This Commerce Life
Phil Chang / Kenny Vannucci
A Canadian Podcast, focused on Canadian brands, determined to talk about Canadian success stories.
We are retail educators and experts, teaching Canadian businesses how to build, grow, and scale in retail. As industry connectors, Kenny & Phil bring decades of experience as buyers, sales strategists, and marketers into delivering practical, actionable education grounded in real-world application.
We are retail educators and experts, teaching Canadian businesses how to build, grow, and scale in retail. As industry connectors, Kenny & Phil bring decades of experience as buyers, sales strategists, and marketers into delivering practical, actionable education grounded in real-world application.
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Jul 11, 2023 • 58min
Mushrooms! We talk mushrooms and building a mushroom farm from scratch with Bryan Thomas.
Mushrooms! We talk mushrooms and building a mushroom farm from scratch with Brian Thomas. Brian’s career started as a mental health and addictions counsellor working in detox facilities, treatment centres and later on adult outreach for mental health and addiction for Fraser Health. During that time his passion for supporting communities and helping people led him to start co-op food buying programs and daily juice clubs. Check out Myca Farms here: https://mycafarms.ca/ Make sure you subscribe to our newsletter at www.thiscommercelife.com
Jul 7, 2023 • 58min
"It's like running up a down escalator" CEO of BC Food and Beverage James Donaldson talks about member challenges, being a not-for-profit industry association representing food and beverage manufacturers in British Columbia.
"It's like running up a down escalator" CEO of BC Food and Beverage James Donaldson talks about member challenges, being a not-for-profit industry association representing food and beverage manufacturers in British Columbia. Find James here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamessdonaldson/If you're in BC, you should be signing up to be a member of BC Food and Beverage. https://bcfb.ca/ Sign up to our newsletter: www.thiscommercelife.com
Jul 4, 2023 • 56min
A ballet dancer, model, actress, and scuba instructor turned to beverage maker. GnuSante Chief Strategy & Ideation Officer Autumn Kendrick talks about making kid friendly, nutritional drinks.
A ballet dancer, model, actress, and scuba instructor turned to beverage maker. GnuSante Chief Strategy & Ideation Officer Autumn Kendrick talks about making kid friendly, nutritional drinks. Talk to Autumn here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/autumn-kendrick-829015184/Shop for Gnubees here: https://www.gnusante.com/Make sure you subscribe to our podcast newsletter here: www.thiscommercelife.com
Jun 30, 2023 • 1h 3min
Dean Yachison jumps in to talk about Health First network
Dean Yachison jumps in to talk about Health First network - the first network of independent natural food stores joined together to reduce costs and increase effectiveness of marketing and communication giving consumers greater access to the benefits of natural products in Canada. To find Dean: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dean-yachison-63497315/to subscribe to our newsletter: www.thiscommercelife.com
Jun 27, 2023 • 49min
We take a road trip to Fancy Food show in New York City. Favorite brands, how we think about imported products and costing are a few of the things we talk about.
We take a road trip to Fancy Food show in New York City. Favorite brands, how we think about imported products and costing are a few of the things we talk about. If there's anything you want to know, shoot us a question at podcast@thiscommercelife.com Could be anything - something retail related, or just if you want to know something about Kenny and I that's ok too. sign up at www.thiscommercelife.com to get additional content we're building on retail.
Jun 20, 2023 • 54min
Emily and Kyle have made it their mission to knock down barriers to eating a plant-based diet by making accessible vegan versions of traditional products
They met in law school. While they were there, they decided that the health benefits of a plant-based diet was a worthy cause to work on as a side hustle.Fast forward, Emily and Kyle have made it their mission to knock down barriers to eating a plant-based diet by making accessible vegan versions of traditional products, being uncompromising on taste and quality.talk to Emily here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emily-wilson-61050a134/check out their products here: https://livingtreefoods.ca/ make sure you subscribe to the podcast newsletter here: www.thiscommercelife.com
Jun 16, 2023 • 52min
He's a CPA by training, but he was employee #2 with Choices. It turns out that retail stuck, and now Arif Ahmed runs two stores, and has ambitions for more locally focused, community driven stores.
He's a CPA by training, but he was employee #2 with Choices. It turns out that retail stuck, and now Arif Ahmed runs two stores, and has ambitions for more locally focused, community driven stores. Get in touch with Arif here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hwmarif/ Sign up and subscribe to our newsletter at www.thiscommercelife.com
Jun 13, 2023 • 1h
Jeff Ball talks about his family, and their journey thru farming. Trudi-Ann and Jeff talk about the process of getting Thrive Provisions to market, and packaging wagyu beef as a snack.
Jeff Ball talks about his family, and their journey thru farming. Trudi-Ann and Jeff talk about the process of getting Thrive Provisions to market, and packaging wagyu beef as a snack. find Jeff here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-ball-3b51a169/find Trudi-Ann here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/trudi-ann-webster-651bbb2/ Buy Thrive Provisions here: https://thriveprovisions.ca/ Head to www.thiscommercelife.com to subscribe
Jun 9, 2023 • 1h 4min
Retailer Spotlight: Peter Boyd, YIG Kelowna. Peter Boyd is a local legend, and a brand favorite grocer - he's helped so many brands, retail folks, store folks to find their feet, we were honored to have him on the podcast.
Retailer Spotlight: Peter Boyd, YIG Kelowna. We finally get Peter Boyd on. He's a local legend, and a brand favorite grocer - he's helped so many brands, retail folks, store folks to find their feet, we were honored to have him on the podcast. To read more about Peter: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kelowna-grocery-store-recognized-for-hiring-new-canadians-1.4018591 To talk to Peter: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-boyd-b6b733ba/
Jun 6, 2023 • 57min
She'd never made guacamole before. While mashing the avocados, Dyana saw a bottle of Aji condiment, a speciality in Colombia and South America. The rest, they say is history.
She'd never made guacamole before. While mashing the avocados, Dyana saw a bottle of Aji condiment, a speciality in Colombia and South America. The rest, they say is history. Talk to Nicholas here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-gonzalez-biagi-7b3193101/ Shop for Dyana's Aji Sauces here: https://www.ajigourmetproducts.com/
