Food & Beverage CPG M&A Predictions | Deep Dish Ep.147
The "Deep Dish CPG" series will focus on deeper business musings and sets out to seek answers to possible future needed changes that will be caused by intersecting variables. Deep Dish CPG Ep.147 discusses food and beverage CPG mergers and acquisitions (M&A) predictions for 2022. Around 80% of executives at big CPG companies believe M&A deal-making activity will continue increasing after the lows during the pandemic year of 2020. This makes a lot of sense if you think about it in the simplest manner; (1) the CPG industry has had an amazing two-year run (2) CPG companies would have likely been more aggressive in 2020 if it weren't for the high levels of uncertainty across the economic landscape. With 2021 providing more clarity (M&A has seen an uptick), the year has seen big CPG divest unwanted pieces of their portfolios and look to add new upstart brands to spur growth and better reflect current consumer trends. This will continue into 2022 as further economic stimulus, low interest rates, cash stockpiles, and surging equity markets will give more ammo to groups looking to buy. Key food and beverage CPG targets will be within some cross-section of; (1) “Better for you” (2) Functional (3) Plant-based (4) Localization. The inspiration for this episode was that I recently was approached by Business Insider to provide my thoughts for an upcoming prediction article surrounding likely food and beverage CPG brand targets that could get acquired in 2022. As you can imagine, I had a laundry list of thoughts that were either too long for Business Insider to include completely or too “wild” that likely wouldn’t pass the editor sniff test. But since this is the Joshua Schall Video Experience, I don’t have any gatekeepers telling me what to say…Here is my unedited list of 10 food and beverage CPG brands that could get acquired in 2022. Brands mentioned in this content: Daily Harvest, Outstanding Foods, Banza, Laird Superfood, Simple Mills, Athletic Brewing, Four Sigmatic, Ripple Foods, Olipop, and Mindright Foods #predictions #cpgindustry #joshuaschall I appreciate each and every one of you that took even a moment of your time to watch this video. I know your time and attention are your biggest assets and I hope you got adequate value in return from this content. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! ✅ CHECK OUT THE PODCAST ON THE FOLLOWING PLATFORMS: 🍎Apple: https://apple.co/3aPKOOJ 👽Spotify: https://spoti.fi/38N9nur 🔍 Google: https://bit.ly/2vgVTcy ⚓Anchor: https://anchor.fm/joshua-schall FOLLOW ME ON MY SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS ►LINKEDIN / joshuaschallmba ►TWITTER / joshua_schall ►INSTAGRAM / joshua_schall ►FACEBOOK / jschallconsulting ►MEDIUM / joshuaschall About Joshua Schall of J. Schall Consulting: Joshua is consumer packaged goods (CPG) Strategist and Entrepreneur that focuses on the product categories of value-added (or functional) food, beverage, beauty, and nutritional supplements. He was an early advocate for digital grocery optimization and is an expert at the entrepreneurial ideation to consumerization cycle. Recently, he has shifted that decade of knowledge into early-stage investments, board membership, and public speaking engagements. His YouTube channel is a walk through his daily life and a peek into his business musings. Enjoy a look into his life through the lens! ►EMAIL [email protected]
