FOOD INDUSTRY CONSULTANTS

Foodservice, retail and nontraditional food & beverage channels

Pentallect is a boutique food industry consulting firm specializing in business and strategic planning, M&A due diligence, go-to-market effectiveness and food distribution/supply chain optimization. The firm’s clients include manufacturers, distributors/wholesalers, restaurant and supermarket chains and private equity firms. Each Pentallect partner has a unique understanding and perspective of the challenges facing the various market channels and segments, as each have held executive positions with multi-category manufacturers, distributors and/or consultancies. Their EXPERIENCE-BASED thought leadership and pragmatic advice lead to improved sales and financial performance and company positioning.

INSIGHTS & SOLUTIONS FOR:

⌂ Improving Performance
⌂ Optimizing Results
⌂ Due Diligence

The Pentallect partners have years of PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE across various channels of the food industry. Manufacturers, distributors, investment firms, brokers, associations and others have relied on their pragmatic solutions, analysis and research to transform their businesses, expand their portfolios and improve their bottom line.

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The Pentallect partners’ personal executive experience, coupled with their reputation as provocative and outside-the-box thought leaders, have made their pragmatic advice, opinions and insights some of the most sought after in the food industry. The Pentallect team routinely appears on national network media and is  honored to be regularly quoted in leading industry publications.

The Amazon is Coming! The Amazon is Coming!

The Amazon is Coming! The Amazon is Coming!

    by:  Gary Karp June 27, 2017   One if by Acquisition and Two if by Internal Expansion In a refrain similar to Paul Revere, according to many analysts, Amazon is coming to foodservice and it’s time for distributors to shore up their defenses. No one...

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The “Big 3” Distributors Announce Results

The “Big 3” Distributors Announce Results

    by:  Barry Friends | Bob Goldin May 15, 2017   In the past few weeks, the three largest U.S. foodservice distributors – Sysco, US Foods, and Performance Food Group – all released their quarterly results. There is a lot to be gleaned from the numbers...

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Independents vs. Chains: Which Is Outperforming?

Independents vs. Chains: Which Is Outperforming?

    by:  Bob Goldin | Rob Veidenheimer April 11, 2017   Recently, Independent restaurant traffic and revenue growth has outperformed chains. This dynamic represents an important shift from historical patterns when chains were driving industry growth...

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Are Fast Casual and Supermarket Foods Losing Steam?

Are Fast Casual and Supermarket Foods Losing Steam?

    by:  Bill Caskey | Bob Goldin March 28, 2017   Over the past decade, fast casual and supermarket prepared foods have been the fastest growing foodservice industry segments. For different reasons, they have resonated with consumers and gained...

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Have You Put Your Trade Spending Budget on a Diet?

Have You Put Your Trade Spending Budget on a Diet?

    by:  Gary Karp March 13, 2017   Currently, many manufacturers are struggling with the weight of their trade spending budget. In many cases the “obesity” of trade spending exists as other very important expenses have been on an ongoing diet. As...

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D-GPOs: Will A New And Enhanced Effort Succeed?

D-GPOs: Will A New And Enhanced Effort Succeed?

    by:  Barry Friends | Gary Karp March 9, 2017   Independents restaurant operators have become priority targets for GPOs (Pentallect research estimates 35,000 independent operators are members of GPOs and the number appears to be growing rapidly). All...

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No Post-Election Bounce for Restaurants

No Post-Election Bounce for Restaurants

    by:  Bob Goldin March 8, 2017   Pentallect Finds Restaurant Performance Remains Sluggish  Restaurant goers surveyed by Pentallect, a food industry strategy and business improvement firm, in collaboration with its insights partner Critical Mix, are...

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