Girl Scout Cookies (Ep. 2 Replay)

Channeling the voices of celebrities can be a lucrative career — one that requires empathy and discretion as well as literary chops. Zachary Crockett checks the acknowledgements. This episode was originally published on June 30th, 2024. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. S ... Show More

How did mobile kitchens become popular with hipster gourmands? And just how much money can a popular truck make from a lunch shift? Zachary Crocket drops some napkins. This episode was originally published on June 23rd, 2024. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adsw ... Show More

Youth baseball — long a widely accessible American pastime — has become overrun by $10,000-per-year, for-profit travel leagues. Zachary Crockett peers inside the dugout. This episode was originally published on June 16th, 2024. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.ad ... Show More

How do you make an artisan product at scale? We head to the UK factory of Biscuiteers, where millions of biscuits are hand-iced every year, from treats shaped like designer bags to edible versions of favourite cartoon characters. Harriet Hastings is the co-founder of the company ... Show More

This week we’re talking all about the business of the Girl Scouts. Everyone is obsessed with the cookies but the actual Girl Scouts seem irrelevant. How are they modernizing their business in 2022? Do they even need to modernize at all? Erika speculates on what she would do with ... Show More

Send us Fan MailBen & Jerry's. The legendary ice cream that brings pint-sized joy to millions around the world every year. We all know and love B&J's ice cream, but we're curious to know exactly what it is about the business that makes it tick.In this episode, we're taking a look ... Show More

<p>In this episode of the Learn with Shopify mini series we chat with Aaron Zack, the former vice president at Propeller Coffee Co to learn strategies for pivoting a wholesale food and beverage company online and the marketing tactics that helped to build and scale this arm of th ... Show More

<p>Today’s episode is a mash-up of advice I've given to several different small cookie businesses over the last few years. I'm not sure how cookies keep popping up but I think this is good advice to apply to whatever niche product you're selling. You’ll hear a caller from a live ... Show More

French fries and pesto? Mango and sticky rice? Ice cream and olive oil?! Real ones know when it comes to surprisingly perfect food combos, nothing tops chocolate and peanut butter (or is it peanut butter and chocolate?) - best showcased by America’s top selling candy… Reese’s Pea ... Show More

Roscoe Rodda was in the fight of his life. His candy factory was right down the road from Milton Hershey’s—yes, THAT Hershey’s—and he needed to set himself apart. So Roscoe embraced a single holiday to get the competitive confectionery edge: Easter. Chocolate eggs, jellybeans… an ... Show More