Los Angeles Grocery Run with Thrive Market - June 2026

Los Angeles, we're coming back with another Grocery Run with at their HQ!

We’ll have brand samplings (of course!), networking with your favorite CPG community, and VIP guests (read: the ENTIRE corporate team) from Thrive Market.

Join us for buyer introductions and networking while enjoying samples and refreshments. Even if you aren’t sampling, bring product with you to show buyers!

Additionally, Thrive Market will vote for their favorite sampling brand to win the Startup CPG x Thrive Choice Award!

The grand prize winner will:

• Join the Thrive Market community: Get the chance to be sold on Thrive Market’s online marketplace (pending our standard quality and compliance checks).
• Receive dedicated onboarding support: Thrive Market's team will guide you through the onboarding process and provide mentorship to set you up for success.
• Get a launch boost: Unlock a complimentary marketing package valued at $5,000 to help introduce and promote your brand to Thrive Market's member community.

In short, the award means a fast track to joining Thrive Market - with expert support and resources to help your brand make a strong launch.

Come meet 40+ featured guests & executives from the Thrive Market team including:

• Lisa Schilling, Senior Owned Brand Manager
• Jennifer Mitchell, Merchandise Marketing Manager
• Thuy Nguyen, Category Manager, Dairy/Deli/Refrigerated Grocery
• Julianna D'Auria, Merchandise Marketing Manager
• Christine McNerney, VP, Retail Operations
• Natalie Wieder, VP, Category Management
• Danielle Wold, Senior Category Manager, Vitamins and Supplements
• Brianna Waldoch, Senior Director, Owned Brand
• Anna Wristen, Category Manager
• April Lane, Chief Merchandising Officer
• Yvette Lemieux, Director, Category Management
• Kelly Nigh, VP, Strategic Initiatives
• Brooke Butler, Senior Category Manager, Babies/Kids/Pet
• Yasmin Hartary, Category Manager, Beauty & Personal Care
• Rebecca Molloy, Principal, Owned Brand Merchandising
• Morgan Stiffler, Program Manager, Perishables
• Alyssa Pfalz, Sr. Category Manager, Core Pantry
• Schuyler Blyth, Senior Director, Merchandise Marketing
• Christine Dang, Category Manager
• Nika Levinson, Senior Category Manager
• Alexus Medinis, Sr. Manager, Merchandising Operations
• Caroline Shaheen, Director, Merchandising Analysis & Strategy
• Carla Hechler, Vice President, Food Safety & Quality Assurance
• Mary Zinni, Associate Director, Core Pantry
• Emma Walker, Associate Director, Merchandising Marketing
• Michelle Mardelli, Merchandise Marketing Manager
• Erin McCarthy, Senior Owned Brand Manager
• Kirstin Ratcliffe, Associate Director, Health + Beauty
• Heather Brand, Associate Director, Perishables + Frozen

Additional featured guests:

• Alicia Cole - National, Senior Account Manager @ UNFI
• Aliona Mikhed - Sales Manager @ UNFI

More coming soon!

Here are the amazing brands sampling at this event:

• Blackbird Foods brings you plant powered comfort foods made in NYC.
• Bowlcut is an AAPI & woman-founded Asian American sauce brand redefining what eating well tastes like for a new generation. Bowlcut creates plant-based sauces inspired by the childhood staples of our past — made in the USA with all-natural ingredients, reduced sodium & sugar and zero artificial additives to let the real flavor speak for itself.
• Lentil Telepathy is reimagining lentils - nature's superfood - as a ready to eat snack, topper, and breakfast cereal!
• Shinzo Matcha makes matcha sodas - fun, fizzy sodas with natural caffeine from matcha.
• The Hampton Grocer created Lacnola - the first certified organic, clean-label lactation granola—designed to nourish mothers with real ingredients, no fillers, and functional support you can trust.
• Tips Chips makes tallow-cooked potato chips with simple ingredients and an everyday price—no seed oils, just real flavor and crunch.

More featured brands coming soon!

Want to sample at this event? !

Thrive Market will be selecting the brands sampling for the event. Space is limited!
You must apply to sample.

About

Thrive Market, Inc. was founded in 2014 with a mission to make healthy and sustainable living easy and affordable for everyone. As an online, membership-based market (with more than 1.6M members), Thrive Market delivers the highest quality, healthy, and sustainable products at member-only prices. At the same time, every annual membership sponsors a free membership for a student, teacher, veteran, nurse, first responder, or a family in need. Thrive Market carries a hyper-curated catalog of organic and non-GMO products and offers 100+ filters and values, allowing you to shop by diet and lifestyle.

The brand’s social impact arm, Thrive Gives, has raised more than $19M since its inception to fund food access and environmental sustainability causes. Thrive Market has been carbon neutral since 2014; in 2020, it became the largest online grocer in the U.S. to be a Certified B Corporation; and in 2023, it converted to a Public Benefit Corporation. In 2024, it became the first online-only retailer to accept SNAP EBT. Thrive Market is committed to becoming the world’s first climate-positive grocer. Visit ThriveMarket.com or follow @ThriveMarket to learn more.

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