Startup CPG Founder Dinner @ Summer Fancy Food 2026
Schedule
Sun Jun 28 2026 at 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Home Studios Inc. | New York, NY
About this Event
Startup CPG is hosting an intimate seated dinner in NYC for CPG founders! Join us for mingling and sampling with your favorite CPG community coming to town for Summer Fancy Food 2026.
Connect, share insights on all things CPG, and have a good time!
Dinner and drinks are included with your ticket; please indicate any dietary restrictions in your ticket order confirmation form.
Heads up, as always, we'll have VIPs in attendance as well.
Featured Guests
- Dee Charlemagne - Sr. Director, Emerging Brands @ Wal-Mart
- Russell Heiman - Director of Category Management @ Erewhon
- Melissa Angle - VP Supplier Management @ UNFI
- Aaron May - Senior Manager - UpNext Program @ UNFI
- Patti Bauer - Senior VP, Customer & Supplier Success @ UNFI
- Emma Padden - Senior Manager, Natural Supplier Programs @ UNFI
- Grace Lachona - Partner Manager @ UNFI
- Mike Ridenour - Vice President of Industry Relations @ UNFI
More featured guest coming soon!
Please note: this event is open to founders, co-founders, and C-Suite equivalent employees of CPG brands only – no sales reps, brokers, or anyone else is permitted.
Co-sponsors:
Amelia Risk is a boutique insurance brokerage focused on emerging CPG brands. Between big retail insurance requirements and complex supply chains, Amelia Risk is your outsourced risk manager. With big-firm expertise and a team that actually picks up the phone, they help founders get the right protection in place so they can focus on growth — and getting onto shelves.
Nutter
Nutter is a Boston-based law firm that provides legal counsel to industry-leading companies, entrepreneurs, institutions, foundations, and families, across the country and around the world. The firm’s corporate, intellectual property, litigation, real estate and land use, labor and employment, tax, and trusts and estates practices are national in scope. Nutter’s dedicated Emerging Companies Group (ECG) and Food & Beverage practices support clients from startups to large public companies across the innovation economy, guiding them through the challenges of launching, scaling, and financing their businesses.
The California Walnut Board (CWB) represents more than 3,700 California walnut growers and approximately 70 handlers, grown in multi-generational farmers’ family orchards. The CWB, established in 1948, promotes usage of walnuts in the United States through publicity and educational programs. The CWB also provides funding for walnut production, food safety, post-harvest research and food and beverage innovation.
Sponsorship opportunities are available! Please email [email protected] for more information.
About Startup CPG
Startup CPG is the biggest community in the world for emerging brands. We have 30k+ Slack members, produce the #1 podcast in CPG, host 100+ events per year, and are the #1 education hub for brands trying to improve our CPG ecosystem. It’s free — join today!
Instagram: @startupcpg
Where is it happening?
Home Studios Inc., 873 Broadway, New York, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 65.00 to USD 80.00
