February ’26
The PE-Grade CPG CFO: Built for Exit Value
The modern private equity-backed Consumer Goods CFO is no longer a scorekeeper — they are the architect of EBITDA expansion, cash optimization, and exit multiple acceleration. That’s the short answer. If your CFO is only closing the books and managing audits, you don’t have a PE-grade finance leader. You have an accounting department. Today’s portfolio…
Read MoreBuilding Resilient Supply Chains: Why Operational Leadership Now Drives CPG Value Creation
For years, supply chain leadership in CPG was expected to do one thing exceptionally well: Stay out of the way. If product showed up on time, costs behaved, and retailers weren’t calling with complaints, operations was considered “solid.” Strategy happened elsewhere. As noted in Bain’s 2025 Consumer Products Report highlighting the impact geopolitical, regulatory, and…
Read MoreMiddle-Market CPG Trends 2026: Value, Health & Innovation
Middle-Market CPG Trends 2026: What’s Driving Growth? The middle-market CPG industry isn’t slowing — it’s recalibrating. Shoppers are hunting for value, flirting with health-focused products, and quietly ghosting brands that raised prices one too many times. Here’s the short answer: Consumers now expect premium quality and affordability — and the brands that balance both will…
Read MoreHow CPG CEOs Are Reshaping Talent Strategy in Todays Volatile Economy
For much of the past decade, growth covered a multitude of sins in consumer-packaged goods. Rising demand masked inefficient networks. Cheap capital forgave bloated cost structures. Pricing power arrived often enough to paper over operational cracks. Leadership teams were built to scale, sometimes before they were built to endure. That environment changed quickly. Over the…
Read MoreHow Private Equity Talent Strategy Is Driving Value Creation in Middle-Market CPG
In middle-market CPG, value creation is no longer driven solely by brand extensions, pricing actions, or operational efficiencies. Increasingly, private equity talent strategy has become the decisive lever shaping investment thesis, operating plans, and exit outcomes. This shift reflects a broader recognition that leadership quality—not just capital structure—determines how much value can be unlocked during…
Read More