JPG Resources - Food & Beverage Innovation

🧡 Happy Thanksgiving from our JPG family to yours 🧡

What an amazing few weeks at MISTA's Growth Hack! From our team, Serena Garcia joined MISTA partners and startups to focus on ingredients made with biomass fermentation. The growth hack culminated in a two-day event last week, consisting of a technical symposium, presentations from the 14 discovery teams, and samplings of the culinary creations! Check out AgFunder's latest article, it's packed with interesting information from the event 👉https://hubs.li/Q02ZHyfz0 A big thank you from our team to everyone who participated this year. It was a wonderful experience! D'Anne Hayman, Jeff Grogg, Marc Halperin, Celine Schiff-Deb, CCD Innovation, #foodtech #fermentation #growthhack #biomass #futureoffood

Rocelle Clavero-Grabarek, one of our quality & food safety experts, knows that consistent production runs are a key component to a brand's success. She often acts as a liaison between a brand and its co-manufacturer, defining risk areas and discussing process steps on the line. In this month's article 🔗 https://hubs.li/Q02Z28Fc0, she shares tips and practical advice to create a compliant and sustainable Q&FS program. Rocelle has shown her expertise time and time again, including: 🌎 Developing in-plant customized food safety training materials for over 50 plants domestically and internationally 📝 Evaluating the adequacy of microbial intervention strategies to achieve target log reduction as per regulatory requirements 🔎 Investigating pathogen contamination events leading to the enhancement of suppliers' food safety/sanitation programs ...and much more! If you're interested in working with Rocelle or other members of our JPG Talent team, send us or David Pelyhes a message! #JPGTalent #FoodandBeverage #CPGIndustry #Quality #FoodSafety #BrandSuccess

Thanks for sharing these valuable insights with us Kevin W.!

Have you ever wondered why we regularly post blog articles, and how on earth we choose our topics? 🤔 There's SO much to think of and keep track of when you're in the F&B industry, especially as a founder or working with a smaller team. Each month, we write about an issue or topic that multiple clients have come to us recently to help solve. We aim to provide a basic knowledge around the topic, using real-world examples from our JPG Talent experts, along with practical tips and ways to look at the situation. This month, we explain the importance of having an expert review your Q&FS protocol, and dive into the following key steps we use to create a compliant and robust plan: 🔎 Assessing your coman's current program 📑 Developing (and approving!) your brand's Q&FS guide ⚙️ Successfully executing your plan during production runs You can read this month's article here 👉 https://hubs.li/Q02YHLzb0 #FoodandBeverage #CPGIndustry #Quality #FoodSafety #Protocol #Blog

If you didn't know, Serena Garcia has been part of MISTA's Growth Hack, which is focused on biomass fermentation! They've completed a week of creating food applications for their sustainable ingredients, and next week they'll bring in additional people to taste test!

Are you going to PLMA's Private Label Trade Show next week? We are! From our team, Jeff Grogg, JPG's Founder and Managing Director, Paul Vilker, CSCP, General Manager at SnackWerks, and Eric Stief, Strategic Partnerships Business Partner will be walking the floor Nov 17-19 and would love to connect! Send them a message or reply in the comments below 💬, and we'll find a time to meet at the show. Looking forward to seeing you there! #FoodandBeverage #CPGIndustry #TradeShow #Networking #Chicago PLMA - Private Label Manufacturers Association

What trends did you spot at Supply Side West 2024? 🔍 We are continuing to see the overlap between food and supplement grow both on the shelf and with the increase in traditional food forward vendors showing up with messaging aimed at the health and wellness space. In general investment, we heard about more capacity coming on line, or available already.  It would seem that comans are open for business and have the capacity to take on new clients. Overall, our team thoroughly enjoyed meeting new companies, chatting with comans about capabilities, and reconnecting with old friends like VIVIFY to talk all things color, sweetener and sugar alternatives. Hope you had a great time as well! #FoodandBeverage #SSWEXPO #Expo #CPGIndustry #HealthandWellness

"While standard innovation launch timing keeps getting tighter each year, we are also seeing remarkable cross functional teams come together, making timing we once thought impossible a reality." Danielle Habitz, a project manager here at JPG Talent, is so passionate about getting brands to a successful launch! She shares her perspective on the impact shorter timelines have on innovation in our latest blog article 👉https://hubs.li/Q02XhzGz0 Danielle has successfully led projects within: ✔️ Global innovation teams, supporting top line growth of $200M+ GSV ✔️ Supply chain initiatives to solve major production challenges for a CPG corporation ✔️ Capital planning for the North America division of a major CPG corporation ...and much more! If you're interested in working with Danielle, or want to learn more about JPG Talent, reach out to David Pelyhes or comment below and we'll be in touch! #JPGTalent #FoodandBeverage #CPGIndustry #Innovation #CrossFunctionalTeams

If you haven't signed up for Thursday's Naturally New York webinar, there's still time! Register today and secure your spot 👉 https://hubs.li/Q02WZ1Lp0 Veronica Lehman, along with representatives from Kerry, Nutter, and PartnerSlate, will share their industry expertise on navigating the complexities of co-manufacturer relationships. The panel will cover topics like: 1️⃣ Creating comprehensive MSAs 2️⃣ Setting and maintaining high-quality standards 3️⃣ Efficiently procuring and fulfilling your production needs 4️⃣ Mitigating risks with backup suppliers and contingency plans ...and More See you on Thursday! #JPGTalent #FoodandBeverage #CPGIndustry #Comanufacturers #Partnerships