EP11: The company turning leftover bread into pints of beer - Toast Ale

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FUN FACT

100% of Toast Ale’s profits go to their partner charity, Feedback!

FOUNDERS

Tristam Stuart

FLAGSHIP PRODUCT

American Pale Ale

LAUNCHED

2016

HQ

London, England

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The Problem

“If you were to take food waste and size it up as a country, it’d be the third largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, behind China and the US." And of all the food types that end up going to waste, bread takes the #1 spot.

The Solution

Enter Toast Ale - the international brewery turning wasted bread into delicious beer.

Episode Brief

Shannon Flannigan, CEO of Toast Ale USA, joins Peter on this week’s episode to discuss:

  • The four ways to solve the global food waste problem

  • Creating beer from leftover bread

  • The b-corp certification and social enterprise trend

  • Building a large, international business and donating 100% of profits

  • What's next and the moonshot

  • Lightning Round:

    • Won prestigious Cannes Lion award for work w/ Tiger Beer. What was the campaign and why do you think it resonated?

    • What new consumer brand are you most excited about and why?

    • What’s the most interesting trend you’re seeing in food and beverage?

    • Who has had the greatest impact on your learning and why?

Credits

HOST

Peter Levin

PRODUCTION

Dan Mahoney

MUSIC

Eddie Knuckles

Peter Levin