About Stacey McDonald, Food Sales Consultant
EXPERIENCED FOOD SALES CONSULTING
As a food sales consultant, I have spent over 15 years cultivating strong, direct and trusted relationships in the food retail industry specializing in aligning customers with purchasers.
Our Team of Professionals
Recipe Consulting and Nutrition Facts Generation
Recipe Consulting and Nutrition Facts Generation
Recipe Consulting and Nutrition Facts Generation
Food Scientist Chef Colleen Murphy Hiscock
Branding and Packaging Design
Recipe Consulting and Nutrition Facts Generation
Recipe Consulting and Nutrition Facts Generation
Creative Director Amanda DeVries
OUR SALES SERVICES
Product listings
We can help you through the complicated and intricate listing process with major retailers. This only comes from experience as a food sales consultant with having done this with several products lines. Most of the large retailers have timelines and complex details required to get your product onto their shelves such as:
- How long the listing process is with each retailer
- Expected quantities
- Costs associated with listings
- Common intro deals
- Common marketing plans with retailers
- Logistics info associated with each retailer
- Certificates or inspections required
Sales consulting services
We provide you with the knowledge, feet on the street in stores in order to get you the orders! Weekly face time with store managers for orders, sampling, customer service, training, merchandising, organizing set up in store demos (we can staff them too if needed) .
We know the ins and outs of who to talk to in each store location, what the best times of day are, the correct days, who is in when, even which stores you will have most success in!
As a retail sales rep, we can manage your sales activities for short term or long term.
Retail purchasing consulting
Whether you're opening a new retail store, managing an existing location, or looking to source more local products, we provide expert support for all your purchasing needs. Let us handle the details and streamline your product sourcing, ensuring you have the right items at the right price.
We also offer end-to-end assistance in launching your retail location, from securing government funding and managing purchases to décor, pricing strategies, grand openings, product collaborations, promotional swag, and advertising. We’re here to make your retail success a reality.
OTHER SERVICES
Branding and Packaging Design
- Branding and Visual Identity
- Packaging Design
- Marketing Materials
- Sell Sheets
- Pitch Decks
Labelling services
- Research
- GS1 Barcoding Services
- Wholesale packaging contacts
- Wholesale case contacts
- Current trends in packaging
- Packaging Compliance
- Nutritional Label Generation
Product development
- On staff Food Scientist
- Co packing connections
- Ingredient sourcing
- Professional industry feedback
- Shelf life testing
- Clean ingredient deck consulting
Pricing
- We can help you to determine your “true costs” in order to price your product accurately. We have expertise to aid you in also pricing yourself according to:
- Distributors
- Competition
- Profitability
Logistics / Distribution
We have the contacts and relationships with distributors as well as other creative and alternative direct delivery solutions.
- Distributor listing process
- Distributor sales meetings
- Distributor sample requests
Social media management/marketing/google ads
On staff social team to manage your social media needs from:
- Set up
- Content
- Ads
- Giveaways
- Link to your website for sales
- Education on posting etc.
URGENT New Health Canada Regulation for food packaging
We can help you navigate this
We specialize in the new food packaging requirements for all food products in Canada!
The food industry has until January 1, 2026 to update their front of package as well as nutritional labels on the back.
In need of cleaning up your ingredients deck? We can do that too! Read more...
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Want to know more about this?
Give me a call and I can help you navigate this easily and economically.