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  "headline": "U.S. CPG makers sit on excess capacity — opportunity for outsourced brands.",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ GRAPHITE · Manufacturer overcapacity pattern · CPG Sector (Capacity Thesis)\n\nU.S. CPG makers sit on excess capacity — opportunity for outsourced brands.\n\nOvercapacity in the supply chain is the kind of thing that feels abstract until you realize it's your negotiating power sitting there on the table. Most smaller brands never think to push their manufacturer on price or terms — they assume it's fixed. But when the manufacturer has 20% idle capacity, you have leverage. This is the moment to use it.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/li/cpg-sector-capacity-thesis-2026-06-08t06-6\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/li/cpg-sector-capacity-thesis-2026-06-08t06-6\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/li/cpg-sector-capacity-thesis-2026-06-08t06-6",
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      "alt_body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ GRAPHITE · Manufacturer overcapacity pattern · CPG Sector (Capacity Thesis)\n\nU.S. CPG makers sit on excess capacity — opportunity for outsourced brands.\n\nOvercapacity in the supply chain is the kind of thing that feels abstract until you realize it's your negotiating power sitting there on the table. Most smaller brands never think to push their manufacturer on price or terms — they assume it's fixed. But when the manufacturer has 20% idle capacity, you have leverage. This is the moment to use it.\n\nMy Stash Take on what it means for the rest of us →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/lh/cpg-sector-capacity-thesis-2026-06-08t06-6\n→ Your Stash Room — your logo, live pricing, ships blind: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/r/lh/cpg-sector-capacity-thesis-2026-06-08t06-6\n→ Proper imprints, done right at POPS4: https://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/s/lh/cpg-sector-capacity-thesis-2026-06-08t06-6",
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      "body": "{Stash Edge — Distribution Play}\n◆ GRAPHITE · Manufacturer overcapacity pattern · CPG Sector (Capacity Thesis)\n\nU.S. CPG makers sit on excess capacity — opportunity for outsourced…\n\nMy Stash Take →\nhttps://pops4-stash-edge.billing-010.workers.dev/l/t/bs/cpg-sector-capacity-thesis-2026-06-08t06-6",
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      "title": "U.S. CPG makers sit on excess capacity — opportunity for outsourced brands.",
      "body": "✍️ YOUR NOTE — write 2–3 lines to ONE person so they feel: \"this is about me… I could actually do this… I could make money from this.\" Energize them, make it yours. (This is the part that gets the opens.)\n[ your take… ]\n———\nHere is a real one you can run this week 👇\nU.S. CPG manufacturers are holding excess production capacity, creating a window for smaller or emerging brands to access co-manufacturing at favorable terms, per Modern Retail.\nHere's the cool part — the lever almost everyone misses (and you don't have to): if you're using a contract manufacturer, 2026 is the year to renegotiate your per-unit cost or production terms. Call your manufacturer and ask for a meeting. Tell them you want to increase volume by 30% over the next 12 months and ask what pricing concessions they'd make to secure the order. They have empty lines. They want your commitment. Use that. The window closes the moment demand picks back up.\nWhat that means for you: Overcapacity in the supply chain is the kind of thing that feels abstract until you realize it's your negotiating power sitting there on the table. Most smaller brands never think to push their manufacturer on price or terms — they assume it's fixed. But when the manufacturer has 20% idle capacity, you have leverage. This is the moment to use it.\nIf you make, sell, or gift anything with your name on it — this is yours to run. You can do this.\n(Real, not theory — Modern Retail: https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiwwFBVV95cUxPWGJ4QzUyVHM0clB2Tjk5VkllSVpmUFlVVkZyQTdEMFNyOEl0WlZJXzlDWVptNTNWWE55VVQ1OWpsNThEaUJPbElQLTlUV0MtY01mUXp3RnEwTVRMVk1wQWtEQTJ1aGZWem1RczRWSzFSWFY1dFRDblY2dW5zWkJ4Q2t6ZTh1UnhFXzhnM0NtT2FRSWJGQVdRUDJTR1ZVTF80UWhpaFlqLWRBNF9SZkw3a0duc1lfUjBkMTV4cUJ0WUxlWlE?oc=5.)\n———\nOr — want it built FOR you? Your logo, your products, your own private room, priced and ready, in about five minutes. That's literally what we do →\nhttps://www.pops4.com/vip?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=stash",
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