Justin Webster Email & Phone Number

Grocery, Convenience Stores & Liquor retail markets.

14245 Birwood Street, Detroit, MI 48238

Chaska, Minnesota, United States

• 𝘈 𝘋𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺, 𝘋𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘶𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘹 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴.I worked closely with regional.
• Designed/conceived product solutions: consulted on lighting, created prepared food concepts, conceived departmental food and education programs, always keeping food safety in mind.
• Helped achieve 15% sales growth with a food program and case concepts developed for Target Stores.
• Contributed to 7.5M in sales with food programs developed for: Loblaws, Sobeys, Metro, Save On Foods, Ahold, Food Lion, Stop & Shop, ShopRite, Uptown Markets, Pete’s Fresh Markets, Mariano’s, L&B, Kowalski’s Market and.
• Improved food service SOPs by developing a Hot Foods Safety Training Program for Loblaws and Sobeys and providing onsite training for hot food programs, food bars, and prepared food programs.
• Developed promotional food program literature that highlighted our abilities in Aged Beef, Bakery and Seafood.

Upper Midwest & Canada

• 𝘏𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘹 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘋𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘳𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴, 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭, 𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥.
• Trained and made sales calls with 4 RSM’s in Canada and 4 in the central U.S. region.
• Captured first, and largest specialty sales order in Canada, a $1.3M case application and design program with Loblaw’s. Concepts are still used today.
• Delivered new business and contributed to a 25% sales growth with: Sobeys, Fortino’s, Metro, Calgary Coop and Save on Foods in Canada.
• Assisted in developing and establishing the Design Center, providing retailers with holistic food concepts and designs.
• Collaborated with Iowa State University Polymer and Food Protection Consortium

Hopkins, MN

• 𝘈𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰-𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺-𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘦𝘴 (𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳, 𝘈𝘪𝘳𝘍𝘭𝘰, 𝘊𝘔𝘚, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴). 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘶𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘹 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦.
• Grew the business 10 to 15% YOY, ending with total gross sales in 2008 of $5M.
• Key accounts included: SuperValu, Target, Whole Foods, Coborn’s, Lunds, Roundy’s, Byerly’s, Kowalski’s, Super One Foods, Festival Foods, Fleming Foods, Kwik Trip, MGM Liquor, among others.
• Directly recruited by Hillphoenix following the acquisition of Barker.