HeyJaredForktales
A weekly podcast that feeds food and beverage brands with insights, ideas, trends, and anecdotes discussed with restaurant, hospitality, and beverage industry leaders.
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Amit Pandhi – Food industry veteran and expert in building, fixing and scaling brands (opens the original)
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Amit Pandhi is a longtime food industry executive and brand builder with experience leading both emerging and established consumer brands. His career has included leadership roles at Popchips, Velocity Snack Brands and other food companies, with a particular focus on turnarounds, growth and building organizations capable of scaling.Amit now leads Westminster Cracker Company, a heritage brand with roots dating back more than 200 years. The company is known for its oyster and soup crackers and is
Paul Hemingway – CPG marketing leader and food innovation strategist (opens the original)
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Paul Hemingway is Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Litehouse Foods, where he also leads innovation. A 25-year CPG veteran, his career has included roles with major companies including The J.M. Smucker Company and Coca-Cola before joining Litehouse about five years ago.Litehouse Foods is a 100% employee-owned food company with roots stretching back more than 60 years to a restaurant in Idaho, where its original blue cheese dressing was created. Today, Litehouse is the nation’s le
Jim Herr – Third-generation snack industry leader and champion of flavor innovation (opens the original)
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Jim Herr is Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and R&D at Herr’s, where he helps lead the consumer-facing side of the family business. A third-generation family member, he brings a deep connection to the company’s history while helping guide its continued growth, innovation and consumer engagement.Founded by Jim’s grandparents in 1946, Herr’s has grown from a small Pennsylvania potato chip business into a nationally recognized snack company. Still family owned and operated, the company ma
Amir Yazdi – Restaurant investor, operator and growth strategist (opens the original)
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Amir Yazdi is the founder and managing partner of Bastian Capital, an investment firm focused on identifying, acquiring and growing restaurant and hospitality businesses. A former film producer, Amir transitioned into the restaurant industry more than two decades ago and has built a career scaling multi-unit operations, investing in emerging concepts and helping restaurant brands grow sustainably.Bastian Capital invests in restaurant and hospitality businesses with an emphasis on operational exc
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