Thought Leadership

by Bob Goldin | Rob Veidenheimer July 2, 2018   Pentallect has thoroughly analyzed the recent sales and profit performance of over 50 publicly traded food companies that operate in all major industry channels – food and beverage manufacturers, alcoholic...

by Barry Friends | Bob Goldin May 14, 2018   As residents of cold weather climates (Chicago and Minneapolis), the writers are all too aware of the dampening effects adverse winter weather can have on consumer behavior and of the mobility restrictions it...

by Gary Karp April 30, 2018   Recently, several articles have been published that indicate a renewed momentum in food retailing toward private label share growth. Generally speaking, whether in retail or foodservice, growth in brand share itself is an...

by Barry Friends | Bob Goldin February 20, 2018   Sysco, US Foods (USF) and Performance Food Group (PFG) have released their latest quarterly results, and they are, in a word, impressive. The companies are continuing to achieve revenue, case volume and...

by Bill Caskey | Barry Friends | Bob Goldin January 11, 2018   For the past several years, independent restaurants have enjoyed considerable and hard- earned success and gained share. Many factors contributed to their growth: creativity, clever marketing,...

by Gary Karp October 18, 2017   Adding previous acquisitions HPSI and IPS Rebates with newly acquired Avendra raises Aramark’s GPO purchases to approximately $7-8 billion. However, while that $7-8 billion still trails Sodexo’s Entegra business unit (with...