Interview Q&A
How long have you been in business?
JMB Food Sales has been in business since 1995. The Primary Owners have been in business for over 30 years Consulting as well as building Supermarkets all over the world and the USA.
What is your primary product or service?
Company Profile
JMB Food Sales Company represents a variety of perishable, grocery, specialty, natural, organic, kosher and private label products, functioning both as a regional Broker and Master broker (see our JMB Group Link) and exclusive agent to certain accounts. Primarily in the Food/Drug/Retail industries.
How did you first become interested in your line of business? (if owner) - What is your background? (If owner or store manager)
Our President
The president and owner of J.M.B., William E. Battles III, has been in the food industry 25 plus years and has held executive level positions with major supermarket chains in the Northeast. Having spent many years servicing clients in recommending food brokers to expand their lines as well as opening doors in selected chains where they have previously did not have contact before, brought about the founding of J.M.B. Food Sales.
How do you differentiate yourself from other businesses in your category and area?
Our Secret
We have found through the years, that in order to penetrate a market you have to expose the products to a wide variety of clients who invariably have different approaches to business. While we specialize in category management, we are probably best adept at key account calls, getting to the decision makers, finding out who and what are competition is for that particular product line, and then work very closely with the principal to close and start building our business base and developing product recognition.
The old approach of just bringing in one item and spending the next 5 years getting in 5 items, has gone by the board. This has been replaced by category management, computerization and space management. To do business in today's market, you have to be abreast of all these approaches while at the same time watching the changes on consumer habits and in the marketplace itself to make sales.
How many locations do you have and do you have plans to expand?
JMB Markets
JMB Food Sales Company is a Massachusetts based company catering to the retail and food service industries.
JMB now offers full coverage from Coast to Coast through its Master Broker Team and its new Regional Concept. Give JMB Group a call and see how you can go to market through out the country.
Below is the list of JMB Markets:
JMB TERRITORY
Maryland New England N.Y. State New Jersey
Pennsylvania Mid Atlantic N.Y. Metro N.Carolina
S.Carolina Georgia Virginia Florida
JMB PARTNERS
Illinois / Georgia / Colorado / Florida / California / Texas
What type of payments do you accept?
Not a Retailer, so we have no reason to have a payment plan. As Food Brokers, we are representing our lines to the Retailers delivered through Distributors or Direct.
Which areas do you service?
JMB TERRITORY
Maryland New England N.Y. State New Jersey
Pennsylvania Mid Atlantic N.Y. Metro N.Carolina
S.Carolina Georgia Virginia Florida These are our locations on the East Coast.
Under our role with JMBFG we are Master Brokers and through our Broker Partners serve all the US and Canada.
Who owns your company or runs daily operations?
Jeanette M. Battles president / Gen Mgr
Michael D. Battles VP Sales and Marketing
What is the best compliment anyone can give you?
JMB gets the job done and delivers what they promise!
What is your favorite quote or Bible verse?
We bring people together in a B2B enviroment for the profitablity of both!