We cover the trillion dollar grocery industry from our east coast base and our offices in Columbia, Maryland – located between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. We are experts in the Northeast and our staff travels the region regularly, covering news and events in the territory from New England to the Southeast.
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Alex brings more than 25 years of business, financial and publishing experience to Food World, Food Trade News and foodtradenews.com. He serves the food business as a strategic partner, industry advocate, and trusted resource.
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Terri is a 30-year veteran of Food World and Food Trade News and has served as VP/Editorial Director since 2001.
Read her Terri’s Take columns
Maria Maggio is Vice President and Co-Publisher of Marketing at Food Trade News. A native of Philadelphia, Maria has spent most of her 47-year career as a manufacturer, distributor and restaurateur. Now with Food Trade News for over 17 years, she brings a well-rounded perspective of retail food industry trends and regional market activity. Maria likes to say we inform, educate and entertain.
Read Maria’s Soup to Nutz columns
Kevin is VP at Food Trade News with primary responsibility for covering the Metro NY/NJ and Florida markets. He has more than 30 years of experience on the CPG side of the retail food business and in media.
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Jeff has been reporting, analyzing and opining about the retail grocery business since 1973. He is the co-founder of Best-Met Publishing, publisher of Food Trade News and Food World, where his Taking Stock column is closely followed throughout the industry. He served as the company’s publisher from 1978 to 2025 and as its president from 2007 to 2025.
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Greg Madison is a grocery industry analyst and contributor at Food Trade News, where he covers retail operations, technology, and the evolving economics of food retail. His work focuses on emerging themes such as AI adoption, e-commerce fulfillment, and store-level strategy, offering a pragmatic lens on where the industry is headed.
