Food Empires

Behind the scenes with the recipe influencers you love. An interview series that breaks down how the top creators in food uild their audience and business beyond the highlight reel. Each guest shares the real playbook: the experiments, routines, mindset shifts, and monetization choices that got them from “a few steps behind” to massive reach.

Food Empires is a arts podcast hosted by Grocers List, with 8 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Grocers List hosts Food Empires, a arts show with 8 episodes published.

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  Episode #7

  The 17-Second Reel That Brought In 800K Followers In 10 Days

  Apr 7, 202646 minS1

  <p>Grow Traffic, Capture Emails + Sell More Stuff: https://grocerslist.com</p><p>In this episode, the host sits down with Maria Koutsogiannis, founder of @foodbymaria, to explore how she built a global food brand from personal struggle to multi-million follower platform.</p><p>Maria shares her journey from accounting to content creation, detailing how a health diagnosis led her to rediscover food, and ultimately launch Food by Maria. She discusses the evolution of Instagram, the importance of audience alignment, and how she scaled from 1,000 followers to over 2.5 million.</p><p>The conversation also dives into her transition into products...

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  Episode #6

  She Couldn't Cook. Now 1M+ Visit Her Site Every Month.

  Mar 31, 202628 minS1

  <p>Grow Traffic, Capture Emails + Sell More Stuff: https://grocerslist.com</p><p>In this episode, Ben Jabbawy sits down with Sarah Bond, founder of Live Eat Learn, to explore how she built a food media brand reaching over 1 million monthly visitors.</p><p>Starting as an SEO driven blog, Sarah scaled her business through keyword strategy before transitioning to a social-first approach driven by short-form video and high volume content systems.</p><p>They discuss how to build and scale a recipe brand in today’s algorithm-driven landscape, including content production, repurposing strategies, and monetization through traffic and email.</p>...

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  Episode #5

  2 Years, Zero Growth...Then 2M Instagram Followers In 18 Months.

  Mar 24, 202638 minS1

  <p>Grow Traffic, Capture Emails + Sell More Stuff: https://grocerslist.com </p><p>In this episode, Ben sits down with Lexi Harrison, co-founder of Crowded Kitchen, to break down how she and her mom built one of the most recognizable food creator brands online.</p><p>Lexi shares how Crowded Kitchen evolved from a college-era Instagram account into a multi-platform business with millions of followers, and how her time at The Feedfeed shaped her understanding of the creator economy. </p><p>The conversation dives into what it really takes to scale a food media company—from producing high volumes of co...

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  Episode #4

  She Beat a Michelin Chef on Guy's Grocery Games

  Mar 17, 202649 minS1

  <p>Grow Traffic, Capture Emails + Sell More Stuff:</p><p>https://grocerslist.com</p><p>In this episode of Food Empire, I sit down with MacKenzie Smith, the creator behind Grilled Cheese Social, to break down how she turned a simple grilled cheese blog into a full-fledged food creator business.</p><p>McKenzie shares the story behind starting her blog while studying counseling psychology at Columbia, when she realized the career path she was on didn’t feel right. What began as a creative outlet built around grilled cheese recipes eventually evolved into a thriving brand powered by SEO, social me...

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  Episode #3

  She Spends $2M/Month on Creator Campaigns. Here's What She Looks For.

  Mar 10, 202635 minS1

  <p>Grow Traffic, Capture Emails + Sell More Stuff: grocerslist.com</p><h3>In this episode, Ben Jabbawy sits down with Erica Eckman, founder and CEO of Ecko, one of the leading creator marketing agencies in food and CPG, and co-founder of FlavCity, the fast-growing wellness brand now sold nationwide at Target.</h3><p>Erica shares how she went from food creator to agency founder to CPG operator, and breaks down what actually makes creator marketing work today. From story-view benchmarks and pricing frameworks to retail awareness and DTC performance, this episode is a masterclass in how modern food brands can...

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