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Michelle Mazzara

Michelle Mazzara

Founder and CEO of Luvafoodie, a Minnesota-based clean-eating gourmet spice and iced-tea brand, and author of The Making of Luvafoodie Brand.

Aug 28, 2026

2:00
So I'm curious, when you had this idea to start adding products to this line, how did you consider that? Because that is a bit of a change in the business model you started with.
2:11
Absolutely.
2:12
Well, after about six months, I came out with a line of clean gourmet caramels.
2:18
And the way I decided to launch the caramels is with a local line of grocery stores here in the Twin Cities who were into really unique products that were from makers in Minnesota and high quality products.
2:36
And people were really, that was my test, and people were really engaging on the brand Love of Foodie, the logo.
2:44
And based on that success with the Caramels, I realized that I could take this brand and really develop any product, a consumable product, because it was unique.
2:58
The logo was unique.

10 MINS LATER

13:01
With your consumer product background, what value does aesthetic have for you and actually how you portray the brand and how you create desire for the brand?

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