Food Accelerator Program

Janis is an International Brand manager with 30 years’ experience leading domestic and multinational manufacturers in the specialty and natural foods markets. She has guided hundred of products from conception to launch and then managed national and international sales and marketing programs. Janis has been a keynote speaker on the US specialty food industry throughout Europe, Latin America and the Middle East and serves on a number of industry boards.  She has effectively nurtured multiple brands ranging from products just entering the market to major brands needing assistance expanding established sales and distribution.

Janis has experience managing operational roles in both branded and private label at Liberty Richter, Haddon House Food Distribution, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Food Stores (A&P), Sysco Food Service and Bri-Al International.  Janis has travelled to over 30 countries sourcing new products, inspecting factories and guiding international brands from the ethnic channel into specialty.  She conducted training programs on building new US brand strategies in Ecuador, El Salvador, Lebanon, Tunisia, and Brazil as part of a USAID state department contract.

Recognized as an expert in new product development, market research, purchasing, labeling, packaging, distribution, marketing, branding and training. Janis has broad experience working with US and international companies to build market focused product strategies and identify key sales opportunities. She is able to guide brand specific trade spending, promotional budgets, sales plan execution and identify opportunities in grocery, natural, specialty, clubs, drug, general merchandise, convenience and other non-traditional retailers.

Janis is President of Janis H Grover, LLC, a multifunctional consulting company. In that role she is able to apply her broad experience to addressing the needs of multiple clients.  Janis received a B.A. from Rutgers University and a M.B.A .in Marketing from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.