Best Kraft Heinz Podcasts (2024)

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How is Kraft Heinz Preparing For the Future of Food? 30:54

10d ago30:54

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For most Americans, the Kraft and Heinz brands have been ever-present in our cupboards and fridges for our entire lives. Products like Oscar Meyer hot dogs, Kraft cheese, Velveeta, and Jello. Household names all. The company resulted from the 2015 merger between Kraft Foods and Heinz. Now the third biggest food brand in North America, we thought it…

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Adaptable and inclusive: Kraft Heinz’s brand of workforce 30:11

10d ago30:11

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Melissa Werneck, EVP and global chief people officer for the multinational food and beverage firm, on reskilling for web marketing and personalization, AI, hybrid work, and collaboration across time zones and cultures. Also, why diversity is good business for consumer packaged goods firms.By Harvard Business School

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The Art of Finance: Joe Knight on Demystifying Numbers to Empower Businesses 55:17

2h ago55:17

55:17

When any finance business partner–a CFO or an FP&A professional–wants their counterpart across the table in marketing, sales or HR, to understand the essentials of numbers, they hand them the business classic, Financial Intelligence, A Manager's Guide to Knowing what the Numbers Really Mean. First published in 2006, the book has been named in the T…

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Bonus Episode, Talking FSMA Rule 204 : Jim Toman of Grantek - The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek 36:03

15h ago36:03

36:03

Jim Toman is a Senior MES Advisor at Grantek. Jim has 30+ years of experience creating data driven systems for manufacturers. In this bonus episode, the discussion centers around the upcoming Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Rule 204 enforcement. FSMA falls under the authority of the United Stated Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The changes…

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The Story of Chef Robotics 56:45

23h ago56:45

56:45

This interview is with Rajat Bhageria, an investor and technology founder who debuted his food robot after working stealthily for five years. Bhageria, a master’s graduate of Penn’s Robotics and Machine Learning Lab, started his first company in high school, a social network for young writers. During college and grad school, he founded Third Eye, a…

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Food Tech News Show: Food Tech Funding Drops in 1H 2024 39:46

3d ago39:46

39:46

The Spoon is launching a dedicated Food Tech News Show podcast. which you can find here on Overcast, on Pandora (and here on our podcast host) and Apple Podcasts. \And, of course, you can listen to this episode on The Spoon feed. In the future, we will focus on interviews and deep dives here on The Spoon Podcast, so make sure to subscribe to FTNS f…

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When AI Outperformed Financial Analysts – Alex Kim 59:06

7d ago59:06

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In this episode Glenn Hopper talks to the researcher responsible for the groundbreaking study which found that AI is better at conducting financial analysis than humans. Alex Kim, University of Chicago Booth School of Business, provides a full overview of his findings, methodology and the impact on FP&A, CFOs and finance from the attention-grabbing…

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Erin Carson - Boulder's Strength and Conditioning Expert 48:15

10d ago48:15

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Erin Carson was recruited by five NCAA Division 1 Basketball programs, and lucky for all of us, she chose CU Boulder. With extensive experience guiding athletes of all abilities through their strength and conditioning journey, Erin has honed her craft by working with Olympians and IRONMAN Champions from all over the International triathlon and runn…

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How to get on CFO headhunters’ radars and win your next role 55:29

12d ago55:29

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We received a flood of FP&A and CFO questions from our audience (and FP&A Reddit). These and more are put to this this week’s finance headhunter special guests: Nick Gribbon,Senior Partner, Financial Officers Practice at Essenta, and Laura Streather, Consultant, Private Equity at Essenta, who run the finance headhunting section at the global execut…

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Fortune 500 to Startups: Multi-industry FP&A Leader Geetha Ramachandran 51:58

19d ago51:58

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Geetha Ramachandran is an FP&A change agent. She helped transform FP&A operations at GE Healthcare and Cummins (“When I walked into the FP&A at GE Healthcare, and I saw the close was eight days, my approach to things is usually I don’t take things just on face value or just because someone has been doing something a particular way).” Geetha has sin…

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Cengage Group’s Michael Hansen on the employment-ready syllabus 36:57

24d ago36:57

36:57

The ed-tech executive on shifting the discussion to emphasize the economic benefits of education, harnessing AI, skills-based hiring, employer-educator collaboration, and the public policy landscape.By Harvard Business School

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AI-Powered Rolling Pins? Lessons From The First Wave of Smart Kitchen 37:10

26d ago37:10

37:10

This episode is the audio from the very first session at SKS 2024, Lessons From the First Wave (And How to Prepare for The Next One). The session included Chris Young (Combustion, ChefSteps, Modernist Cuisine), Scott Heimendinger (Sansaire, Modernist Cuisine and Cuisonic), and Kai Schaffner (Thermomix). The session was moderated by The Spoon's Mich…

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Getting to a Winning FP&A Story 56:26

26d ago56:26

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A compelling FP&A story is essential. In this second (and final) session from FP&ACon 2024, Glenn hosts Soufyan Hamid, FP&A leader for 16 years who runs the Financial Storytelling Program, and Matthew Herbert, Chewy Director of Finance. First poll: How confident are you in your ability to craft a compelling FP&A Story:? The move from numbers to sto…

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AI and FP&A: Hype vs Reality 54:46

1M ago54:46

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In this special episode (part of Datarails’ FP&A Con 2024) Glenn hosts an all-star panel to debate AI and FP&A: Hype vs reality. Join Nicolas Boucher, Christian Martinez, and Gabriela Gutierrez, alongside CFO Glenn Hopper, host of FP&A Today, and an AI thought leader and author. Delve into real-world applications, separating fact from fiction, and …

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A Look Back at Smart Kitchen Summit 45:38

1M ago45:38

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SKS 2024 is in the books, so Carlos Rodela and Mike sit down and talk about the craziness of the past week, some of the products they checked out at the show, and some of the talks by our great lineup of speakers. If you'd like to see a video version of this conversation with interspered photos from SKS, check it out on the Spoon later this week.…

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Strada’s Stephen Moret on democratizing access to education and opportunity 35:42

1M ago35:42

35:42

The president & CEO of Strada Education Foundation on aligning post-secondary education, economic mobility, and labor market demand. How does inclusive workforce development drive economic growth and opportunity? Highlights include research on the effectiveness of state systems, policy options, and the structural challenge of underemployment among …

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FP&A as Business Intelligence – Len McFall 45:42

1M ago45:42

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FP&A professionals are the original business intelligence (BI) experts, says Len Mcfall, senior consultant, finance at Windstream Holdings, a $1billion US telecoms company. “FP&A itself is synonymous with business intelligence,” he says. “And honestly, weren’t, weren’t we the first business intelligence? We’ve always been working with data. We’ve a…

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Exploring Kitchen Electrification With Impulse Labs' Sam D'Amico 26:39

1M ago26:39

26:39

What would happen if you put a big battery in your induction stove? For one thing, you could cook at a much higher temperature because the power the battery brings to each cooking session is much higher than a traditional outlet. You also have the start of a fractionalized power wall, creating a foundation for what could be your electrified home. W…

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15 - Eric Reed, From Massachusetts Mountains to Acme Fine Goods 51:34

2M ago51:34

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This episode of Love Where You Live dives into the story of Eric Reed, the owner of Acme Fine Goods in Louisville, Colorado. Eric takes us on a journey from his childhood in western Massachusetts, filled with a love for the outdoors and skiing, to his move to Colorado in search of adventure. We hear about his early days working various jobs in the …

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My Adventures in Finance Real Estate: From Whistleblowing Fraud to Big Wins for Residents 39:04

2M ago39:04

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CFO Seth Zimmerman faced a triple blow of tests in his decades-long real estate career. Firstly, he witnessed the Lehman collapse first-hand from within a real estate division of the famed bank (“We just got a call from our New York office, a guy in New York. He’s like, well, it’s done. We’re bankrupt.”). Secondly, being forced to blow the whistle …

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Rethinking The Toaster (and Cooking) With Revolution Cooking's Tom Klaff 36:14

2M ago36:14

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If you follow food Instagram or TikTok, chances are over the past couple of years you've seen a touchscreen toaster from Revolution Cooking. Revolution's toaster went viral during the pandemic, in part because it has a touchscreen, but also because of a price tag north of $250. But Revolution CEO Tom Klaff said the toaster was just the beginning, a…

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Ready FP&A One: From Assassin’s Creed to Battling Big Budget Bosses – David Fortin 48:23

2M ago48:23

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As a lifelong gamer, David Fortin successfully landed his dream job managing FP&A at Ubisoft – the $2.79 billion gaming company responsible for Assassin’s Creed, Driver, and Far Cry, For Honor. The former PwC auditor then decided to take on an even more daunting leap. He ran FP&A at Saas Startup Polka “building the plane while we were flying” – cue…

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14 - Dr. Larry Frieder, Finding Passion in Sports Chiropractic 46:20

2M ago46:20

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Michael interviews his long-time friend, Dr. Larry Frieder, a Boulder-based chiropractor who specializes in sports medicine and holistic wellness. Larry shares his journey from growing up in New York City to falling in love with the mountains and pursuing a career in chiropractic care. He talks about his early days in Boulder, the city's transforma…

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The Story of Chefee, The Home Cooking Robot 19:21

2M ago19:21

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This episode's guest is Assaf Pashut, the founder of Chefee, a company that makes home cooking robots. If there's a category in kitchen technology where there have been lots of startups over the past few years, it's food robotics. Zume, Flippy, Remy Robotics, BurgetBot, and Picnic to name a few. Even Travis Kalanick is getting into the act. However…

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Can work-based learning revive college-for-all? 33:50

2M ago33:50

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Propel America CEO Chad Rountree on rethinking the high school-to-career transition to meet the needs of low-income students, colleges, and employers.By Harvard Business School

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The FP&A Playbook from Nestlé, Mars, Kraft Heinz and Amazon: Swati Bagri 45:27

2M ago45:27

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From being the First kid in her family to finish high school, Swati Bagri began as a role as auditor at Deloitte (“I did what any 17-year-old smart kid would do. I just followed my friends”). At Deloitte she discovered a “love of finance” realizing it’s “what I want to do for the rest of my life”. Swati cemented her FP&A career at some of the world…

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13 - Tyler Butterfield - Superstar Athlete, Dad, Good Dude 51:16

2M ago51:16

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In this episode of Love Where You Live, we chat with Boulder resident Tyler Butterfield, a two-time Olympian, former professional cyclist and triathlete. Tyler shares stories about his inspiring athletic journey, growing up in Bermuda with superstar athlete parents, and the unique challenges and camaraderie of competing at the highest level. We als…

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The Story of Samsung Food With Nick Holzherr 30:17

2M ago30:17

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Nick Holzherr is well-known in the smart kitchen space. With the rapid growth of his startup Whisk and the acquisition of the company by Samsung, it's one of the true success stories in this market. Whisk was the first recipe startup to explore early on how to use AI and apply it to recipes. As we find out in this interview, Nick and his team were …

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12 - Kelly Newlon - Culinary School to Cooking for Champions 47:02

2M ago47:02

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This episode of Love Where You Live features Kelly Newlon, a chef, runner, and entrepreneur who combines her passions to fuel the bodies of endurance athletes. Host explores Kelly's path from a childhood spent cooking and running in the Midwest to attending the Culinary Institute of America and baking cakes for Julia Child. Kelly discusses her move…

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Forecasting and Leading (FP&A) in Las Vegas 57:25

2M ago57:25

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We host our first ever FP&A guest from the US casino and gambling sector with the head of FP&A at Genting Americas, a world leader in casinos and lodging with luxurious loactions in Las Vegas, Bimini, Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, and the United Kingdom. Bill Singh is VP FP&A of Genting Americas, part of the world’s largest Destination Reso…

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Grant Daft of Videojet - The Industry 4.0 Podcast with Grantek 29:16

3M ago29:16

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Grant Daft is a Software Applications Specialist at Videojet. Based in UK, Grant has been with Videojet since 2004. During the almost 20-year tenure, Grant has served in leadership roles focused on solutions support, software application development and product management. Since the 1960s, Videojet is a global leader in the development and manufact…

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Wharton’s Peter Cappelli on changing the talent equation 42:38

3M ago42:38

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What are the consequences of treating employees as an expense rather than an asset? Cappelli argues that this “penny wise and pound foolish” practice hurts the bottom line by discouraging investments in a skilled workforce and prioritizing downsizing, irrespective of efficiency. How changes in management and reporting can realign incentives. Also, …

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Hitmaking, Taylor Swift, and FP&A 47:49

2M ago47:49

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What’s the connection between FP&A and Taylor Swift? To answer we are joined by Michael Stotland, Vice President of FP&A at AEG Presents. AEG Presents is one of the largest live music companies in the world, and most famously the concert promoter behind the $1 billion dollar revenue Eras Tour by Taylor Swift: the highest grossing tour of all time. …

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The FP&A Life at GE, Microsoft–and Now Google 44:03

3M ago44:03

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Antonio Reza is the Head of Finance for Google Cloud Consulting in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). In this episode he reveals the FP&A life and lessons he has learned over the past 14 years working in finance and strategy at Google, Microsoft, and GE. He brings experiences across 10 different countries leading teams across the globe spannin…

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11 - Peter Hall, From Rugby Player to Kraft Heinz Exec 40:07

3M ago40:07

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This episode of the Love Where You Live podcast features Peter Hall, a husband, father, and president of North America and Away From Home for Kraft Heinz. Peter's journey to Boulder County is anything but ordinary. In this conversation, we explore his childhood playing rugby in England, his decision to pursue a business career, and the unique serie…

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The Food Tech News Show: A Look at Our Food Lives in The Year 2055 42:42

3M ago42:42

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This week Mike and Carlos be joined by Future Market’s Mike Lee to talk over some of the most interesting stories of the week. Mike Lee also tells us about his new book Mise, which paints four different scenarios depicting the potential direction of our future food system. Here are all the stories we’ll be talking about. Bored & Hungry Closes – Foo…

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Western Governors University: Pursuing the network effects of competency based education 39:31

3M ago39:31

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WGU President Scott Pulsipher returns to the podcast for an update on the online institution’s mission to extend the reach of skill-oriented instruction. The HBS grad argues that the focus on competency rather than credit hours democratizes college access and economic opportunity.By Harvard Business School

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10 - Lynn McChesney, From Hustling Horses to Healing Hearts 39:28

3M ago39:28

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This episode of Love Where You Live: Boulder County features Lynn McChesney, the visionary owner of Triple Creek Ranch in Boulder County. Join Amanda Lovato and Michael Lovato as they explore Lynn's incredible journey - from Air Force brat with a passion for horses to building a thriving equestrian community. Lynn shares her early days starting a h…

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Formula for FP&A success at high-growth companies: Greg Lopez 42:51

3M ago42:51

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Greg Lopez has served as the CFO and VP of operations at companies including Futurism, a digital media company, Wirecutter (acquired by the New York Times) and Gawker Media (acquired by Univision). Now Greg is a consultant at high-growth companies working with clients ranging from a “family owned business doing $20 million”, “SaaS businesses doing …

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We're Nominated for a Webby! 1:06

3M ago1:06

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Family, we’ve missed you! Thank you all so much for tuning into season 2 of the podcast. We’re so honored we got to amplify these stories of the Black innovators changing the face of food. All the love you’ve shown us has gotten us nominated for a Webby Award! *insert air horns* We’re up for Best Branded Podcast, and to win the People’s Voice Award…

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09 - Triny Willerton, from Musician to Activist 42:47

3M ago42:47

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Triny Willerton joins Michael on Love Where You Live to share her incredible journey. Growing up in Mexico City, Triny had a vibrant and cultured childhood. After moving to the US and exploring music through playing in a band, she eventually found herself managing a band and living in Houston. Family brought Triny to Boulder, and she quickly fell i…

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Guest Appearance: Joe Fuller on CSU's Spur of the Moment 53:04

3M ago53:04

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Managing the Future of Work co-chair Joe Fuller joins Colorado State University's Jocelyn Hittle to discuss his work on the Managing the Future of Work project and the Harvard Project on Workforce and to consider broader workforce trends.By Harvard Business School

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Food Tech News Show: Apple Eyes Home Robots 44:10

3M ago44:10

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This week on the Food Tech News Show we are joined by Scott Heimendinger, one of the inventors of the home sous vide circulator and a long-time kitchen tech inventor. Here are the stories we talk about: Apple is working on robots for the home! – From Bloomberg: “The original concept for the robot was a device that could navigate entirely on its own…

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