On this episode, we’re joined by Gabriel González, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Casalú, the rum-based RTD cocktail brand. In Gabriel’s own words, his goal is to build the Red Bull of Latino culture. We dive into the initial insight that rum was missing from the hard seltzer boom, and the broader cultural shift that made a Latino-first brand not just viable, but necessary. Gabriel shares how Casalú was built for their own community first, and why Latin culture becoming pop culture fundamentally ch...
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On this episode, we’re joined by Gabriel González, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Casalú, the rum-based RTD cocktail brand. In Gabriel’s own words, his goal is to build the Red Bull of Latino culture. We dive into the initial insight that rum was missing from the hard seltzer boom, and the broader cultural shift that made a Latino-first brand not just viable, but necessary. Gabriel shares how Casalú was built for their own community first, and why Latin culture becoming pop culture fundamentally ch...
Gardar Stefansson - Hard Pivot to the Fastest Growing Spread Brand
Shelf Help: The Tactical CPG Podcast
39 minutes
2 months ago
Gardar Stefansson - Hard Pivot to the Fastest Growing Spread Brand
On this episode, we’re joined by Gardar Stefansson, Co-founder & CEO of GOOD GOOD - the fastest-growing spread brand in the U.S. Born in Iceland, GOOD GOOD offers no-added-sugar, fruit-first jams, jellies, chocolate spreads, and a vegan lemon curd, among others. Gardar shares how a looming write-off in a stevia/erythritol drops business sparked the pivot to spreads. He lays out the playbook on formulation, packaging that signals “indulgent but better,” moving from Amazon discovery to nati...
Shelf Help: The Tactical CPG Podcast
On this episode, we’re joined by Gabriel González, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Casalú, the rum-based RTD cocktail brand. In Gabriel’s own words, his goal is to build the Red Bull of Latino culture. We dive into the initial insight that rum was missing from the hard seltzer boom, and the broader cultural shift that made a Latino-first brand not just viable, but necessary. Gabriel shares how Casalú was built for their own community first, and why Latin culture becoming pop culture fundamentally ch...
