ROI-NJ Food & Beverage Innovation Summit

Breakout Session:  CBD on the Rise

October 16 @ 9:00 pm - 3:00 pm, Whippany NJ

This is the most impactful Food & Beverage Solutions Summit in New Jersey, presented by ROI-NJ, providing ideas, discussions, timely information, success strategies, contacts and keynote addresses for those who are in the local Food & Beverage Industry.  The Oct 16 keynote address by Stew Leonard, Jr. will discuss growing in a changing retail food business environment.  Linda Gilbert, EcoFocus CEO, joins Andrew Linden, Cannabis Leader at Norris McLaughlin Law, together with Danielle DeFillipis, Trademark Attorney at Norris McLaughlin Law to discuss the legal landscape for CBD and where consumers are in their thinking on products infused with CBD.

Get your ticket at

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/roi-nj-food-beverage-innovation-summit-tickets-69202774361

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Sustainable Packaging Coalition

Open Forum Webinar:  Clean Ingredients & Purposeful Brands Set the Stage for Clean & Purposeful Packaging 

October 30 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm, EST

The EcoFocus ten-year sustainability trends study identifies the next generation of clean as the marriage of health and environmental responsibility.  Healthy, clean and sustainable ingredients are triangulating as shoppers, especially Millennials, seek greater transparency from beverage and food companies.  This means they want brands to think about and take a stand on packaging that aligns with healthy ingredients and purposeful brand equities. Find out where consumers are now and where they are headed in their thinking about clean and purposeful packaging.  Learn about opportunities for aligning purpose and packaging to ingredients, from clean label/clean package, to plant-based ingredients/plant-based packaging, and more.  Presented by Linda Gilbert, founder and CEO, EcoFocus Worldwide and founder and former President, HealthFocus International.  Register at:  https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pVZYgkqTQpWUFHleMVmlcA

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Professional Manufacturing Confectioners Association

Science Symposium: Cannabis in Confections & Snacks

November 5 @ 8:00 am - November 6 @ 2:00 pm, Sacramento CA

EcoFocus Worldwide CEO Linda Gilbert will take you Inside the Mind of the Edibles Consumer, with an entertaining and informative look at who is choosing edibles, where they see a fit for infused products, and the motivations and occasions that are driving preferences.  To register, visit:  https://pmca.com/research-symposium/

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Prepared Foods New Products Conference

Winning Brands Deliver Authentic Experience From Ingredients to Packaging

Authentic brands establish trust with consumers by holding true to core values and doing what they say they are going to do. Today’s consumers want an authentic experience with foods or beverages offering fresh, high-quality, natural ingredients;  “clean” processing; “clean” packaging; and product assurance (certifications).  How are consumers integrating lifestyle values with their food and beverage decisions? What will brand authenticity mean in 2019?  Linda Gilbert, CEO at EcoFocus Worldwide shares the latest insights from the EcoFocus My World, My Life™ consumer point of view.  

https://www.preparedfoods.com/articles/121356-authentic-experience-from-ingredients-to-packaging

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