Brand Growth Heroes26 Jan 2023

Mid-Day Squares: How to Disrupt the $8Billion Healthy Snacking Category

Mid-Day Squares is the Canadian functional chocolate sensation that EVERYONE in the food and drink industry is talking about.

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Launched in 2018, this family-led business is planning to disrupt the $8 billion dollar health bar market in the USA.

But they're also disrupting what Food & Bev marketers define as best practice, in terms of approach to Social Media!

Forbes 30 under 30 co-founderJake Karls talks Fiona through:

How he, his sister Lezlie and brother-in-law Nick had been 'swinging and missing' with other startups before Mid-Day Squares was conceived...
How they ended up with such a great product market fit...
How they decided on the 1 MASSIVE way the brand would 'show up' to the world...
How they built the momentum, energy, and hype that means their product is PULLED off shelf...
Why an understanding of the entertainment world - and story-telling- is so important to marketers....
Why Jake didn’t originally want to get involved in this family business...
His pitch for the brand to 'show-up' as a blend of the best of The Kardashians, the best of Shark Tank, and the best of Elon Musk...
How to break through the biggest barrier to every F&B business - the 'Attention Barrier'...
How you need to be unapologetically yourself, even if 50% of people are going to dislike you...
The 3 things you need to tell an amazing story...
The three pillars around which the Mid-Day Squares business is organized...
How therapy has been the answer to help them run the business successfully...
How they personalized their relationship with their consumers in the early days, and how they continue to do that at scale...

Want to work with Fiona?
Email Fiona for a 1-1 session: fiona@fionafitzconsulting.com
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