It's a collaboration. It's not a competition.

I think we're able to maybe dream a little bit bigger after this program.

That's what I didn't expect going in. We're still having follow-ups happening from co-lab.

Apply, you won't regret it.

Welcome to the Startup CPG podcast. I'm your host, Jesse Freytag.

What if you could leverage the resources and experience of one of the largest snack

companies in the world to grow your brand?

Today we get to hear from two brands who did just that as members of the 2022

CoLab Cohort by Snack Futures at Mondalese International. In this episode, you'll hear from

Bridget Wolfe and Jackie Haney from Snack Futures, who are returning guests and from the co-founders

of Go-Nanas, Annie and Morgan, and Pans Mushroom Jerky, Michael and Shannon. It's a lot of voices

with a lot of great insights in an episode with the most guests we've

ever had on the show at once.

Listen in to hear about the experiences of pans and go-nanas participating in the program,

including what they learned, long-term connections they made, and how it's accelerating

their growth, including new retail launches, consumer insights, operations mastery, and also hear about the timing of the next co-lab cohort, how to apply, and what makes a brand a great fit for the program.

Hi, everyone. Welcome to the show today. So glad to have such a full house on the podcast and get to talk all about co-lab and hear your experiences. So I'd love if we could start off by having Bridget from Mondalese tell us a little bit about snack futures. And then we'll go into a little more about the co-lab program, and then we'll hear from a couple of the brands that were part of the experience.

Thanks, Jesse, so much for having all of us today.

This will be a fun conversation that's something that we're so passionate about at Mondalese, which is

discovering the next set of disruptors in snacking. And for those who mean at No Mondalies,

it's about a $20 billion worldwide snacking company, the big brands like Toblerone and Oreo that you

might know about. But in Snack Futures, we are an innovation and venture

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