Client Success

Client Success

Success stories of previous clients:

Ziyad Brothers

“Andrew is all about the team, he is a team player and built important relationships with our suppliers, customers and our internal team which played an important part of the success he had with Ziyad Brothers.”

-Nassem Ziyad

“Andrew worked with Ziyad Brothers for 13 years and he worked in various aspects of our business:

  • worked with our brands and built sustainable marketing programs for them that increased sales and profitability dramatically over time

  • restructured our pricing process and managed pricing over this time and was able to increase GM rate annually to meet company goals.

  • introduced an analytical approach to manage items and brand oppportunity gaps and margin improvement areas.

  • worked with our product development team to identify categories or specific products that we needed to meet consumer needs

  • developed and implemented our mainstream retail marketing and merchandising plans which was pivitol for the future growth of our business.”

Helped Kim & Scott’s Pretzels grow from a small artisan brand to a national brand. Our strategies helped position them in major retailers, leading to their successful sale to J&J Snack Foods in 2012

Ziyad Brothers, the largest Middle Eastern distributor in the U.S., relied on our expertise to scale operations and expand into new markets. We assisted in their successful acquisition by Peak Rock Capital in 2022.

Helped Kim & Scott’s Pretzels grow from a small artisan brand to a household name. Our strategies helped position them in major retailers, leading to their successful sale to J&J Snack Foods in 2012.

Supported Field and Farmer, a plant-based brand, in expanding their market reach with our innovative strategies. By leveraging our expertise in retail placement and marketing, we helped them grow their product lineup and increase visibility in key grocery stores, leading to an impressive boost in brand recognition and market share.

Urban Accents

-Tom Knibbs and Jim Dygas

“Andrew was an integral part of our management team for over 7 years.  His extensive and long-term relationships in the specialty food industry proved invaluable to our growth and success. 

Andrew implemented pricing structures, promotional budgets and distributor strategies that allowed for exceptional and profitable year over year growth throughout his tenure with Urban Accents.  

Andrew is the consummate team player and had key roles in sales, marketing, product development and finance. His expertise was critical in developing the entire Urban Accents team. He played a key role as we developed our exit strategy and helped guide the company to a successful and profitable sale.

Can’t say enough about this guy.”