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The Startup CPG Podcast

Founder Feature: Jenifer Shwartz of Freezcake

The Startup CPG Podcast

Startup CPG

Startup, Food, Business, Beverage, Cpg, Entrepreneurship

4.9642 Ratings

🗓️ 28 March 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary


In this episode of the Startup CPG podcast, Grace Kennedy sits down with Jennifer Schwartz, the founder of Freezecake—the first brand to offer freeze-dried cheesecake. Jennifer shares the incredible journey of how a simple need to preserve inventory during a health crisis led to the creation of a completely new product category. From her background as a pastry chef to going viral on TikTok and landing Freezecake in Whole Foods, Jennifer opens up about the challenges and triumphs of building a brand from the ground up.


They also dive into product innovation, retail strategy, the power of TikTok Shop, and the future of the freeze-drying industry. Plus, Jennifer reveals her most popular flavors (and some exciting new ones in the works).


Don’t miss this inspiring conversation about resilience, entrepreneurship, and making bold business moves. Tune in now!


Listen in as they share about:

  • Origin Story & Inspiration of Freezcake
  • Product Development & Market Testing
  • Growth & Business Strategy
  • Retail Expansion
  • Self-Manufacturing vs. Co-Manufacturing
  • Supply Chain Issues
  • Marketing & Social Media Strategy
  • Future Goals & Expansion Plans


Episode Links:

Website: https://www.freezcake.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jenifer-shwartz-a9930b48/ 


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Transcript

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0:00.0

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0:03.7

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0:07.3

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0:11.9

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0:18.2

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0:21.6

and watch creators post about your products to their audience.

0:25.6

Mini Social has been around since 2018, partnering with over 1,000 CPG brands like

0:30.3

Bonza, Outstanding Foods, Fly By Jing, Hydrant, Love Wellness, and many more.

0:34.6

You can learn how it works by visiting CPG.binisocial.com and take a look

0:39.5

of their case studies.

0:40.6

Make sure to mention us at Startup CPG for a special

0:43.1

discount.

1:04.6

Thank you. We have a pretty good customer loyalty as far as that goes.

1:14.4

So it's demoing the product, getting people to actually put it in the car because they, and it's a name that kind of, you know, catches with people. It's like, oh, freeze cake. And so these are all things

1:19.1

that I think is really important to, you know, the brand. And that, like I said, those seasonal

1:25.1

flavors, those are actually, I think, possibly going to be

1:29.8

bigger than even our normal flavors, even though people love the normal flavors, especially

1:35.8

New York. It's very versatile. Like, people use it for baking purposes. That's because with the

1:42.0

freeze drying, it doesn't add additional moisture to recipes.

1:45.8

So it's, you know, it's really versatile as far as, you know, you don't want to make

1:49.8

cheesecake. Like even cream cheese. Cream cheese got super expensive. So people are like, it's easier

1:55.6

for me just to buy a bag of this and then use it. So yeah, so that's pretty much for our retail is what our

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