It’s not often you get the opportunity to chat with a successful brand co founder that sold to a multinational for 200 Million Pounds just 10 years after launching their brand in the UK.

The brand is of course Grenade. Launching in the UK in 2010 with the vision of being an iconic weight loss product and the go to brand within Sports Nutrition.

This really is a fabulous chat with Juliet Barratt who with husband Alan identified a gap in the market then took the Grenade brand into 80 countries over a decade, before selling to Mondelez International in 2021.

This is a great listen for anyone in the food and beverage game. I hope you enjoy episode #26 of The Food Mentor Podcast.

https://www.business-sale.com/news/business-sale/mondelez-acquires-grenade-at-40x-multiple-221314

David Burns is also the founder of DJB Food Group and Creme design helping manufacturers, brands and entrepreneurs develop innovative new products and brands to supply into retail. Also see davidjburns speaker, because we love talking about this industry.

Would you like to be a guest on our show or sponsor an episode to reach your target audience?
Connect with us anytime david@djbfoodgroup.com

Today we are talking all things chewing gum.

But not any old chewing gum.

A big welcome to Marie Hatzimihalis the founder of Honest Gum (other wise known as The Gum Girl)

Honest Gum is the new frontier of chewing gum - ethically crafted and sustainably made and unlike other chewing gums on the market Honest Gum is made without a synthetic gum base.

Honest Gum is also packed with real ingredients and all natural flavours.

Marie founded Honest Gum 10 years ago and like any brand has enjoyed a fabulous roller coaster journey to arrive here in August 2024.

I hope you enjoy this episode of The Food Mentor Podcast.

Follow the Honest Gum journey at
Insta; Honestgum
&
https://www.honestgum.com.au/

David Burns is also the founder of DJB Food Group and Creme design helping manufacturers, brands and entrepreneurs develop innovative new products and brands to supply into retail. Also see davidjburns speaker, because we love talking about this industry.

Would you like to be a guest on our show or sponsor an episode to reach your target audience?
Connect with us anytime david@djbfoodgroup.com

Today we are chatting with an industry colleague of mine Tony Hunter.

I met Tony about 5 years ago and I must say my first chat with him was extremely fascinating to say the least.

Tony lives in Brisbane here in Australia and is a Food Futurist, renowned for helping manufacturers, retailers and the food industry in general understand what the future of food will look like in 10, 20 and 30+ years time.

We all love talking about trends and what could be next – but this chat is on another new level, where we look at what’s in store for generations to come.

Tony is also a popular key note speaker on this fascinating topic of “The future of food” travelling frequently to exotic parts of the world helping to educate the industry on how to keep up in this rapidly changing food landscape that we live in.

How will technology and AI impact food manufacturing in years to come?

Alternative proteins, cell based meat, precision fermentation are just a few of the topics we chat through.

This is truly a fascinating episode, whereas always you will meet someone very interesting and learn something new – guaranteed.

I hope you enjoy this episode of The Food Mentor Podcast.

Tony’s website is here;
https://futuristforfood.com/

David Burns is also the founder of DJB Food Group and Creme design helping manufacturers, brands and entrepreneurs develop innovative new products and brands to supply into retail. Also see davidjburns speaker, because we love talking about this industry.

Would you like to be a guest on our show or sponsor an episode to reach your target audience?
Connect with us anytime david@djbfoodgroup.com