Brunch & Learn Podcast

Meet Brooke:

Brooke Shapiro is a 15-year CPG marketing veteran who has worked on parent targeted brands such as Band-Aid, Johnson Baby, Coca-Cola and Glad, Hidden Valley, Kingsford and Clorox. Her visionary and trend spotting expertise allow her to help brands launch with the right channels to the right people. She has the innate ability to lead and bring people together in fun creative ways, and is on a mission to help launch CPG startups. She enjoys ice cream and provides ice cream reviews on Instagram (@sundaes.mom) and on her ice cream stories podcast, “Let’s Spoon”.

What You'll Learn in this Episode:

• Backstory behind this focus on parents, parent-targeted CPG products and this niche target audience of community and clients.
• Common challenge that she sees her clients facing in their businesses.
• Marketing tactics that CPG startups can start implementing in their businesses.
• Community - How do she builds and strengthens her community and the relationship with community members.
• More about her ice cream podcast - guests, favorite ice cream spots!

Website: sprinklesparentsconsulting.com
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/pandemicworkingparent
https://www.instagram.com/sprinklesparents
https://www.instagram.com/letspoon_podcast

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About Us - Women Who Brunch:

Women Who Brunch is a community for  women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH!

Visit our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews and more or say hi on Instagram!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhobrunch
Website: https://womenwhobrunch.com

About Us - Women Who Brunch:

Women Who Brunch is a food community and event series for women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH!

We're solving the problem of making adult friendships while doing cool stuff in the Hudson Vally, NY.

Visit our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews, and more or say hi on Instagram!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhobrunch
Website: https://womenwhobrunch.com

Meet Brooke:

Brooke Shapiro is a 15-year CPG marketing veteran who has worked on parent targeted brands such as Band-Aid, Johnson Baby, Coca-Cola and Glad, Hidden Valley, Kingsford and Clorox. Her visionary and trend spotting expertise allow her to help brands launch with the right channels to the right people. She has the innate ability to lead and bring people together in fun creative ways, and is on a mission to help launch CPG startups. She enjoys ice cream and provides ice cream reviews on Instagram (@sundaes.mom) and on her ice cream stories podcast, “Let’s Spoon”.

What You'll Learn in this Episode:

• Backstory behind this focus on parents, parent-targeted CPG products and this niche target audience of community and clients.
• Common challenge that she sees her clients facing in their businesses.
• Marketing tactics that CPG startups can start implementing in their businesses.
• Community - How do she builds and strengthens her community and the relationship with community members.
• More about her ice cream podcast - guests, favorite ice cream spots!

Website: sprinklesparentsconsulting.com
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/pandemicworkingparent
https://www.instagram.com/sprinklesparents
https://www.instagram.com/letspoon_podcast

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About Us - Women Who Brunch:

Women Who Brunch is a community for  women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH!

Visit our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews and more or say hi on Instagram!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhobrunch
Website: https://womenwhobrunch.com

About Us - Women Who Brunch:

Women Who Brunch is a community for women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH!

Visit our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews and more or say hi on Instagram!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhobrunch
Website: https://womenwhobrunch.com

Meet Ashley:

Ashley is a mom on a mission! A momtrepreneur! Her mission is the same as the brand she created. To bring families together in the kitchen making mealtime more nutritious, convenient and fun!

About Happy Grub:

Happy Grub is the only Squeezable Instant Pancake Mix, made of natural and organic ingredients. Designed for the whole family, our mix comes in four great flavors: Buttermilk, Whole Wheat, Yummy Banana, and Apple Cinnamon. 

Happy Grub is so easy and so much fun. Just pick your flavor, pour water into the bottle, shake it up, and squeeze onto a hot surface. 

 Our kid friendly squeeze top bottles allow for easy pancake (or waffle) making, without all the mess. And less mess, means more fun! People of all skill levels can "draw" shapes, letters, numbers and all types of designs right onto the pan. 

What You'll Learn in this Episode:

• More about Happy Grub current line up of flavors , where it's currently sold and the ingredients. + The Monster Characters. 
• Some of the best advice and/or worst advice you've received throughout her founder entrepreneurship journey so far.
• Who were the people who have been the most helpful in getting her to where she is   today.
• Where she sees the future of food and hospitality going.

Website: https://eathappygrub.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eathappygrub/

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About Us - Women Who Brunch:

Women Who Brunch is a community for  women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH!

Check out our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews and more or say hi on Instagram!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhobrunch
Website: https://womenwhobrunch.com

About Us - Women Who Brunch:

Women Who Brunch is a community for women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH!

Visit our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews and more or say hi on Instagram!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhobrunch
Website: https://womenwhobrunch.com

Meet Ashley:

Ashley is a mom on a mission! A momtrepreneur! Her mission is the same as the brand she created. To bring families together in the kitchen making mealtime more nutritious, convenient and fun!

About Happy Grub:

Happy Grub is the only Squeezable Instant Pancake Mix, made of natural and organic ingredients. Designed for the whole family, our mix comes in four great flavors: Buttermilk, Whole Wheat, Yummy Banana, and Apple Cinnamon. 

Happy Grub is so easy and so much fun. Just pick your flavor, pour water into the bottle, shake it up, and squeeze onto a hot surface. 

 Our kid friendly squeeze top bottles allow for easy pancake (or waffle) making, without all the mess. And less mess, means more fun! People of all skill levels can "draw" shapes, letters, numbers and all types of designs right onto the pan. 

What You'll Learn in this Episode:

• More about Happy Grub current line up of flavors , where it's currently sold and the ingredients. + The Monster Characters. 
• Some of the best advice and/or worst advice you've received throughout her founder entrepreneurship journey so far.
• Who were the people who have been the most helpful in getting her to where she is   today.
• Where she sees the future of food and hospitality going.

Website: https://eathappygrub.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eathappygrub/

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About Us - Women Who Brunch:

Women Who Brunch is a community for  women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH!

Check out our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews and more or say hi on Instagram!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhobrunch
Website: https://womenwhobrunch.com

About Us - Women Who Brunch:

Women Who Brunch is a food community and event series for women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH!

We're solving the problem of making adult friendships while doing cool stuff in the Hudson Vally, NY.

Visit our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews, and more or say hi on Instagram!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhobrunch
Website: https://womenwhobrunch.com

About Eileen: 

Sunday Night® Foods was founded by Eileen Gannon, a former corporate executive and award-winning baker who turned her passion into a profession when she launched the company’s first products in 2021. The specialty food company offers luxurious, shelf-stable, premium chocolate ganache crafted in small batches with only the finest pure ingredients. In its first year, Sunday Night won a prestigious sofi™ Award for New Product for Dessert Toppings from the Specialty Food Association. The company donates 1 percent of sales to the National Alliance on Mental Illness and is located in Des Moines, Iowa.

Eileen has more than 35 years of experience in public relations, corporate communications, finance and investing. Before founding Sunday Night Foods, Eileen was a SVP for Corporate Communications and Investor Relations at Workiva, a publicly traded software company. She has won 15 awards for corporate communications, public relations and investor relations, including being named a Top Woman in PR from PR News and a Finalist for a Platinum PR Award for Best Financial and Investor Relations for the Workiva IPO. Even though she loved working in corporate America, her passion was always in baking. So in 2020, she was finally brave enough to launch Sunday Night Foods.



What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How Eileen's passion for baking started.
• More about your recent sofi award win and baking competitions. 
• Sunday Night Food's  focus on the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
• Her past corporate experience and how that has played a role in SNF's branding and marketing. 

Say Hi to Sunday Night Foods:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sundayfoods
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sundaynightfoods
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sundaynightfoods

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About Us - Women Who Brunch:

Women Who Brunch is a community for  women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH!

Check out our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews and more or say hi on Instagram!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhobrunch
Website: https://womenwhobrunch.com

About Us - Women Who Brunch:

Women Who Brunch is a community for women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH!

Visit our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews and more or say hi on Instagram!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhobrunch
Website: https://womenwhobrunch.com

About Eileen: 

Sunday Night® Foods was founded by Eileen Gannon, a former corporate executive and award-winning baker who turned her passion into a profession when she launched the company’s first products in 2021. The specialty food company offers luxurious, shelf-stable, premium chocolate ganache crafted in small batches with only the finest pure ingredients. In its first year, Sunday Night won a prestigious sofi™ Award for New Product for Dessert Toppings from the Specialty Food Association. The company donates 1 percent of sales to the National Alliance on Mental Illness and is located in Des Moines, Iowa.

Eileen has more than 35 years of experience in public relations, corporate communications, finance and investing. Before founding Sunday Night Foods, Eileen was a SVP for Corporate Communications and Investor Relations at Workiva, a publicly traded software company. She has won 15 awards for corporate communications, public relations and investor relations, including being named a Top Woman in PR from PR News and a Finalist for a Platinum PR Award for Best Financial and Investor Relations for the Workiva IPO. Even though she loved working in corporate America, her passion was always in baking. So in 2020, she was finally brave enough to launch Sunday Night Foods.



What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• How Eileen's passion for baking started.
• More about your recent sofi award win and baking competitions. 
• Sunday Night Food's  focus on the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
• Her past corporate experience and how that has played a role in SNF's branding and marketing. 

Say Hi to Sunday Night Foods:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/sundayfoods
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sundaynightfoods
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sundaynightfoods

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About Us - Women Who Brunch:

Women Who Brunch is a community for  women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH!

Check out our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews and more or say hi on Instagram!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhobrunch
Website: https://womenwhobrunch.com

About Us - Women Who Brunch:

Women Who Brunch is a food community and event series for women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH!

We're solving the problem of making adult friendships while doing cool stuff in the Hudson Vally, NY.

Visit our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews, and more or say hi on Instagram!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhobrunch
Website: https://womenwhobrunch.com

Allison is the founder of Cortland Consulting, a brand strategy and marketing studio that specializes in building strong, resonant CPG brands and helping them scale both in stores and online. She founded Cortland nearly 4 years ago after helping to grow Sir Kensington's to and through Unilever acquisition. Since then, she and her team have worked on brands including Belgian Boys, Hu Kitchen, AKUA, Haven's Kitchen, and more.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• Non-linear career paths and how to know when to take a chance and take the leap.
• Overcoming imposter syndrome and anxiety while growing your business.
• Work/life balance - Advice to listeners out there, as you've been able to grow a business while raising a baby.
• What has brought her joy in mentorship . How can others incorporate the same teachings/pay it forward and do more of it in our day to day.
• Allison's favorite food products/brands right now.

Say Hi:
LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/allison-marchesani-ackerman/

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About Us - Women Who Brunch:
Women Who Brunch is a community for  women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH!

Check out our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews and more or say hi on Instagram!

About Us - Women Who Brunch:

Women Who Brunch is a food community and event series for women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH!

We're solving the problem of making adult friendships while doing cool stuff in the Hudson Vally, NY.

Visit our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews, and more or say hi on Instagram!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhobrunch
Website: https://womenwhobrunch.com

Allison is the founder of Cortland Consulting, a brand strategy and marketing studio that specializes in building strong, resonant CPG brands and helping them scale both in stores and online. She founded Cortland nearly 4 years ago after helping to grow Sir Kensington's to and through Unilever acquisition. Since then, she and her team have worked on brands including Belgian Boys, Hu Kitchen, AKUA, Haven's Kitchen, and more.

What You'll Learn in This Episode:

• Non-linear career paths and how to know when to take a chance and take the leap.
• Overcoming imposter syndrome and anxiety while growing your business.
• Work/life balance - Advice to listeners out there, as you've been able to grow a business while raising a baby.
• What has brought her joy in mentorship . How can others incorporate the same teachings/pay it forward and do more of it in our day to day.
• Allison's favorite food products/brands right now.

Say Hi:
LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/allison-marchesani-ackerman/

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About Us - Women Who Brunch:
Women Who Brunch is a community for  women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH!

Check out our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews and more or say hi on Instagram!

About Us - Women Who Brunch:

Women Who Brunch is a community for women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH!

Visit our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews and more or say hi on Instagram!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhobrunch
Website: https://womenwhobrunch.com

Meet Anna Vocino:

Anna is a voice over talent and stand up comic who also happens to be a Celiac who writes cookbooks. She co-hosts the “Fitness Confidential” podcast with Vinnie Tortorich. She has voiced thousands of commercials, cartoons, movies, promos, radio stations, and video games, which is a super cool day job to support her passion of food blogging and cookbook authoring. Her bestselling cookbooks Eat Happy and Eat Happy Too have 320+ easy to make low carb recipes that are all delicious comfort food free from processed sugars and grains. She recently launched an organic, farm-to-table CPG company called Eat Happy Kitchen with five flavors of tomato sauce and three spice blends. Anna hails from Santa Ynez, CA, raised a picky eater-turned-foodie, and cooks for a husband and a tiny dog.

Where to find Anna  & Eat Happy Kitchen:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AnnaVocino
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annavocino/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/anna_vocino/_created/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnaVocino
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1023159487790374

What you'll learn in this episode: 

•  The increasing number of food allergy diagnosis, and why cooking for them isn’t as hard as it may seem.
• Anna's newly launched line of Eat Happy Kitchen Spice Blends and cookbooks. 
• Why the specialty food market is growing so quickly. 
• What's been some of the best advice and/or worst advice Anna has received throughout her entrepreneurship journey.

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About Us - Women Who Brunch:
Women Who Brunch is a community for  women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH!

Check out our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews and more or say hi on Instagram!

WWB Website: https://womenwhobrunch.com
WWB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhobrunch

About Us - Women Who Brunch:

Women Who Brunch is a community for women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH!

Visit our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews and more or say hi on Instagram!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhobrunch
Website: https://womenwhobrunch.com

Meet Anna Vocino:

Anna is a voice over talent and stand up comic who also happens to be a Celiac who writes cookbooks. She co-hosts the “Fitness Confidential” podcast with Vinnie Tortorich. She has voiced thousands of commercials, cartoons, movies, promos, radio stations, and video games, which is a super cool day job to support her passion of food blogging and cookbook authoring. Her bestselling cookbooks Eat Happy and Eat Happy Too have 320+ easy to make low carb recipes that are all delicious comfort food free from processed sugars and grains. She recently launched an organic, farm-to-table CPG company called Eat Happy Kitchen with five flavors of tomato sauce and three spice blends. Anna hails from Santa Ynez, CA, raised a picky eater-turned-foodie, and cooks for a husband and a tiny dog.

Where to find Anna  & Eat Happy Kitchen:

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/AnnaVocino
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annavocino/
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/anna_vocino/_created/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnnaVocino
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1023159487790374

What you'll learn in this episode: 

•  The increasing number of food allergy diagnosis, and why cooking for them isn’t as hard as it may seem.
• Anna's newly launched line of Eat Happy Kitchen Spice Blends and cookbooks. 
• Why the specialty food market is growing so quickly. 
• What's been some of the best advice and/or worst advice Anna has received throughout her entrepreneurship journey.

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About Us - Women Who Brunch:
Women Who Brunch is a community for  women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH!

Check out our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews and more or say hi on Instagram!

WWB Website: https://womenwhobrunch.com
WWB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhobrunch

About Us - Women Who Brunch:

Women Who Brunch is a food community and event series for women who love connecting, networking, and learning from each other over the most important meal of the week...BRUNCH!

We're solving the problem of making adult friendships while doing cool stuff in the Hudson Vally, NY.

Visit our website for updates on events, recipes, brunch spots, product reviews, and more or say hi on Instagram!

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/womenwhobrunch
Website: https://womenwhobrunch.com