I have been a journalist and editor, most recently for Franchise Times Corp., writing for Franchise Times, the Restaurant Finance Monitor and Foodservice News. The latter I took over as managing editor for about eight years, until 2013. I have also written for a bevy of local publications, from the defunct (Twin Cities Reader) to the still-in-existence (Minnesota Monthly).
While managing editor for Foodservice News, I joined the advisory board for a troubled wholesale bakery, Saint Agnes Baking Co. After a year or so of that, in response to a query from the bakery’s owners, Gary and Deanna Sande, I negotiated coming aboard as COO. With the help of hard-working employees open to change, we turned that place around very successfully, with a 36-percent sales growth over three years and, most importantly, very strong profitability. Then this happened.
From there, I and the former Saint Agnes CEO brought the remaining crew to another wholesale bakery to set up a bread program. When that was accomplished, I resigned and started my own consulting company, Interval 51, in 2019. Like my career, it’s wide-ranging. I work with small business owners (usually, but not exclusively, in the food world) to help get them organized for their next growth step, which might include accounting and budget, menu/recipe costing, HR issues, writing marketing materials, etc. I also work in the media, marketing and publishing world, from writing original content to copy editing, to photography, to building WordPress websites. You can contact me about those services at this email: interval1951@gmail.com.