Kyle Herod

Kyle is a seasoned and passionate sales leader with a history of driving top and bottom-line results at Fortune 50 companies (PepsiCo and Wal-Mart), a public Mid-cap organization (Crane Merchandising Systems), and private equity ventures (Ice House America and TriMark USA). Kyle is customer-centric with a winning track record for selling consumer favorites in the snack, beverage, and non-food market spaces.
Examples of his segment expertise and customer connectivity include:
• National Non-Commercial/Restaurants: Compass Group, Sodexo, Bloomin’ Brands(Outback), Dickeys BBQ, Sbarro, and Pei Wei
• Regional Restaurant/ Hospitality/Entertainment: Torchy’s Tacos, MakeReady, Mongolian Concepts, Dillas Quesadillas. Six Flags, Main Event, and Cinemark
• Foodservice/Vending: Canteen Vending, Vistar/PFG, US Foods & Sysco.
• Specialty/Cash and Carry: Restaurant Depot, Jetro, Downey Wholesale, and various mobile caterers.
• Traditional Retail: Wal-Mart, Whole Foods, and Publix.
Kyle's skill set spans not only core retail but reach into the harder to reach and more profitable segments outside of core Grocery and Mass Merchandising channels. Kyle has lead sales teams selling to retail, foodservice, and vending. He is a proven leader with strong strategic development skills who can also manage the details, building high-performance and culturally sound teams along the way.