Doug Rardin

Retail Sales Manager

Doug has been a senior leader in the CPG industry for over 28 years. Doug was a managing partner at Kelley-Clarke, Inc. and Acosta Sales & Marketing, the nation’s largest sales organization. Doug has spent the last seven years representing emerging brands. This has allowed Doug to see both sides of the industry and can fully understand how best to create national brands of all sizes. Doug has launched major products such as: Starbucks Coffee, Ken’s Salad Dressings, Sweet Baby Ray’s BBQ Sauce, Bush’s Baked Beans, Progresso Soup, Old El Paso, Capri Sun and Crystal Light.

Doug is respected as a thought leader in the consumer products business and has mentored and trained many of the senior category managers throughout various retailers in North America

Doug is an expert in bringing natural and organic brands to the multi-channel market. Doug has successfully launched 1000’s of CPG brands.

Doug focuses on the Pacific Northwest and Southwest and calls on Fred Meyer, QFC, Sprouts, WinCo Foods, Safeway/Albertson’s, among others