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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 is honored to be regularly quoted in national and leading industry publications.
Amazon.com as a Foodservice Titan: Not So Fast
by: Bob Goldin | Barry Friends February 4, 2019 We have the utmost respect for Amazon.com (Amazon). Perhaps more than any company in the recent past, it has and is fundamentally reshaping how business is conducted. No one can ignore their...
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The Labor Crisis: Now is The Time to Collaborate
by: Bob Goldin | Gary Karp | Rob Veidenheimer | Barry Friends January 11, 2019 Labor shortages are widespread and growing in severity. They are causing major disruptions to business efficiency and costs to rise, in some cases fairly...
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Capitalize on Data Analytics
by: Gary Karp November 28, 2018 A recent study by Pentallect, "Best Practices: Strategic Use of Data Analytics", confirmed the need for continuous improvement in the use of data analytics and identified significant differences in how various...
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Food and Beverage Manufacturers: Stuck in Neutral
by: Rob Veidenheimer | Bob Goldin November 13, 2018 Major food & beverage (F & B) manufacturers have been actively pursuing a number of strategic initiatives to accelerate sales and profit growth. These initiatives have included portfolio...
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Foodservice Distributors Face Headwinds: A Review of Third Quarter 2018 Results
by: Bob Goldin | Barry Friends November 8, 2018 As illustrated, the three largest foodservice distributors have each experienced year-over-year operating expense increases that are negatively affecting their profit growth. The cost increases are due to higher...
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Foodservice GPO Business Model Morphing
by: Gary Karp | Barry Friends September 19, 2018 In the Pentallect POV published March 9, 2017, we highlighted the initiation of a foodservice Distributor GPO (DGPO) being started by UniPro, Unity Advantage Group, to enable their distributor members to better...
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