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In this episode of Don’t Eat Poop!, our hosts Matt and Francine are joined by Nevin Barich, the food and beverage guru of Industry Intelligence Inc.

With 15+ years working as a curator and editor of all information and content out there about the food and beverage industry that his company can gather, Nevin shares a little bit of how this type of market intelligence works, how companies benefit from it, and the trends that have been emerging during his time in the role.

Prepare to see a side of the industry we don’t often see or talk about: the data that’s behind it all.

💩 [01:05] Meet Nevin Barich and learn what his company does for their clients

💩 [04:01] How it all works in practice

💩 [05:47] What business intelligence and Bruce Almighty have in common

💩 [07:51] Nevin’s role within the food and beverage space

💩 [09:14] The importance of the human element in a world of automation and AI

💩 [10:49] What type of food safety data companies are actually looking for

💩 [12:09] The Legislation Monitor, how it works, and its benefits over others

💩 [16:23] How Nevin’s company tracks outbreaks for their clients

💩 [16:44] How we met and what the latest McDonald’s outbreak meant to Nevin

💩 [19:26] The impact of Don’t Eat Poop! and others in the industry on listeners

💩 [21:41] L.A. versus Los Angeles and Nevin’s 17 years in the same company

💩 [24:03] The January 2025 L.A. wildfires

💩 [25:16] The biggest change within food and beverage over the last 17 years

💩 [27:13] Why the McDonald’s E. coli outbreak was so shocking and its lessons

💩 [30:10] The growing interest in regulatory changes in food safety

💩 [32:43] Stay tuned for a future LinkedIn Live with Nevin

💩 [34:38] Paying someone who is creating content about you

“From where I sit, I think it's a matter of really being cautious [about AI] because it's very easy to just say, ‘Oh, the AI will just do everything for us.’ Maybe one day it will, but in the meantime, there's a lot of tweaks and fixes that need to be made again, like any other technology that's ever come up.” – Nevin Barich

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