🗣️ Hey CPG brands – this is the guide to all of our upcoming opportunities for your brand to shine! Exhibiting in our sections at trade shows, sampling opportunities, buyer meetings, awards, and more – if there’s an application, we’ve got a link for it here!

Before you jump in, there are a few things you need to know:

1. Only brands who are active in our Slack community will be considered for opportunities with Startup CPG. Join here now: www.startupcpg.com — just click the button on our homepage, and you’ll get set up – it’s free to join!
2. Only brands who are in our official database are eligible for opportunities within our community, so make sure you’re in there! Make it official **here ✨**
3. “Brands” refers to CPG brands that are manufacturing CPG products. Our community currently defines CPG brands as brands making products that you put in or on your body, such as food, beverages, health and beauty, pet, and some household products. Service providers: we love having you in our community, but please note that our brand database and brand opportunities are strictly for CPG brands manufacturing products.

👋🏼 Welcome to the community - if you have friends in CPG, invite them to join by sending them to startupcpg.com!

🫣 Questions? Reach out to: [email protected]

Opportunities Currently Accepting Applications:

**Opportunity Knocks

Ongoing**

Every other Friday, a new submission window opens giving active Startup CPG email subscribers direct access to submit to leading retailers, distributors, investors, and media. No subscription fees, no gatekeeping. Previous partners include Earth Fare, Raley's, Whole Foods Market UK, and more.

📌 SIGN UP HERE

**Boston Founder Social

July 23, 2026** (rolling deadline)

Startup CPG is coming back to Boston: don't miss our latest Boston Founder Social at Dray Drinks in South End!

Join us for mingling and sampling with buyers and retailers from all around the Boston area. Dray Drinks is the perfect backdrop — one of Boston's go-to destinations for premium non-alcoholic beverages — and we're filling it with the founders, tastemakers, and retail buyers who are shaping the future of the category.

We encourage all brands to apply, but note that we will be prioritizing NA brands for sampling at this event.

📌 SIGN UP HERE

**Southeast Grocery Run with Whole Foods Market

September 8, 2026** (rolling deadline)

The Southeast is home to some of the most exciting emerging CPG brands in the country — and we're bringing them together with buyers and retailers from across the Southeast for an afternoon of mingling and sampling in sunny Miami!