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The CPG Guys

Season 1

April 16, 2025

Everything Artificial Intelligence with Applied Intelligence's Imteaz…

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode straight from Sydney, Australia by Imteaz Ahamed, founder and CEO of an artificial intelligence platform called Applied Intelligence. This episode is contextual for the CPG industry and ...

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April 12, 2025

Community Grocery Retail In the Digital Age with IGA’s Michael La Kier

The CPG Guys are joined by Michael La Kier, Vice President Brand Development at the Independent Grocers Alliance (IGA) the largest affiliation of independent grocers in the U.S. andaround the world, boasting 2,500 U.S. stores...

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April 9, 2025

What's Brewing in Omnichannel with illycaffè's Cristian Arcangeli

In this episode, the CPG Guys are joined by Cristian Arcangeli, Vice President of Omnichannel and Customer Experience at illycaffè, an Italian family business, founded in Trieste in 1933 and committed to offering the greatest...

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April 5, 2025

Benchmarking Retail Media Networks with The Path to Purchase Institut…

The CPG Guys welcome the senior editor of the Path to Purchase Institute, Cyndi Loza, to discuss the latest retail media networks benchmarking report produced by them and the results. Some outcomes will surprise you, some are...

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April 3, 2025

ABC's of a Startup Brand Launch with Doughlicious founder Kathryn Bri…

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by the founder of Doughlicious - the London dough company. Indulgent, yet healthy cookies - yes, that's whipping up treats in her kitchen to becoming London’s cookie queen, Kathryn Bric...

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April 1, 2025

Shoptalk 2025 Recap With The CPGGUYS

The CPGGUYS cover the recently concluded Shoptalk spring 2025 from Las Vegas. What a show! Besides our opening networking reception, we had a chance to meet up with many brands, retailers and of course all our sponsors. This ...

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March 26, 2025

Brand Commercial Growth with Sargento’s GM Erin Price

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by Sargento Foods General Manager, Erin Price. She is a General manager with significant experience in strategic planning, marketing, communications and brand management at leading CPG f...

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March 22, 2025

Consumer Motivations With NielsenIQ’s COO Tracey Massey

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Tracey Massey, Chief Operating Officer at NielsenIQ, the world’s leading consumer intelligence company, delivering the most complete understanding of consumer buying behavior and rev...

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March 19, 2025

The Intersection of Data & Media with Canadian Tire’s Simone Lumsden

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Simone Lumsden, SVP of Triangle Loyalty & Retail Media at Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”), one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies that includes a retail segmen...

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March 15, 2025

Women In Retail Media Collective join The CPG Guys

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode by Emma Helsloot and Ana Laura Zain - cofounders of the Women in Retail Media Collective. Their mission :Connect, grow, and lead via a community designed to empower women to shape the f...

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March 12, 2025

Live from Commerce Media Brand Summit with Bayer's Chelsey Alexander

In this episode, the CPG Guys are joined by Chelsey Alexander, Vice President, Emerging Digital Platforms at Bayer Consumer Health. The episode was recorded in Atlanta GA at the Commerce Brand Media Summit in March 2025. Foll...

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March 9, 2025

The CPGGUYS February 2025 industry rank punditry

The CPGGUYS Sri Rajagopalan & Peter VS Bond muse the month that passed by. February means CAGNY - the annual Wall St analyst conference (Consumer Analyst Group of NY). Here, we got to meet several of the financial analysts an...

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March 5, 2025

Customer First Decisions with Kellanova CCO Carrie Sander

In this episode, the CPG guys speak with Carrie Sander, Chief Customer Officer at Kellanova, formerly the snacks division of The Kellogg Company. Find Carrie on LinkedIn at: http://linkedin.com/in/carrie-sander-b634b04 Find K...

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March 1, 2025

Leadership with Sam's Club's EVP & CXO Diana Marshall

The CPGGUYS were joined live at CES during the annual show in Las Vegas by Sam's club Chief experience officer & EVP - Diana Marshall. This is a leadership class for vendors on how to be successful at Sam's club and her own l...

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Feb. 25, 2025

Live from CAGNY 2025 with RBC Capital Markets' Nik Modi

The CPG Guys interview RBC Capital Markets' Managing Director Nik Modi at the 2025 Consumer Analyst Group of New York conference in Orlando FL. Follow Nik Modi on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nik-modi-675926/ Foll...

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Feb. 24, 2025

The CPG Industry CAGNY 2025 Recap By The CPGGUYS

In this episode, the CPG Guys analyze the 2025 Consumer Analyst Group of New York (CAGNY) conference. To learn more about CAGNY, click here: https://consumeranalystgroupny.com/ To access all of the CAGNY presentations, click ...

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Feb. 22, 2025

THE OMNIES -The 2024 CPGGUYS Omnichannel Awards with NielsenIQ

This special episode of The CPGGUYS features four guests - the WINNERS of our 2024 Omnichannel awards - 'The OMNIES'. The Omnies recognizes a select few every year that have dedicated a career to evolving from brick & mortar ...

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Feb. 20, 2025

Scaling Better For You Brands with Nature's Bakery CEO Steve Gardiner

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by the CEO of Nature's bakery - Steve Gardiner. He has previously held roles in commercial leadership at Henkel and PepsiCo. We personally love the portfolio and the Fig bars are our fav...

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Feb. 15, 2025

The Big Picture with Danone's Christian Stammkoetter

This is a special episode from our partner podcast - The FMCG Guys. They recently had Christian Stammkoetter , who is Danone ’s President AMEA (Asia Middle East Africa) and Member of the Executive Committee. He joins Efrain a...

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Feb. 10, 2025

Super Bowl 2025 Ads Recap

In this episode, the CPG Guys review all of the television ads that played in Super Bowl 59, February 9, 2025. This episode is sponsored by Recess - 'helps CPG brands connect with their key retail shoppers, delivering experie...

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Feb. 8, 2025

Live from Chile at Walmart Connect's Accelerate Supplier Summit with …

PVSB himself is the guest in this episode as the tables are turned and he is interviewed by Lucas Barros, Head of Walmart Connect Chile. This episode was recorded in December 2024 at the Walmart Chile Accelerate Suppliers Sum...

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Feb. 5, 2025

Retail Media Executive Education May 2025 with Cornell University's D…

The CPG Guys are joined in this episode with Cornell University executive director for the food industry programming and faculty at the Johnson School of Management to discuss the first Executive Education programming on reta...

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Feb. 2, 2025

Brand Retail Media Spend Sentiments from CES LIVE with CVS Media Exch…

The CPGGUYS host Parbinder Dhariwal - VP of CVS Media Exchange and Andrew Lipsman from Media, Ads + Commerce for a LIVE fireside chat while at CES. This discussion is all about the latest retail media budget sentiment execute...

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Jan. 29, 2025

The Annual FMI mid winter conference and its relevance to the food in…

The CPGGUYS are joined in this episode by FMI CCO Mark Baum. FMI, the food industry association, provides leadership to retailers and wholesalers of food, beverage, and consumer products, along with their manufacturer/supplie...

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