Food, Beverage & Hospitality

Le Duff America benefits all through synergies in its supply chain as it manages several brands. By Alan Dorich

When a company has multiple brands, sourcing products can get rather complicated. Each brand has its distinctive culture, timelines and marketing efforts that set it apart from the rest, and meeting the needs of all is an exciting opportunity.
    But Le Duff America Inc. successfully tackles that opportunity on a daily basis, Chief Purchasing Officer Scott Berkman says. “We have to be fluid with each brand’s needs,” he says. “The key aspect is to respect each brand’s objectives, culture, positioning and challenges period.”

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B&G Foods manages some of the country’s biggest brands with a focus on supply chain excellence. By Chris Petersen

In the famous old television commercials, the Jolly Green Giant cast a huge shadow over the valley where he grew vegetables. It’s appropriate, then, that the owner of the Green Giant brand, B&G Foods, casts a pretty big shadow of its own over the food industry.
    The company, producer of shelf-stable food brands including Green Giant, Ortega, Cream of Wheat and Mrs. Dash, manufactures, sells and distributes products throughout the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico. Managing the supply chain for such a highly diversified portfolio of brands and products is a major challenge, but it’s one that Senior Director of Procurement Marty Schoch explains B&G Foods is more than capable of handling.

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