Emily Groden has built Evergreen into one of America's fastest-growing frozen breakfast brands, scaling from a household Vitamix to $9.3 million in retail sales across 8,000+ stores. A Harvard Law graduate who cold-emailed her way from corporate law to General Counsel at three-Michelin-star Alinea, she launched Evergreen in 2020 with zero CPG experience. Now her fruit-and-vegetable-packed frozen waffles are stocked at Whole Foods, Walmart, Target, and Kroger nationwide, with 2025 revenue projected to more than double to $26 million.
🔧 Status Quo Disruption Framework - Method for applying challenger mindset from high-end hospitality to mass-market CPG operations
📊 Manufacturing Insourcing Decision Matrix - Process for evaluating when to build your own facility versus continuing co-man search during scaling
🤝 Customer Feedback Integration - Approach to using trade show insights to drive complete rebrands that increase sales 50% overnight
⚙️ Multi-Line Portfolio Management - Framework for expanding product lines to serve different customer segments while maintaining operational focus
📈 Hyperscale Distribution Strategy - System for managing 600 to 8,000 retail doors in two years without breaking operations
🎯 Frozen Category Unit Economics - Methods for structuring pricing and efficiencies to compete against legacy players in capital-intensive categories
Whether you're launching in the frozen aisle or scaling clean-label products, Emily's frameworks will help you challenge category assumptions, make strategic manufacturing decisions, and execute operational infrastructure for hypergrowth.
Perfect for: Frozen food entrepreneurs, clean-label brand founders, lawyer-to-founder transitions, category disruptors
Guest: Emily Groden - Founder & CEO, Evergreen
Host: Samantha Rose - Managing Partner, Hologram Capital & Founder, Endless Commerce
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