Building @_westock | Owner @packers | Runner Of Distances šŸƒ| I Writing About Consumer BehavioršŸ‘‡

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New post up on Good Nut 🄄 open.substack.com/pub/consum…
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Unfortunately I think @LiquidDeath has given many people the delusion that being edgy is easy. Pick an audacious name, have fun with it, boom, $100M brand. It’s so much more than that and unless this marketing team is on par with them, this might be tough to execute.
NEW: Tom Brady launches ā€œGood Nutā€ — an organic coconut water drink.
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Two things can be true here: Insane choice when someone from the same draft class was the MVP runner up and in the Super Bowl This is all the Packers fault
Caleb Williams lands on the #Madden27 cover, via @EAMaddenNFL.
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Nothing will humble you more than riding the Gravitron in your late 30s
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Saw this coffee cup that leads to a new dad joke every day. If you have a QR code on your retail product that just leads to your website it’s a waste of space. Instead, I would rather embrace something like this, maybe a generator that leads to a new recipe idea everyday.
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Kings with a surprisingly strong beverage set
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Let’s talk about Oasis today. How brands are speaking up and how your brand can be proactive in your fight against misinformation. open.substack.com/pub/consum…
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Liquid Death is stocking claw machines with plush toy cans and you think your going to win by just spending on RMN and setting your promo schedule. If your brand is not showing up IRL and outside the store, you’re toast. This is awesome and so glad I spotted it this weekend.
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I fear this might actually be the best brand name/product combo we have ever seen.
new better for you candy brand, HallPass šŸ‘€ from the stuffed puffs founder!!
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Liked this tweet so much I decided to write about it this week. Check it out šŸ‘€ open.substack.com/pub/consum…

BREZ has been placed in Sprouts, Wegmans, Total Wine, and Circle K We spent a bag on Meta for 18 months We made customers ask for us by name We walked into every buyer meeting with sell-through data We had ad spend ready to deploy locally on day one We showed subscriber growth by zip code We let demand do the pitching Lesson: build aura through every other change first, THEN go retail.
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We’re sampling 75,000 units of Molly’s Suds at pediatrician offices this week 🤯 Meeting the customer where they are and converting it to retail. As it should be
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Pair this with sticker packs on clippers near the cooler for an LTO item Or Put a $1 off IRC on the cans that is also a pack of stickers Please and thank you
Olipop debuts its first major brand refresh since 2018, repositioning as ā€œThe feel good sodaā€ with updated can designs, reformulated flavors and a national ad campaign šŸŽØšŸ„¤ The move comes as retail sales rise 20.8% to $604.7M. bevnet.com/news/2026/olipop-…
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Very cool for the team at Brami. My question is… Did Banza miscalculate the timing to sell?
BRAMI closed a $33M Series B šŸ‘€ā€¼ļøšŸ Led by VMG partners, new capital will be used to expand retail presence (they say it’s the number one growing pasta in the US right now) strengthen supply chain. BRAMI uses lupini beans to give their products a boost of protein (21g per serving) šŸ«˜šŸ
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Why Is Every Brand Getting Into Target Right Now? open.substack.com/pub/consum…
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Excited for Oishii! šŸ“šŸ“ We love working with them and the product is excellent.
Oishii has raised $150M in Series C funding to scale its indoor strawberry farms šŸ“šŸŒ± The round, led by SPARX, brings total funding to $370M and will support robotics, infrastructure and R&D as the company expands production and retail reach. nosh.com/news/2026/oishii-ra…
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I don’t hate this… You know Kool-Aid is going to execute on taste which most of these brands miss on. I think there is a pathway here.
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Kool-Aid to launch electrolyte packets with no artificial dyes as part of Kraft Heinz makeover cnbc.com/2026/05/13/kool-aid…
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Every emerging brand is launching at Target right now according to LinkedIn.
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How Athletic Brewing is winning sampling šŸ‘€ open.substack.com/pub/consum…
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