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This Commerce Life

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.

Retiring Grocer Reveals the Secret to Local Brand Success: Peter Boyd on Food, Community & What Retailers Really Want

71 hours 25 mins; March 30, 2026

From Tinder to Acquisition to North America's First Clear Vegan Protein — Melissa L'Heureux-Hache of Vegain

52 mins; March 23, 2026

We're Not Just a Podcast Anymore | This Commerce Life Update

31 mins; March 16, 2026

How Startup TNT Is Getting Regular Canadians to Invest in Early-Stage Companies | Jesse Wiebe

53 mins; March 09, 2026

From Canoes to Continents: Canada's Wild Rice Legacy with Matt Ratuski of Floating Leaf Fine Foods

56 mins; March 02, 2026

Brewery to Bubbles: How Diana of Callister Soda Turned a Side Project Into a Thriving Craft Beverage Brand

58 mins; February 23, 2026

From Istanbul to Grocery Aisles: Arda and the Hummzies Story

54 mins; February 16, 2026

Corporate Marketing to Pasta Sauce | Natasha Chawla, Greens & Beans

59 mins; February 09, 2026

From Rescue Horses to Retail: Building Topline Feed and Farm Supply in Rural Ontario

69 hours 22 mins; February 03, 2026

From Salt Spring Island to Small-Town Retail: Angela Donnelly on Running Raise the Root Organic Market

65 hours 10 mins; January 26, 2026

From Zero Research to 175 Stores: Building Peak Beverage Co.'s Premium Fruit Soda Brand

58 mins; January 19, 2026

Building Canada's Next Generation of Retail Leaders with Dr. Janice Rudkowski

65 hours 43 mins; January 12, 2026

Challenge to Success: How Market 49 Fine Foods is Revolutionizing Frozen Meals in BC

59 mins; January 05, 2026

From Quebec Grains to World-Class Spirits: The Dunrobin Distilleries Story

57 mins; December 29, 2025

The Business of Boxes: Inside Commercial Packaging with Glenmore Printing

58 mins; December 22, 2025

We catch up with Sonia Strobel, Co-Founder & CEO Of Skipper Otto - Canada's Largest Community-Supported Fishery

60 hours 51 mins; December 15, 2025

Mushroom Gummies and Market Strategy: How Mycelyum is rethinking functional wellness

53 mins; December 08, 2025

Not Too Sweet: Building a Better-For-You Beverage Brand on Vancouver Island

52 mins; December 01, 2025

From Corporate to Coach: Sarah Kinlin's Journey of Grit, Grace & Goals

53 mins; November 24, 2025

Shannon & Sarah: Two "Sisters" Building a Smarter Homeopathy Brand with Curated Medicine Kits

60 hours 11 mins; November 17, 2025

Breaking Into Canadian Retail with Simran Kaur

50 mins; November 10, 2025

Eye-Friendly Beauty: How an Optometrist is Revolutionizing Cosmetics with Dr. Nieka Sabeti

55 mins; November 03, 2025

Knucklehead Interviews

65 hours 12 mins; October 27, 2025

From Crisis to Creation: How Lupus and Scleroderma Led to a Natural Skincare Brand

50 mins; October 20, 2025

From Auto Mechanic to Artisan Sausage Maker: D-Original Sausage Haus Story

60 hours 12 mins; October 13, 2025

From Cologne to Canada: What We Learned Walking 10 Football Fields at Anuga

62 hours 53 mins; October 06, 2025

Shauna Fidler, founder of Design Farm and producer of the Basin Food Summit

59 mins; September 29, 2025

From Ice Cream Cart to National Brand - The Hazel's Ice Cream Story

55 mins; September 22, 2025

Scaling CPG Brands with Roadmap CPG's Michelle Prychidny and Koreann Webster

65 hours 3 mins; September 15, 2025

aspiring surgeon to herbal wellness entrepreneur: Sanaz Bahrami

52 mins; September 08, 2025

From Stadium Cleaner to Craft Brewer - The Latina Beer Story

56 mins; September 01, 2025

The Kristina Farrell Episode: Fighting for Canada's Food System from the Inside

55 mins; August 25, 2025

CHFA Now Toronto 2025 Preview with Aaron Skelton & Lynsey Walker

72 hours 12 mins; August 18, 2025

From Bartending Tips to 24 Locations: The Foxy Box Story

55 mins; August 11, 2025

A celebration of success. Re-sharing Caitlin Vanderhaeghe's episode

61 hours 46 mins; August 04, 2025

Mid-Summer Update - Road Trips, Trade Shows, and What's Next

34 mins; July 28, 2025

Amy Rempel - From Third-Generation Grocery to Pioneering Kids' Skincare

60 hours 6 mins; July 21, 2025

Trading Cards to Facebook Fame: How One Collector Built a Digital Empire

57 mins; July 14, 2025

Burgoo Restaurant's Justin Joyce on 24 Years of Comfort Food & Vancouver's Evolving Food Scene

62 hours 32 mins; July 07, 2025

Food Fraud and Authenticity Testing with Deleo De Leonardis, CEO of Purity IQ

65 hours 22 mins; June 30, 2025

Automating Food Safety: From Paperwork to Profit with Normex CEO Tanguy Etoga

59 mins; June 23, 2025

Hot Sauce Without the Heat - Viggy from Tocha Foods

63 hours 49 mins; June 16, 2025

Ashlyn Newlove, Founder of SmartSip

81 hours 41 mins; June 09, 2025

Getting Graded: Inside the Wild World of Card Authentication with TGA's Tyler Stilborn

63 hours 38 mins; June 02, 2025

Kyle Schumacher of Caliente Hot Sauce Company

58 mins; May 26, 2025

The Newfoundland Chocolate Company

57 mins; May 19, 2025

Sarah Harper and the Fiery World of Stoke The Fire Hot Sauce

50 mins; May 12, 2025

From Restaurant Owner to Tea Entrepreneur with Nicole Keats

47 mins; May 05, 2025

Owner of Wild Moon Organics Sean Smith looks at brands, owning a bone broth company a little differently.

61 hours 41 mins; April 28, 2025

Nathanael Hollands and Kinvest Impact Foundation are building market innovations in Rural Africa

66 hours 59 mins; April 21, 2025

Dinner with Christos. The founder of Aelo, talks about their new launch, Limoncello and how this one is special

68 hours 2 mins; April 14, 2025

Throwback episode. We walked the Kelowna Farmer's Market with Peter Boyd

33 mins; April 07, 2025

Off Script with Phil & Kenny: April Events Preview Join Phil Chang and Kenny Vannucci as they discuss upcoming food industry events and initiatives in Canada this April

30 mins; March 31, 2025

Frozen Assets: How TransCold Distribution Is Revolutionizing the Ice Cream and Frozen Food Industry

52 mins; March 24, 2025

Brittany from HIVE Naturals and Jeff Doucette from Field Agent Canada to announce their groundbreaking partnership: the world's first hybrid merchandising agency.

61 hours 15 mins; March 17, 2025

Lisa Simonsen packs eggs for a living...just kidding. If you're looking for a designer's view of front of pack labels that are upcoming, this is the episode for you.

49 mins; March 11, 2025

We're smiling ear to ear - Nadia Toledo plus talking about tamales is a win/win!

53 mins; March 03, 2025

She found me with one of her buttermilk biscuits in my mouth. Dawn Chapman owner and CEO of Toronto's Lazy Daisy's Café and inaugural winner of WXN Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Food Industry Award, presented by Skip

55 mins; February 24, 2025

Rochelle Minagawa, Founder of MotherLove Ferments jumps in to talk about the ending of the year, and what comes next for the business.

53 mins; February 17, 2025

How to know what you don't know? Brody Hanson, CEO of Work Water talks about jumping into beverage making, starting from scratch with no industry experience

60 hours 1 min; February 10, 2025

Taking control. We don't have a lot of it, but a chance to take a breath, make changes and continue to push for changes

33 mins; February 03, 2025

Things you can do in your day to day to change the conversation around tariffs. Places and resources that you can go to find local brands, Canadian brands.

33 mins; January 27, 2025

Jennay Oliver is a fourth-generation farmer, that runs Paynter's Fruit Market in Kelowna.

59 mins; January 20, 2025

Mike Nunn comes on to talk automation, AI and how to help companies save some time and free up their folks to do other things.

73 hours 16 mins; January 13, 2025

She's committed to the economic advancement of women. Natalie Frederick Wilson is from Barbados, raised in New York City, and currently living in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

67 hours 7 mins; January 06, 2025

We finish the year with the fabulous Kyla King, CEO and Founder of Rad Jamz.

65 hours 18 mins; December 30, 2024

Claudio Perazzo started Italian Meat Master with one goal in mind: to make a positive impact on Canadians' diet, cleaning and improving iconic comfort foods like sausages and cured meats

76 hours 12 mins; December 16, 2024

President of Stong's Brian Bradley started working at Safeway in high school, initially with no plans to stay long-term

56 mins; December 09, 2024

People are always thirsty. Wolseley Kombucha is on track for it's best year ever. Michelle talks about their success and what's next.

49 mins; December 02, 2024

Tatsuo Kan is the owner of Kojo, and founder of Kizuna.

60 hours 55 mins; November 25, 2024

He retired, started a business, retired again. Ran a triathalon, got his bike stolen, bought a bar and the rest is history

51 mins; November 18, 2024

We take a tour of Pealow's Your Independent Grocer with Brian Pealow

43 mins; November 13, 2024

Rochelle teaches us about kombucha. Phil meets Oprah

27 mins; November 11, 2024

Stephanie Horman has a plan to give back. It's called Cabin 5 granola, and it's awesome.

54 mins; November 04, 2024

Cam Bruce, owner of Famous Foods in Vancouver talks about coming to retail late in life, and what it takes to be successful as an independent grocer

60 hours 4 mins; October 31, 2024

From 1 to 150. Ben Osmow talks about the Osmow family hustle, building a business from scratch and introducing Ontarians to shwarma.

43 mins; October 28, 2024

We talk to Kurstin Leith and Christine about helping brands, how to know when you're ready for expert help like Agency Brand Management.

59 mins; October 21, 2024

We hung out with Marie Morden and Haddas Lederman to talk about Ontario Made

54 mins; October 17, 2024

There's always time to talk about coffee. Founder of Smoking Gun Coffee Brandon Liton talks about moving from social work to roasting coffee.

52 mins; October 14, 2024

We get a chance to talk to Bill van Nes, founder of St Brigids creamery, it might be the best butter we've ever tasted.

74 hours 47 mins; October 07, 2024

We get a whole episode this time with Tareq Hadhad, Founder of Peace by Chocolate.

69 hours 8 mins; October 07, 2024

"All tomato school stories stay in tomato school." Dwayne Boudreau talks about challenges for brands growing up in Atlantic Canada.

50 mins; September 30, 2024

In 1999, it all started as a labour of love with Nova Scotian entrepreneurs Gerry McConnell and the late Dara Gordon.

64 hours 8 mins; September 24, 2024

We're walking the show in today's episode. If you ever wanted to know what retail folks talk about during show walks, this is the episode for you.

58 mins; September 23, 2024

Paloma & Andrew created a place where culture, quality and respect come together as Paz Bakery

64 hours 14 mins; September 16, 2024

Rob & Geraldine Brouwer didn't start out thinking they would create a dog food company

47 mins; September 09, 2024

Michael Clark is the Winemaker, General Manager and co-owner of Clos du Soleil

57 mins; September 02, 2024

We're on a roadtrip. We get some real feedback on wine in the Okanagan valley, and the BC Fruit Grower's situation.

59 mins; August 26, 2024

David Giffin shares his journey in establishing a hemp business

50 mins; August 22, 2024

Andrew Elliott, former President of Foley's Chocolates comes on to talk about growing companies and the importance of leadership.

65 hours 19 mins; August 19, 2024

ast to coast podcast. Patrick Griffin, the Founder of the Oat Company joins us from Newfoundland.

48 mins; August 15, 2024

We catch up with Michael Mazur, President at Freshfield Naturals, Inc. Freshfield won the 2024 CHFA Launchpad award in Vancouver

69 hours 48 mins; August 12, 2024

Spreading the popcorn gospel. Tanner Townsend talks about switching crops, and becoming Canada's largest popcorn grower.

43 mins; August 05, 2024

Retailing is an art and a grind. Kristina Cavallari has both - the art to retailing and the grit to grind it out in retail.

60 hours 41 mins; July 29, 2024

Food Banks Mississauga partnership with Kimberly Clark Canada

49 mins; July 28, 2024

Steve Rad, CEO of Abacus comes on to talk AI, how Steve is using AI and how he and Abacus thinks about AI and the future

65 hours 21 mins; July 22, 2024

Carmen Wakeling, Co-Owner of Eatmore Sprouts comes on to talk about sprouts and turning the tide on a 25 year old incident.

60 hours 28 mins; July 15, 2024

Sam Wong, Data executive at Marc Anthony leading organizations to work smarter with Data and AI.

56 mins; July 08, 2024

Max saw the future of trading cards before we all caught on

67 hours 47 mins; July 01, 2024

Mike Nunn is the CEO of TLC Solutions. We talk about how to keep yourself cyber safe, and the things that brands and businesses should worry about

62 hours 47 mins; June 27, 2024

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