The Cannabis Packaged Goods Podcast

In this latest episode of the Cannabis Packaged Goods Podcast, Cy Scott interviews Patrick Larkin. Patrick has over 30 years of executive leadership experience in consumer package goods companies and is responsible for driving commercial excellence, distribution, and revenue growth for the Curaleaf portfolio of brands within the United States wholesale channel. He joins Curaleaf from Laws Bourbon, an award winning distillery, headquartered in Denver, Colorado where he served as Executive Vice President of Sales & Marketing. Before his tenure at Laws, Mr. Larkin spent 15 years as Executive Vice President of the global beverage leader VOSS Water of Norway. Prior to this, he served in multiple executive sales & marketing roles at The Manhattan Distribution Group and The Coors Brewing Company.https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-larkin-/https://curaleaf.comhttps://selectcannabis.com/cliq/

In this latest episode of the Cannabis Packaged Goods Podcast, Cy Scott interviews Douglas ‘Duffy' MacKay, ND, who is Senior Vice President of CV Sciences, makers of PlusCBD™. Dr. MacKay is responsible for scientific and regulatory affairs functions that drive product quality, safety and innovation. He serves as a member of the CRN Board of Directors, American Botanical Council (ABC) Advisory Board, and FDLI CannabisDerived Products Committee, as well has earned his naturopathic medical degree from the National University of Natural Medicine in Portland, Oregon. We are thrilled to Dr. MacKay here on CPG and we hope you enjoy the discussion! Please remember to subscribe and share this episode.https://www.linkedin.com/in/duffy-mackay-6ab19b12/https://www.cvsciences.com

In this episode of the CPG Podcast we get to talk with Meredith Mahoney President at Lantern — a direct-to-consumer cannabis e-commerce and product delivery platform based in Boston Massachusetts. Meredith is an experienced executive with a record of building lucrative brands like Wayfair and Follain from the ground up, in fast-paced, high growth environments. We ask her about the origins of Lantern, how it operates across several US legal cannabis markets, and its unique contributions to social equity in this new industry. A fascinating conversation with a fascinating leader, we hope you enjoy the discussion.https://www.linkedin.com/in/meredith-mahoney/https://lanternnow.comhttps://www.cannabisdeliveryincubator.com

In this episode we sit down with Vishal Rungta Co-founder, President, CFO of C3 Industries. C3I launched in spring 2018 with a state-of-the-art, 36,000-square-foot indoor cultivation facility in the St. Johns neighborhood of Portland, Oregon. Within six months of opening, C3I's premium indoor flower brand, Cloud Cover Cannabis, became one of the top five indoor flower brands in Oregon. C3 Industries expanded its operations into Michigan with a new, state-of-the-art, 36,000-square-foot Cloud Cover Cannabis cultivation and manufacturing center in Webberville, Michigan, and a portfolio of High Profile retail stores around the state including in Ann Arbor, Detroit, Grant, Buchanan, Grand Rapids, and soon to be expanding in Massachusetts and Missouri as well. Vishal's shares a lot of great Insights from his company's brand and product story — we hope you enjoy listening as much as we did.https://www.linkedin.com/in/vishal-rungta-6034551a/https://c3industries.comhttp://cloudcovercannabis.comhttp://highprofilecannabis.com 

In this episode of the CPG podcast we get to sit down and talk to one of the industry's most passionate and innovative cannabis producers—Graham Farrar of Glass House Brands. On a farm situated near Santa Barbara, Graham and his team strive to perfect some of the best flower products the industry has ever experienced. We talk about their origin story, taking a computer systems approach to cultivation, smart and obvious collaborations, and why operating in California is like training for the World Cup. Please enjoy this latest episode and remember to like, subscribe, and download!   

Welcome back to the CPG podcast! We are thrilled to have with us for this episode Keith Cich Co-founder of Sunderstorm family of brands. Before fully submerging his entire being into the cannabis industry, Keith had a long and successful career on Wall Street in securities trading, as well as running a few real estate development companies. Now today Keith and his team are at the bleeding edge of bringing nanomolecular technology to cannabis edibles, tinctures, and vapor products. We get to learn a little bit about what goes into this technology, the challenges of consumer education around it, as well as the interesting ways Sunderstorm has been bringing their products to market. There's so much to learn here — we are so happy we had a chance to talk with Keith about his CPG story in it's still early chapters. Be sure and subscribe to the podcast and tell your all your friends about it too! 

In this episode of CPG we are joined by veteran cannabis CMO Joe Hodas of Wana Brands. We get some really great perspective on the science, innovation, education, approaches to the market, and the consumer for the edibles category. Learning about the technology behind fast onset and fast offset edibles is what sets Wana Brands apart from any other cannabis company in the space. Joe tells us a bit about how Wana's key product formats, differentiation points, market fragmentation, and how he and his team has been one of the very first to set up licensing deals in other states and Canadian provinces. Wana Brands products are now in 11 US states (soon to be 15) and 9 provinces in Canada. We learn a lot in this episode from Joe — please enjoy the discussion and remember to subscribe to our podcast for more CPG!

In this episode of the CPG podcast we are honored to be joined by Jushi's Chief Creative Director Andreas “Dre” Neumann. Dre comes from a stellar background spanning over 3 decades of advertising, entertainment, and technology. As a creative head Dre was a natural fit for the cannabis industry. He has worked with some of the world's very best brands and entertainers from IBM, Rolls Royce, to Queens of the Stone Age and Iggy Pop. We get to peek a little bit into some of Dre's thought processes around developing exciting cannabis brands as well as user future forward experience design in cannabis retail, and the lifestyle around all of it. We hope you enjoy this discussion as much we did!  https://jushico.comhttps://jushico.com/brands/https://beyond-hello.comhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/dremenator/https://hankskerchiefs.com

In this episode of the CPG Podcast we are privileged to be talking with Angela Pih the Chief Marketing Officer from Cannacraft. Angela shares her story about how she moved from traditional brand building to cannabis brand building. We get some great perspective on the brands underneath the Cannacraft umbrella — which are many and varied. Right now Cannacraft produces 13 brands across all product categories, recreational + wellness, they are vertically integrated, they have 300+ skus, and they have a mission driven philosophy which will keep their products stocked for years to come. If you are looking to get sense of how a brilliant cannabis marketing mind works, then stick around for the entire episode!https://www.linkedin.com/in/angelapih/https://twitter.com/CannaCraftInchttps://www.cannacraft.comhttps://gemjane.comhttps://www.farmerfelon.com

In this episode we interview Ann Peltz and Stephen Winchell  from The Parent Company, a vertically integrated cannabis operator in California. The company's assets include 7 manufacturing facilities producing all major cannabis product forms, 5 distribution plants with 450+ active retail accounts capable of delivering to any store in CA within 72 hours, an omnichannel portal Caliva.com currently delivering to 56% of CA population, a 500+ farm procurement network and a premium indoor cultivation facility.Not to mention that TPCO's brand strategy and marketing playbook is being led by Chief Visionary Officer Jay-Z. You read that correctly Jay-Z, one of the most famous Rap/Hip Hop entertainers and entrepreneurs on the planet.  We hope you enjoy listening this lively discussion