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Ep 268 Teach the World to Love Your Brand

2026-10-2036:57

Send us Fan Mail Stephanie talks with Diana Panek, Senior Creative Director at Enthuse Marketing, a woman-owned agency focused on education-led marketing. Diana has spent 15+ years on packaging, shopper programs, and in-store campaigns for major spirits and consumer brands. Diana shares her path from fine art to design to marketing, and explains why education-led marketing is about building brand love, not giving a lecture. Give people what they need at each touch point, and they become advoc...

Small Bites with Stephanie | 4 Steps For A Holiday Bundle That Sells

2026-10-0604:28

Send us Fan Mail Want more holiday sales without launching something new? In this Small Bites episode, Stephanie walks you through creating an easy holiday bundle, tying it to Black Friday, and selling through the network you already have. And you can grab the free Holiday Bundle Planner to map it all out. Grab your planner -->> https://www.foodbizsuccess.com/Holiday-Bundle-download 👋We're Food Business Success®. We mentor early-stage founders with real coaching, strategy,...

Ep 267 9 Questions To Ask Your Packaging Supplier

2026-09-2930:28

Send us Fan Mail Sustainable packaging sounds simple until you're the one trying to figure out what "sustainable" actually means for your product. In this episode, Peter Mohr, Director of Business Development at Eco Enclose, sits down with Stephanie, breaks it all down. Peter has spent nearly a decade in packaging after starting his career running Naturally Boulder. Together, Peter and Stephanie get into the real questions founders should be asking their packaging suppliers, from material thi...

Small Bites with Stephanie | Pick a Channel, Not a Chase

2026-09-2203:04

Send us Fan Mail When's the last time you chose a growth channel, Amazon, a new retailer, DTC, because it was genuinely the right move for your brand? Not because an opportunity happened to land in your inbox? Most first-time founders are reactive with channel growth. Chasing opportunity wherever it shows up feels productive, but without a strategy behind it, you're often not ready for what comes next. In this episode, Stephanie breaks down the three things a real channel strategy comes down ...

EP 266 Sari & Meg of Bifrost Butters

2026-09-1537:24

Send us Fan Mail Meet Meg Wittenmeyer of Bifrost Butters. She and her husband Joel founded this chef-inspired compound butter brand in 2024. Meg shares a fantastic year of momentum with Sari that includes reworking their packaging from hand-wrapped logs to premium paper tubes with designer Christopher, landing their first big retail goal at Kowalski's stores after placements in two other retailers, and exhibiting at the Fancy Food Show in NYC, which was key to some of those placements. ...

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