Poppi to PepsiCo: Building a $2B soda brand the industry couldn't ignore

Behind the Business with Michelle Toh · Jul 23, 2026 · 56m

Joining us this week is Poppi co-founder Allison Ellsworth, who takes us behind the rise of one of America's fastest-growing beverage brands — from a kitchen counter experiment to a nearly $2 billion acquisition by PepsiCo. In this conversation, we dive into: 00:00 Introduction 01:15: Growing up in a household of entrepreneurs, gaining confidence as a dancer and working cleaning bathrooms 03:28: Starting Poppi inside Allison's kitchen 05:11: The trial-and-error process 06:26: Allison's previous life working in oil and gas 07:31: Starting to sell at farmer's markets and being discovered by…