Getting brands like yours in Central Market, Wegmans, Vitamin Shoppe, AAFES, and Target (+ others), is what we do.
Building brands in the specialty marketplace for over 15 years ensures we find the right fit for yours. You will benefit from his experience developing sales teams, from boutique to national brokers.
Our Hard-Working Team
Bryan Bootka
Your VP of Marketing & Sales
Getting products like yours placed into retailers like Central Market, Wegmans, AAFES, and Target, is exactly what he has done for others. Allow him to build out a custom roadmap your brand to be sure growth is optimized, including your broker network.
He has built brands in the specialty marketplace for more than 15 years. Bryan has developed and managed sales teams, from boutique brokers for a region or a particular retailer, like Target, to national brokerages like Acosta’s Natural Specialty Sales. Let him find the right fit for your brand since brokerages like other businesses each have an area of expertise.
As Natural Specialty Sales’ Director of Whole Body, Bryan led the team calling on the supplement department at Whole Foods Market and called on their Grocery team for Bars and Teas.As Natural Specialty Sales’ Director of Whole Body, Bryan led the team calling on the supplement department at Whole Foods Market and called on their Grocery team for Bars & Teas. George Bucy oversaw the entire Whole Foods team for the same brokerage and has three decades experience in the natural and organic marketplace.
Bryan, leading Himalaya Herbal Healthcare’s sales team from a regional broker model to direct model, improving sales programs for retailers, and internal systems for improved placement and promotions led him to the privilege of serving Ultima Replenisher as President, overseeing the rebranding efforts, personally reformulating the product, moving from a direct to store model to using distributors to expedite replenishment, all of which lead to the brand being acquired for almost 10x EBIDTA.
Imagine this team working hard to get your brand in front of the right retailers, with the right programs, and doing so in a way that enables profitable growth. Let us come alongside you to alleviate the challenges of building out your brick-n-mortar business, so you can focus on the other areas of your brand that only you can do!