Gary Beckett, Welcome Aboard!

Like everyone else, the team at Focused Nutrition is striving to stay positive in these difficult times. Having some positive news to share always helps, so we take special pleasure in announcing that Gary Beckett is joining the sales team on a consultancy basis. Gary has been in sales and marketing for 40 years. We have no doubt that his knowledge, expertise and experience will be instrumental in Focused Nutrition’s future growth, and in taking our business to the next level. We caught up with Gary for a virtual Q and A session to get to know him better… 40 years’ experience! Where did it all begin? I started out as a sales rep for a wholesaler that was owned by the Trebor Group as the forecourt shop/convenience sector started to evolve. I certainly used to clock up the miles back in the early 80s! That first job gave me the ideal introduction to the sales arena and potential routes-to-market, in general. By the late 80s, I was splitting my time between driving and being behind a desk, as I moved into my first management role in 1986. Have you always been in the healthy snacks sector? Well, I’m not so sure about the “healthy” part, but I’ve mainly been involved with snacks, confectionery and food products, despite a couple of forays into batteries, film and cameras, and grooming products. I enjoyed a stint with PepsiCo Foods International, selling their market-leading snack range in the early 1990s, and was part of the team at Kettle Foods which brought phenomenal growth, £14m to £47m, to the business between 1998-2002....

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