An operating company for retail

Every channel,
run as one operation.

From grocery to concessions, military to emerging commerce — we connect brands to the formats, partners, and systems needed to scale. Idea, production, shelf, all routed through a single house.

11Retail channels
400+Partner network
60+Manufacturing partners
120 yrsCombined retail experience
The channel network

If it is a retail channel,
we manage it.

One platform across eleven retail channel groups — from conventional grocery to military commissary to emerging commerce. Each channel run by native operators with dedicated relationships and a channel-specific plan.

Grocery

Conventional, natural, ethnic, premium, and emerging banners.

National + regional

Mass

Walmart, Target, and mass-format buyers across categories.

High-velocity

Club

Costco, Sam’s, BJ’s. Pack architecture and roadshow strategy.

Pack + price

Convenience

C-store HQs, jobbers, vending, micro-markets, fuel networks.

Single-serve

Specialty

Specialty grocers, gourmet, and emerging banner formats.

Brand-led

Hospitality

Hotel groups, resorts, casinos, country clubs, and gift shops.

On-property

Concessions

Stadiums, arenas, theme parks, and venue concessionaires.

Venue / event

Military

Commissary, exchange, and on-base specialty programs.

DeCA / NEXCOM

Pet

Pet specialty, vet channel, and emerging premium pet retailers.

Specialty + DTC

Farm & Feed

Tractor Supply, regional co-ops, ag retail, and rural lifestyle.

Rural + value

Emerging Commerce

DTC, marketplace, social commerce, and quick-commerce formats.

Digital-first

Foodservice

Distributors, operators, and B2B foodservice channel routes.

Broadline
The full retail format universe — formats, departments, and category trees — lives on RetailFormats.com.
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The retail toolkit

The systems behind
smarter retail execution.

We operate as an internal platform — ten integrated systems running sales, trade, merchandising, and operations across every channel we touch.

01

ActionAisle

In-store activation and trial programs orchestrated across formats.

02

BrokerManager

Broker network coordination, scorecards, and territory hand-offs.

03

CategoryManagement

Category roles, segmentation, and assortment frameworks.

04

DirectStoreDelivery

DSD route design, jobber integration, and store-level service.

05

InStoreMarketing

Shelf, secondary, and lobby visibility programs that move units.

06

Planograms

Schematic discipline tied to category role, velocity, and margin.

07

ShopperInsights

Shopper, channel, and category data turned into operating decisions.

08

TradeSpend

Trade architecture and merchandising investment governance.

09

TradeDeductions

Deduction prevention, recovery, and post-audit hygiene.

10

SlottingFees

Slotting strategy, negotiation plans, and ROI modeling.

Contract manufacturing facility floor
ContractMFG.org · CMAidea, production, shelf
The manufacturing backbone

A production network
wired into retail.

We plug directly into the CMA production ecosystem and ContractMFG.org — commercial kitchens, pilot plants, food innovation centers, co-packing capacity, and private label programs, all reachable from a single operating layer.

01Commercial kitchensR&D + small-batch
02Pilot plantsScale validation
03Co-packingProduction handoff
04Private labelRetailer programs
05Food innovation centersNew format development
Product development

We don't only sell products.
We help create them.

A connected set of innovation houses that take ideas through formulation, sensory, stability, and commercialization — and route them into the right channels.

BevLab

Beverage formulation, shelf-stable systems, and functional drink platforms.

Chem Lab

Stability, sensory, and analytical work for new product candidates.

Sauce Hive

Sauce, condiment, dressing, and marinade incubator with co-pack pathway.

Spice Shops

Spice blending, seasoning systems, and global flavor development.

Beverage Cooperative

Shared beverage capacity for emerging and challenger brands.

In development

A platform that matches products
to the right shelf.

A data-assisted matching layer that scores products against formats, departments, retailers, distributors, and sales strategies — built on the same channel intelligence we already run today.

A preview

Format, department, and account fit — in minutes.

The matching system reads the same signals our operators use: pack architecture, price ladder, margin position, category role, channel fit. Output: a ranked list of formats and accounts most likely to take a product into distribution.

  • Format and department fit scoring
  • Distributor and broker route mapping
  • Trade and slotting feasibility ranges
State & regional network

Local roots.
National reach.

A federated set of regional brand programs that take state-of-origin and region-of-origin brands from local-shelf credibility into national distribution.

CalifMade

California-origin brand commercialization and channel access.

CA

TexanMade

Texas brand network with HEB, regional, and lifestyle accounts.

TX

MahaloMade

Hawaii-origin brand commercialization and Pacific channel routes.

HI
Authority

Built by operators who have
commercialized at scale.

Multi-decade tenure across major CPG brands, emerging brand launches, and category development inside the largest retail formats in North America.

We have led brands from kitchen-table concept into national distribution, and run categories for retailers that move billions of units a year. That is the base layer this platform is built on.

Operating disciplines

Brand commercialization · category leadership · retailer P&L · trade architecture · broker management · DSD · club pack design · military channel · food innovation · private label · deduction recovery

11Retail channels managed
400+Partner accounts
60+Co-pack & manufacturing partners
50States covered
How we work

A bridging model —
we run it until you build it.

We act as your sales, marketing, operations, logistics, and channel-strategy team — then transition accountability when your internal team is ready.

01

Sales bridge

Act as your sales team across buyers, brokers, distributors, and key accounts until you scale.

02

Marketing bridge

Run trade marketing, shopper marketing, and in-store activation while your brand team grows.

03

Operations bridge

Orchestrate co-pack, logistics, slotting, and trade-spend operations end to end.

04

Internalize

Hand off systems, guidance, and relationships when you build internal capacity.

Enter the network

One platform.
Every channel.

Whether you are launching a brand, expanding distribution, or stepping into a new channel group, we plug you into the operating layer of retail.