are implementing in the CPG and Food and Beverage Industry?  The brands featured here take us into the world of innovation, sustainability, good for you, lifestyle, QSR, Foodservice, Distribution, DTC, Club, and more.
I am a fun-loving business leader, podcaster, husband, dad, cyclist, and Convention of States volunteer in my spare time. My mission is to discover the people and ideas behind these different, better, and special companies.  My skills are in leadership, talent acquisition strategies, corporate hiring, sales, entrepreneurship, and backseat driving. I created a novel 6-week candidate attraction program talent acquisition that engages the 70% of the workforce not actively applying for jobs. See the DEMO. Say goodbye to traditional! 
Contact me: Tony@timpl.com
Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/differentbetterspecialbrands/
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Pastry Chef Entrepreneur and Founder of Ruani, Ani Mamtora E 158

Anirudh "Ani" Mamtora is a classically trained pastry chef who studied and trained in France and traveled the world perfecting his love of sweet pastries. Ani represents every food entrepreneur that has a fantastic-tasting product and dreams of turning their baked treat into a brand. Ani has much to tell us about his journey. There are still many more summits to climb and as he scales, we will be there learning through him. 
I give you Ani Mamtora, Pastry Chef Entrepreneur and founder of Ruani, maker of adaptogenic brownies. 
Ruani
Origin Story
Why Ashwagandha
Union Kitchen
MOSH Pitch Slam Winner - 2022 
Key Learnings
Biggest Challenges
Crowdfunding & Bootstrapping
Ideas around community building
Connect with Ani: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anirudh-mamtora-47a7444b/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ruani-llc/
https://www.eatruani.com/
 
About your Host Tony Moore and the Winning at Work podcast:
Connect with me on LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/differentbetterspecialbrands/
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. 
Join me on my mission to discover what makes these companies different, better, and special.
Episode 158 is sponsored by: Timpl Search - National Food and Beverage headhunters for sales, marketing, innovation, and operations. https://www.timplsearch.com/
Contact: Tony Moore. 404-904-9235. Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/differentbetterspecialbrands/
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Sarilla & The East Africa Mission with Sara Delaney, CEO Sarilla Sparkling E157

Sara Delaney suffered through a difficult personal trauma. How would she pick up the pieces of her life? Could she? Pulling herself up, she looked for healing and found her inspiration in the women of Rwanda who survived the horrific genocide in 1994.  From her personal experiences and the life-saving gift she found in East Africa, she vowed to pay it forward and bless those that helped her. Discover a truly unique mission-based enterprise & functional beverage brand in this episode with Sara Delaney, CEO of Sarilla Sparkling.
 
Sarilla Sparkling
Origin Story
East Africa
Tea and its effects
Staying connected
BevNet 2022 - WINNER
Trends in functional beverages
0% alcohol VS Sparkling Water
Challenges with making claims on packaging
Authenticity
MOAT
Connect with Sara: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarastenderdelaney/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/sarilla-sparkling/
https://drinksarilla.co/
About your Host Tony Moore and the Winning at Work podcast:
Connect with me on LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/differentbetterspecialbrands/
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. 
Join me on my mission to discover what makes these companies different, better, and special.
Episode 157 is sponsored by: Timpl Search - National Food and Beverage headhunters for sales, marketing, innovation, and operations. https://www.timplsearch.com/
Contact: Tony Moore. 404-904-9235. Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/differentbetterspecialbrands/
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Reinventing the Food Experience with Nekter CEO, Steve Schulze E156

With a reach of 180 restaurants across 22 states and 150 more planned, Steve's Schulze's mission to reinvent the food experience is flourishing. Consumers want delicious AND "Good for You." Steve's vision and strategic planning enabled Nekter to flourish, and he shares his wisdom and key learnings with us in this episode of Winning at Work.
Reinventing the Food Experience
Origin story
Small menus
Functional trends
QSR Trends
Dynamic Pricing is not an option
Culture Wins out
Main Theme - Franchising Strategy
Connect with Steve on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-schulze-34820696/
https://www.nekterjuicebar.com/
https://www.nekterfranchising.com/
 
About your Host Tony Moore and the Winning at Work podcast:
Connect with me on LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/differentbetterspecialbrands/
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. 
Join me on my mission to discover what makes these companies different, better, and special.
Episode 156 is sponsored by: Timpl Search - National Food and Beverage headhunters for sales, marketing, innovation, and operations. https://www.timplsearch.com/
Contact: Tony Moore. 404-904-9235. Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/differentbetterspecialbrands/
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The Greatest Gift One Can Give with Michael Fiato, SVP Guest Experience, Eurest E155

Whether you manage a single person or an organization of over 10,000, you each have the same responsibility! How do you connect a company's mission and vision to an employee's purpose in life? Folks the HR game has changed! Employees have the power now. They want an experience, not just a paycheck.  
Today I bring you a great storyteller who has helped his organization stay on trend - Michael Fiato, SVP of Guest Experience at Eurest (part of Compass - the multi-billion foodservice giant).
Have you given your employees the greatest gift?
Connecting on an emotional level
Generational changes in the workforce
Power has shifted
A change is needed in interviewing techniques
lead with what you need
George Zimmerman - brilliant marketing idea for his own people!
The Voice of the Customer program 
Peak End Theory
Assessments
Servant Leadership
 
Connect with Mike: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-fiato-a2b05039/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/eurest/
https://www.compass-group.se/
About your Host Tony Moore and the Winning at Work podcast:
Connect with me on LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/differentbetterspecialbrands/
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. 
Join me on my mission to discover what makes these companies different, better, and special.
Episode 155 is sponsored by: Timpl Search - National Food and Beverage headhunters for sales, marketing, innovation, and operations. https://www.timplsearch.com/
Contact: Tony Moore. 404-904-9235. Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/differentbetterspecialbrands/
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How TiNDLE Scaled Plant-Based Chicken to 1,500 Restaurants in 9 countries in only 2 years! with Andre Menezes, CEO and Co-Founder, Next Gen Foods E154

It's so simple it's brilliant! Ask 100 food or beverage entrepreneurs how or why they started their businesses. For some, they knew they had a great product and they expanded from the family kitchen outward. Some find whitespaces - niche areas that are underserved.  Others start with a mission and are purpose-driven first. Andre and his co-founder started with a global mission and built a business model to solve that need. It enabled them to raise over $100 million and expand to 9 countries. 
Origin Story
What is in a name?
Animal Farming is inefficient
Macro and Microtrends in plant-based
Billions of animals are slaughtered every year 
Why plant-based has struggled
TiNDLE business model
Connect with Andre: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andre-menezes/
https://tindle.com/
About your Host Tony Moore and the Winning at Work podcast:
Connect with me on LI: https://www.linkedin.com/in/differentbetterspecialbrands/
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. 
Join me on my mission to discover what makes these companies different, better, and special.
Episode 154 is sponsored by: Timpl Search - National Food and Beverage headhunters for sales, marketing, innovation, and operations. https://www.timplsearch.com/
Contact: Tony Moore. 404-904-9235. Follow me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/differentbetterspecialbrands/
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https://www.linkedin.com/in/andre-menezes/

George Washington’s First Thanksgiving Day Proclamation

Happy Thanksgiving all!  
Here are a few other famous Quotes from our Founding Fathers (from www.Wallbuilders.org)
About five weeks into the Constitutional Convention of 1787 when they were attempting to draft the U. S. Constitution, their efforts were a signal failure. As things were beginning to break up and delegates return home to their states, (Benjamin) Franklin challenged them and called them to prayer. He told them: In this situation of this Assembly, groping as it were in the dark to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of Lights to illuminate our understanding? In the beginning of the contest with Great Britain, when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayer in this room for the Divine protection. Our prayers, sir, were heard, and they were graciously answered. All of us who were engaged in the struggle must have observed frequent instances of a superintending Providence in our favor. . . . And have we now forgotten that powerful Friend? Or do we imagine we no longer need His assistance? I have lived, sir, a long time, and the longer I live, the more convincing proofs I see of this truth – that God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without His notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without His aid? We have been assured, sir, in the Sacred Writings, that “except the Lord build the House, they labor in vain that build it.” I firmly believe this; and I also believe that without His concurring aid we shall succeed in this political building no better than the builders of Babel. . . . I therefore beg leave to move that henceforth prayers imploring the assistance of Heaven, and its blessings on our deliberations, be held in this Assembly every morning before we proceed to business
The experiment is made and has completely succeeded – it can no longer be called in question whether authority in magistrates [civil leaders] and obedience of citizens can be grounded on reason, morality, and the Christian religion.” [20] “The general principles on which the fathers achieved independence were. . . . the general principles of Christianity.” [21] President John Adams
“[The Bible] is the rock on which our Republic rests.”  [22]President Andrew Jackson
“[The Bible] is the best gift God has given to men. All the good the Savior gave to the world was communicated through this book. But for it, we could not know right from wrong.”[25]President Abraham Lincoln
“No candid observer will deny that whatever of good there may be in our American civilization is the product of Christianity. Still less can he deny that the grand motives which are working for the elevation and purification of our society are strictly Christian. . . . A belief in Jesus Christ is the very fountainhead of everything that is desirable and praiseworthy in our civilization, and this civilization is the flower of time.” [26] “[T]he teachings of the Bible are so interwoven and entwined with our whole civic and social life that it would be literally – I do not mean figuratively, I mean literally – impossible for us to figure to ourselves what that life would be if these teachings were removed.” [27] President Teddy Roosevelt
 

Plant-Based Meat expert, Sadrah Schadel, the CEO of No Evil Foods on Launching a DTC Crowdfunded Website ~ Special Announcement ~

We're No Evil Foods, and we can hear your stomachs rumbling. We know you're hungry for our Plant Meat and that you've had a hard time getting your hands on them in local stores. We're tired of bumming you out, so we're taking matters into our own hands and bringing our meats back to the masses, via your front door! Help us relaunch our online Butcher Shop so we can ship our Plant Meat to hungry mouths coast-to-coast!  With your help, we'll be able to redesign our website and reestablish the direct-to-your-doorstep access you've been asking for. The new website will be more user-friendly and allow you to sign up for monthly subscription boxes so you're never without Plant Meat again.  Contribute: https://numarket.co/fund/no-evil
No Evil Foods stands for simple AF* ingredients that you can recognize and pronounce. Our range of killer Plant Meat is boldly seasoned, nutrient-dense, wildly versatile, and healthy enough to make a daily habit out of. Each of our 5 flavors is made from a blend of pantry staples that you'll be happy to see on the ingredient label. Whether you're team Pit Boss or team Cluck, we need you. Haven't tried our new Best Life Beef yet? Bet it will become a new favorite. You can mix & match to build a box of Plant Meat as flavorful and fun as you are. And the best part? You'll get 120% of your contribution back in credits to use towards your steady supply of No Evil.
Crowdfunding goal: $50,000
Sponsor/ Matcher: HigherRing
Match Ceiling: $1000
HigherRing supports small CPG & eCommerce companies with expert fractional and full-time onshore operations support, including customer service, supply chain & wholesale operations, financial operations, social media, and executive assistance. We are a proud B Corp and member of 1% for the Planet.  No Evil Food has rocked the plant-based food world with its delicious product and its advocacy, and we are excited to support its campaign.
Support the sponsor for the generous matching!  https://www.higherring.com/our-services
Contribute: https://numarket.co/fund/no-evil
Thank you for the support!