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440. Jay Altizer on the Food Industry 101

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Jay Altizer has worked at Bain and Company, PepsiCo, PricewaterhouseCoopers, and Deloitte Consulting. His extensive experience includes driving transformations and high-stakes change in a variety of industries such as CPG/FMCG, manufacturing, distribution, airlines, technology, and B2B products/services, but in this episode, he shares his knowledge and experience of the food industry. To learn more about Jay's firm visit https://www.fallingbranchadvisorsllc.com/, and he can be reached at [email protected]. 

Key points include:

01:49: The multiple roles in the value chain

10:40: The different types of companies in mid-market food space

13:00: Issues facing food companies in the $20-500 million range

18:39: Trade spending and discounting in the food industry


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