Study Group: Grocery Store Experts: Food and Beverage Consultants(?)
Council Members in this Study Group: 33
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President
Bevmark LLC
Tom Pirko is currently the President of Bevmark, a premier food & beverage Industry consulting firm providing strategic counsel to senior management of the world's leading food & beverage companies. Mr. Pirko is an expert on strategic planning, competition, mergers, acquisitions, manufacturing, marketing...
President
Shea Marketing Consulting Inc.
Rick Shea has more than 19 years of executive marketing experience at CPG food companies including Kraft, Unilever, George Weston Bakeries and Malt-O-Meal cereals. He is the President of Shea Marketing Consulting Inc., a firm that specializes in providing marketing expertise to CPG companies. Mr. Shea...
Director
Horton Hill Management Services Ltd
Allan Webb is the Managing Director and a shareholder of Horton Hill Management Services, where he has worked since 2004. Horton Hill Management Services is a consultancy specialising in retail and food and beverage sectors. Mr. Webb is a veteran of the UK food retailing industry, having spent over...
President
MarketOps, Inc.
John Duffy is currently the President of MarketOps, a food and beverage consultancy firm, where he has worked since 2001. Mr. Duffy has more than 15 years of experience in the food and beverage industry and has expertise in wholesale, retail, marketing, sales, product development and business development....
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| Supervalu Experts | 97 |
| Warehouse Club Retail Experts | 138 |
| Warehouse Club Experts | 219 |
GLG NewsSMAnalyses by this Study Group's Experts(?)
Increasing commodity costs are having a negative impact to the growth of organic and natural foods.As commodities increase consumers are being more selective and price sensitive in their grocery shopping.This trend does not bode well for retailers like Whole Foods (WFMI) and the manufacturers that...
Apple once again delivered very strong results in the face of hesitant consumers under recessionary pressures.Total revenue growth for the latest quarter was +36% led by the Mac brand in personal computers at +51%.The MP3 segment led by the I Pod brand delivered growth of +1% while the I-Phone...
With ever rising commodity costs food companies that have hedged their key commodity purchases with forward buying have done quite well over the last year.Several key manufacturers have announced that they have hedged their raw materials by forward buying 60-70% of their 2008 needs.Lost in the...
Kraft and Sara Lee executives recently spoke at analyst conference concerning their recent improvements to drive sales growth and improve operating margins.Both suggested the progress is real and sustainable. Kraft highlighted new products and headcount reduction as keys to their progress.New...
As commodity prices increase, food manufacturers will be required to pass on higher raw material costs to their consumers.Over time these higher prices will put pressure on premium priced branded products and shift share to private label and value brands.Will this same pressure apply to retailers and...
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