In 2022, Francesca Pittaluga launched Ciao Pappy, drawing from her 14-year career in luxury fashion. Her inspiration came from a passion for high-quality food, a love for the California and Italian coastal lifestyles, and a dedication to her Italian father's culinary traditions.

In this episode, Francesca joins Sarah to talk about her transition to the Food Industry and the lessons she’s learned along the way. You’ll also hear about her approach to giving back, as well as her mindset around setting goals and taking Ciao Pappy into the New Year.

In this Building a Business on Your Own Terms episode, Sarah is joined by Bree & Michaela Fuller. Bree and Michaela are Seattle natives who have been paving their career paths with a mission to lead a purpose-driven and passion-filled life. The sisters currently own three businesses: Fuller Nutri-Fuel, a Seattle-based meal prep company; Table & Tines, a full-service catering company; and they co-host the PAVED Podcast. Not only are they super passionate about their brands, but they are equally passionate about self-care, which is at the core of everything they are doing.

In this Building a Business on Your Own Terms episode, Sarah is joined by Chauniqua Major, affectionately known as Major. Major is a dynamic creative based in Orlando, Florida. Her unwavering commitment to doing good work powers her to achieve remarkable feats in her community. She is the founder of Whatever’s Good, a PR and marketing shop, and the Chief Snack Officer of Major's Project Pop, an award-winning popcorn company that ships nationwide.

This conversation covers everything from Major’s indirect path into the world of Food CPG to when she realized she would have to change her mindset around what success looks like.

What started as a way to sell some extra pumpkins out of a garage, Vincent Finazzo has turned Riverwards Produce Market into a community staple that is creating a better experience for his shoppers, his team, and the food industry at large.

In this episode, Vincent joins Sarah to discuss the decisions he’s made along the way as he grew Riverwards into what is now two locations with over 75 employees.

In this episode, Sarah is joined by Tyler Dawley of Big Bluff Ranch, to discuss all that he’s learned about running a commercial ranch over the years, and how he envisions the future of agriculture at large.

In this episode, Sarah is joined by Charlotte Walter, Chocolatier and Founder of Charlotte Truffles, a chocolate shop celebrating the diversity of our community through chocolate. With her unique background and experience, Charlotte was able to successfully expand her unique offerings and her team. She is sharing her process to formalize and expand production, either internally or with a co-packer.

Martha Bourlakas launched Storied Goods, a celebration business that creates infused Sugar Cubes for cocktails, coffee, and tea, in 2018. However, Martha considers 2022 the true start of her business. 2022 was the year Martha focused on foundational internal goals like identifying and onboarding a co-packer, transitioning accounting software and bookkeeping firms, setting up invoicing and sales systems and negotiating the rates she needed to succeed long term.

In this episode, Sarah is joined by Martha, and welcomes back Ashley Sutterfield, founder of Sage. Together they are walking through the ways they worked together to prepare for the growth of Storied Goods, and how that work changed Martha’s mindset about business.

Jenni Trilik and Marcus Contaldo, Founders of Modest Coffee shared their costly experience with a national distributor on their blog that caught the eye of the good food industry, its supporters, and many more. In response to their story, more than 4,000 individuals answered the call to purchase and/or donate a case of coffee to keep the business alive.

In this episode, Jenni and Marcus join Sarah to share their story as well as the lessons learned and how Modest Coffee is moving forward.

In this episode of the Good Food CFO Podcast I am joined by Brady Delong. He is an 8-year veteran of the Natural CPG Space, building Hen of the Woods as their COO and National Sales Director.

In this episode of The Good Food Podcast I am joined by Skyler Mapes, the co-founder of Exau Olive Oil, an internationally recognized and award-winning olive oil company based in Calabria, Italy.