WorkshopIn personUSD 80.25

Southeast Grocery Run with Whole Foods Market - Sept. 2026

SEP8
16:00
  • Emerging CPG brands from the Southeast gather with buyers and retailers in Miami to showcase and sample their products.
  • The event connects brand founders, distributors, and retail professionals for networking and product discovery.
  • Attendees can experience a variety of local food innovations and build industry relationships.

About this event

Get ready, Sunshine State: Startup CPG is hosting a Southeast Grocery Run with Whole Foods Market! 🎉

The Southeast is home to some of the most exciting emerging CPG brands in the country — and we're bringing them together with buyers and retailers from across the Southeast for an afternoon of mingling and sampling in sunny Miami.

Confirmed featured guests:
Dustin Kennedy - Senior Forager Local and Emerging Brands Southeast Region @ Whole Foods Market
Parker Brody - Manager, Local & Emerging Brands @ Whole Foods Market
Alyssa Vescio - Chief Merchandising Officer @ The Fresh Market
Michelle Beck - Director, Merchandising, Own Brands & Local @ The Fresh Market
Amaury Schoon - Vice President of Sales @ Rainforest Distribution
Nick Monaco - District Sales Manager, Florida Market @ Rainforest Distribution
Anthony Nina - Regional Field Manager, Whole Foods @ Rainforest Distribution
Armando Flores - Area Sales Manager & Merchandiser, Florida Market @ Rainforest Distribution
Karys Espino - Area Sales Manager & Merchandiser, Florida Market @ Rainforest Distribution
More coming soon!

Here are the amazing brands sampling at this event:
Backyard Buffalo makes your everyday Indian food.
BunnieCakes makes ready to bake cupcake batter.
CODITOS is a Miami-born crunchy macaroni snack brand transforming one of America’s favorite comfort foods into a bold, clean-label, Cuban-inspired crunch built to cross over from Hispanic nostalgia to mainstream America.
Dô Asian Cocktails brings authentic Asian fruit flavors to premium ready-to-drink cocktails—grown in Asia, made in Florida.
Dona Nona makes better bread, with better ingredients!
Feelz is a women-owned brand crafting plant-based functional products designed to support cognitive function and mood through modern, needs-based wellness solutions and social connections; powered by nootropics, adaptogens, and botanicals.
Fressh is the upgraded arepa flour reinventing a Venezuelan kitchen staple for the modern table — founded at 17 by a

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