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Metrics
Episodes: 483
Frequency: Weekly
Rating: 4.9/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1k-10k
Gender skew: Male
Location: Canada
YouTube: 2.5k subscribers
Instagram: 530 followers
Contact Information
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Host
Phil Chang - Described as a retail educator and expert and one of the hosts (with Kenny Vannucci) who bring decades of experience as buyers, sales strategists, and marketers to teach Canadian businesses how to ...
Kenny Vannucci - Described as a retail educator and expert and one of the hosts (with Phil Chang) who bring decades of experience as buyers, sales strategists, and marketers to teach Canadian businesses how to buil...
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Recent Guest Discussions
Julie Therrien - Exporting To Mexico; Canadian Food & Beverage Brand Requirements; Building Branded Distribution And Market Navigation In Mexican Retail.
Fiona - Building A Product And Brand; Trip To Japan And Product Inspiration; Why Cottage Cheese Is Key; Defining Customer Segments; Self-distribution Logistics; Scaling/novelty And Co-manufacturing In Canada.
Nuala - Building A Product From An Early Concept Into A Scaled Brand; Target Market Insights; Production/distribution Approach In Metro Vancouver; Recognition At Chfa; Co-manufacturing Challenges In Canada.
Andy Mollica - Scaling An Italian Food Empire; Retail And Grocery Category Expansion Into Costco HMR Via Early Distribution; Lessons For Independent Food Brands At Trade Shows And How Canadian Initiatives Affect Vendors.
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Episodes
Exporting to Mexico? What Canadian Food Brands Need to Know | Julie Therrien, Leclerc Group
July 02, 2026
Special thursday episode: Julie Therrien of Biscuits Leclerc is back — and this time we're picking her brain on one of the biggest opportunities for Canadian food and beverage brands right now: exporting to Mexico. Julie's export career started in Mexico in the mid-90s, and she's spent nearly 30 years navigating the market — from co-packing for Bimbo to building branded distribution across Mexican retail. Fresh off our own trip to Guadalajara and Mexico City for Expo ANTAD, we asked her the q...
Sisters Turned a $90 Ice Cream Cart Into a CHFA Show-Stopper | Fromage Protein Pops
June 30, 2026
What happens when a food scientist and a hairstylist-turned-entrepreneur team up to reinvent cottage cheese? You get Fromage Protein Pops — a frozen treat that started with a $90 thrifted cart, 170+ recipe iterations, and a whole lot of sister chemistry. In this episode, Phil Chang and Kenny Vannucci sit down with co-founders Nuala and Fiona to talk about: 🍦 How a trip to Japan and a "better-for-you" Coke sparked the original idea 🧀 Why cottage cheese (not protein powder) is the secret to t...
From Pasta Bar to Costco's First HMR: Andy Mollica's 35-Year Italian Food Empire
June 23, 2026
Andy Mollica, founder of Anducci's, joins Phil Chang and Kenny Vannucci for an unfiltered look at one of Vancouver's most legendary Italian food stories. Andy shares how he opened his first pasta bar at 19 years old, built Anducci's into a 27-year East Van institution, and accidentally pioneered Costco's Home Meal Replacement (HMR) category by selling lasagnas out of his car trunk to Costco's original Burnaby location. The conversation also breaks down trends from the BC Grocery & Specialty F...
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