Amplify Your Distinction

Cavehaus is your partner in strategic brand evolution. We guide ambitious CPG brands to define and achieve what's next.

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Whether you're aiming to revitalize a legacy identity, define a breakthrough new venture, or sharpen your competitive edge, we craft the foundational strategies, compelling visual and verbal identities, and high-impact packaging systems designed to cut through the noise, forge deep connections, and ensure you win what's next.

CPG Expertise in Your Sector

Food & Beverage

Food + Beverage

CPG Wellness

Health + Wellness

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Sporting + Outdoor Gear

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Our approach blends incisive strategic clarity with boundless creative exploration—a process dedicated to simplifying and amplifying your brand's unique essence. This commitment to resonant, market-grounded design yields magnetic identities that not only captivate but also perform.

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We believe enduring brands are built on more than aesthetics; they emerge from the core narratives that create lasting audience connections.

CPG Brands We've Evolved

Tune
Kraft
Regal Springs
ItSugar
G-Form
Super Natural
Organic Valley
Pretzels.com
Pip
Wise
Kroger
Sunkist
Hum
Walmart
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Harmony Grown
Licorice.com
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Our Leadership

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Matthew Cave

Founder & Creative Director

With nearly three decades dedicated to CPG brand evolution, Matthew is the founder and creative force of Cavehaus. He specializes in transforming brand identities and packaging systems into compelling market presences designed to "seduce, engage, and persuade." Matthew’s approach amplifies a brand's unique essence by uniting core principles with modern design sensibilities to forge deep consumer connections.

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Prior to launching Cavehaus, Matthew led impactful CPG brand evolutions as a Creative Director & Brand Identity Designer with Chameleon Collective. His extensive earlier experience includes senior roles at renowned CPG design agencies Freshmade and LPK—contributing to initiatives for iconic brands like Kellogg's and Kraft—and founding his own successful design agency, Crave. Through Cavehaus, he now dedicates this deep expertise to guiding ambitious CPG brands toward their most resonant and successful next chapter.

When not designing or creating fine art, Matthew finds inspiration hiking and biking the trails around his Asheville home.

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Julie Mantis

Partner & Brand Strategist

A seasoned brand strategist with two decades of leadership, Julie is a driving force behind Cavehaus's strategic clarity. Her expertise lies in helping ambitious CPG brands define precisely why they exist, then articulating that core belief through powerful purpose, positioning, and messaging strategies.  Julie's passion is to provide the foundational focus and inspiration that empowers creative teams to bring a brand's unique evolution to life, from initial concept through to impactful market execution. 

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Julie's extensive experience includes shaping significant brand and marketing transformations for an array of renowned clients such as Polaroid, Vera Bradley, Bugaboo, and World Airways.  A key aspect of her work often involves embedding with client teams, developing their internal marketing capabilities through immersive training, customized frameworks, and identifying resource or capability gaps to ensure their teams thrive long-term.
 
Deeply believing that questioning "why" is a potent instigator of creative thinking, Julie excels at uncovering the vital connections between consumer, culture, and product. She facilitates immersive briefings and collaborative workshops designed to unlock compelling brand narratives. 

At Cavehaus, Julie ensures every brand evolution is not only creatively distinct but also strategically sound, enabling clients to forge deep connections and achieve lasting market success.

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Amplify Your Distinction. Win What's Next.

Let's craft the strategic evolution your CPG brand deserves.

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