Come meet local San Diego CPG entrepreneurs & experts over great conversations and drinks at our first meetup of 2025! Let’s unwind and enjoy the evening together.
A huge thank you to BexBrands for hosting us!
Featured Guests
- Nika Levinson, Thrive Market
Brands Sampling
KOSHNA: Single-origin, farm-fresh spices—deeply potent and unlike anything you’ll find in stores.
Kriks Foods: Kriks Foods’ “Nut Just a Cookie” are unique, gluten-free, vegan cookies made mainly from almond chunks and simple ingredients, with only 1g of sugar per serving, available in three delicious flavors: Chocolate Orange, Lemon Cardamom, and Cinnamon Orange Blossom.
Little Zing: Great Grandma’s original danish mustard sauce from Denmark!
The NA Beverage Company: We are on a mission to redefine the way we drink, connect, and celebrate through non-alcoholic beer that actually tastes good and functional mocktails that are actually good for you, too.
ĹŤku: insanely-delicious CONSCIOUS ENERGY gummy snacks…with benefits!
Saint Claire’s Cookie Dough:Â Our mission is simple, to bring the joy of a warm, homemade cookie to everyone.
SPICE + LEAF: SPICE + LEAF is a women-owned, San Diego-based premium spice company offering clean, preservative-free ingredients to help home cooks create easy-to-prepare flavorful meals with ease.
VYBE Snacks: VYBE is an innovative snack brand redefining snacking with savory, nutrient-dense, zero-sugar snacks inspired by global flavors—crafted for health-conscious consumers seeking clean, functional, real-food alternatives.
Sampling opportunities are available! If you’re a brand interested in showcasing your products (food, health & beauty only), please submit through this form. We will select 6 brands to sample.
All brands are encouraged to bring samples to share!
If you have any questions please reach out to Meredith Cochran, Melissa Eng, Caroline Grace or Heather Rodman, our San Diego community leaders.
Can’t wait to see you there! 🎉
About BexBrands
BexBrands specializes in developing iconic CPG brands through strategy-based brand identity, packaging and other consumer touchpoints. We work with brands that provide better ingredients and/or better processes to help consumers live more healthfully. Over the years, we’ve had the pleasure of creating success with Suja, Once Upon a Farm, Chameleon Cold Brew, Dr. Praeger’s, Back to the Roots, Lily’s Sweets, Barnana, and Richard’s.
About Startup CPG
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