Posts by Brian Levin:
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Key Takeaways from Expo West 2023
The Natural Products Expo West trade show in Anaheim, CA was back in full force in 2023, its second year in-person since the 2020 – 2021 pandemic hiatus. The show… Read more »
03/28/2023:: Banker Insights :: Food, Beverage & Agriculture :: Marketing :: Media -
In-House Manufacturing – A Differentiator in Today’s Food Industry
To co-pack or manufacture in-house? That is the question. Growing (and up and coming) food & beverage companies are constantly grappling with the concept of outsourcing services to scale, but… Read more »
07/21/2022:: Banker Insights :: Food, Beverage & Agriculture :: Marketing :: Media -
Home Cooking in 2022 and Beyond: Meals at Home Are Here to Stay
Remember during the outset of the pandemic when we all decided we were going to be professional chefs, dedicating hours of our days to make the perfect sourdough, banana bread,… Read more »
05/16/2022:: Banker Insights :: Food, Beverage & Agriculture :: Media -
Insights From the LA Times 2021 Food & Beverage Roundtable
The Food, Beverage & Agriculture industry has had to make unprecedented changes over the past year. A whole new landscape has emerged. Are these changes, protocols, and best practices trend-driven… Read more »
05/28/2021:: Banker Insights :: Food, Beverage & Agriculture :: Media -
Food, Beverage & Agriculture Quarterly Data Book – Spring 2021
As we end 2020, we reflect upon the disruption that was experienced across all sectors and the Food, Beverage & Agriculture (FBA) sector was no exception. We saw spikes in… Read more »
04/06/2021:: Food, Beverage & Agriculture :: Industry Reports :: Marketing :: Media -
The End of a Long Winter…Blossoming into Spring on the Farm
Things Are Finally Looking Up for the Farm Economy In this issue of the Intrepid Foodie, we will primarily focus on the farm economy and rural America, which, for the… Read more »
04/05/2021:: Food, Beverage & Agriculture :: Industry Reports :: Media -
Welcome to Our Inaugural Issue of The Intrepid Foodie
Welcome to the first edition of Intrepid’s Food, Beverage & Agriculture (FBA) quarterly industry report. When I joined Intrepid in the fall of 2019 to head up the FBA practice,… Read more »
11/18/2020:: Banker Insights :: Consumer Products & Services :: Food, Beverage & Agriculture :: Industry Reports -
Insights from the 2020 Food & Beverage Industry Roundtable
Today, the Food, Beverage & Agriculture industry is changing more rapidly than at any other time in its history. Multiple forces, including COVID-19, international trade policy, climate change, demographic shifts,… Read more »
07/29/2020:: Banker Insights :: Food, Beverage & Agriculture :: Media -
Uncertain Environment Provides Unique Growth Opportunity for Direct-to-Consumer Brands
First, we hope our network is all staying safe and healthy! At Intrepid, our Lifestyle Brands team is thinking about what the world might look like post-pandemic. To provide our… Read more »
04/27/2020:: Banker Insights :: Lifestyle Brands :: Media