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Thought Leadership

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.

 

 

Happy Anniversary Amazon & Whole Foods

Happy Anniversary Amazon & Whole Foods

Happy 5th Anniversary!  Amazon acquired Whole Foods in 2017.  At that time speculation was rampant as to how Amazon would further enter and disrupt the retail food, foodservice & food distribution channels.  Questions abounded as to whom will...

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Foodservice Category Management: What Happened?

Foodservice Category Management: What Happened?

We have long been vocal and active proponents of foodservice category management and have closely followed its adoption and developments. Prior to the pandemic, the potential benefits of category management, including fact-based decision making, collaborative business...

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Foodservice Distribution M&A

Foodservice Distribution M&A

    Situation 2022 foodservice distribution M&A has started with Ben E Keith acquiring Florida Foodservice and a merger of Troyer Foods and Stanz Foodservice.  These come on the heels of a very active 2021 with 30+ deals having been completed. While...

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Food Industry Supply Chain Recovery

Food Industry Supply Chain Recovery

Food Industry Supply Chain Recovery:Getting Back on Track     By: Rob Veidenheimer, Bob Goldin and Gary Karp February 2, 2022   As has been reported extensively, supply chain disruptions have impacted almost all food industry organizations – from raw...

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