The company maintains a full staff of food industry professionals with sales, marketing, distribution, manufacturing, product development, and financial experience. ShelfSpace Marketing has in place complete management teams looking for investment and other opportunities in the food industry. ShelfSpace has relationships with national and international retailers, distributors, brokers, manufacture
rs and co-packers. The company also has working relationships with investment bankers, law firms and accounting firms with extensive experience in the food industry. In addition, ShelfSpace maintains its own stable of specialty food products produced under private label and license arrangements. This includes the ownership, under a license from the University of Connecticut, of the “Huskies” brand of tortilla chips, potato chips, salsa, and Dairy Bar Ice Cream, and Miguel’s Stowe Away Tortillas and Salsa. ShelfSpace also provides consulting and distribution services to a variety of private label and licensed food products. Some of the current key accounts for ShelfSpace are Guida’s Dairy, The Farmer’s Cow, Cape Cod Potato Chips, Narragansett Brewing Company, Severance Foods, Ultimate Foods, Trophy Nut Company, and Wise Foods Inc. Lastly, ShelfSpace seeks to obtain product authorizations and shelf space in major grocery and mass merchandise chains within the United States and Europe. The President of ShelfSpace Marketing is Anthony Cusano:
ShelfSpace Marketing was founded by Mr. Cusano in 1995 and has represented many highly recognized food companies since its inception. Cusano was most recently the President/CEO of Cape Cod Potato Chips. He managed the sales growth of this company from zero to $55,000,000 in less than four years after the purchase of the operating assets from Anheuser-Busch (following the termination of the Eagle Snacks’ operations). During this period, Mr. Cusano successfully re-introduced the Cape Cod brand on a national and international basis and arranged for the sale of the Company to Lance, Inc. Prior to his involvement with Cape Cod, Mr. Cusano was the President of Famous Foods, Inc., a start-up company which owned regional distribution rights to the “Famous Amos” cookie brands. In this role, Mr. Cusano successfully obtained products authorizations for this brand in all major Northeastern U.S. retailers and created a distribution network. Cusano was also the initial General Manager for Eagle Snacks, Inc. for the Northeast market. In 1990, he became the General Manager/Vice President, New York City, for Anheuser Busch, a position he held until 1995. Cusano has extensive contacts on a national and international basis among manufacturers, co-packers, retailers and distributors. ShelfSpace Marketing employs a stable of independent sales brokers, and sales consultants. This workforce covers the entire U.S. and is elastic in its nature. The levels of expertise include, but are not limited to the following categories: Salty Snacks…Cookies/Crackers…Nut/Granola/Cereal…Beer/Beverages…Dairy…Salsa/Pasta Sauces. In addition, ShelfSpace has professionals who handle a wide array of services for startup companies that need professional expertise but do not have the resources or the critical mass to allow them to employ their own staff. The areas of expertise are package design, branding strategy, marketing, key account representation, and distribution. ShelfSpace also has a sister company that also handles all of the “backroom” aspects of the grocery business. These areas cover logistics, inventory control, order fulfillment, accounting, sales information, and banking relationships. ShelfSpace Marketing Non Snack Clients and Associated Partner Brands
• Magic Hat Brewing Company
• Guida’s Dairy
• Farmer’s Cow
• Stew Leonards
• Narragansett Brewing Company
• Howards Ethnic Snacks
• Ultimate Foods
• Schlotterbeck and Foss
ShelfSpace Marketing Snack Clients and Associated Partner Brands
• Miguel’s Salsa and Tortillas
• Trader Joe’s Tortillas
• International Foods
• Green Mountain Gr**go Tortillas
• On the Border Tortillas and Salsa
• Huskies Tortillas and Snacks
• Cape Cod Potato Chip Co.
• Keystone Snacks
• Perri Snack Foods, Dublin Ireland
• Trophy Nut Company
• Imus Ranch Foods
• Wachusett Potato Chip
• Severance Foods
• Anita’s Mexican Foods
• All Seasons Tortilla’s
