T. Marzetti Company Names Berman Retail President
Tanya Berman joins T. Marzetti as president of retail, effective April 21. Courtesy T. Marzetti Company.
T. Marzetti Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lancaster Colony Corporation, has appointed Tanya Berman as president of its retail business unit, effective April 21. In this role, Berman will lead sales, marketing and innovation for T. Marzetti’s portfolio of retail brands and licensed products.
Berman has 25 years of experience in general management and marketing, demonstrating a strong record of driving growth across many categories in the food and consumer packaged goods industries. Most recently, she served as a senior vice president at Mondelez, leading the company’s U.S. portfolio of cookie and cracker brands. Prior to that, she held several leadership roles at Mars Wrigley, including vice president of the chocolate business unit and senior brand director of M&M’s. Her experience also includes roles with Bayer Consumer Care and Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products. Berman has a bachelor’s degree from Barnard College and an MBA degree from NYU’s Stern School of Business.
“Tanya is a strong addition to our executive leadership team and a great fit to lead our retail business,” said Dave Ciesinski, president and CEO of Lancaster Colony. “She has tremendous experience with iconic brands, and I am confident in her ability to grow both our owned and licensed brands as we continue to deliver on our company’s growth strategy.”
About T. Marzetti Company
T. Marzetti Company manufactures and sells specialty food products. The company’s retail brands include Marzetti dressings and dips, New York Bakery garlic breads and Sister Schubert’s dinner rolls, in addition to exclusive license agreements for Olive Garden dressings, Chick-fil-A sauces and dressings, Buffalo Wild Wings sauces, Arby’s sauces, Subway sauces, and Texas Roadhouse steak sauces and frozen rolls. The company’s foodservice business supplies sauces, dressings, breads and pasta to many of the top restaurant chains in the United States. T. Marzetti’s mission is to make every meal better through flavorful, high-quality food. Led by its purpose, which is to nourish growth with all that it does, the company’s 3,900 team members are dedicated to creating great-tasting food and cultivating deep and lasting relationships.
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