SERVICES
SCOPE & CAPABILITIES
Well connected. Well equipped. At PCG we take a best-in-class approach to providing consulting services to our clients and partners throughout the United States. Our team members are well traveled within the food industry, and operate as subject matter experts across a variety of disciplines
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RETAIL AND FOODSERVICE
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CORPORATE DISTRIBUTION
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CHAIN ACCOUNTS
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GHOST KITCHEN
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K-12
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MILITARY
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NON-COMM
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BEVERAGE & ALCOHOL
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E-COMMERCE
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CULINARY INNOVATION
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CASH & CARRY/C-STORE
Manufacturing Clients
Developing strategies to address the unique needs of our client base is our top priority. Our consultants help our partners achieve their objectives through collaborative business planning to leverage data insights, analytics, and performance measurement. Through combining expertise, a nose for innovation, and our extensive networks we believe we can help your business penetrate new channels and grow across multiple verticals.
Retail Negotiations
We fiercely work on behalf of our clients to drive sales growth and greater market share, at any point they are in their journey. Our consultants work tirelessly to integrate themselves with our partners, building a unified strategy to execute across retail channels.
National Distributors Partnerships
Across the PCG team, our consultants are accountable to penetrate foodservice segments through identifying and actioning around growth opportunities for our clients. We are dedicated to servicing the needs of food distributors and operators by leveraging the products of our clients. To grow these advantageous distributor partnerships for our clients, we offer our experience from front-of-house and back-of-house operations, to purchase and general management.
Foodservice Channels and Go-To-Market Beverage Solutions
Our consultants and support team members are honed in on providing the best service from coast to coast, while having the capacity to activate on a global scale. Their goal for your business? Think sustainably, and drive explosive growth. By weaving ourselves into the framework of our client’s business, we are able to provide category-leading service to operators in regards to their culinary needs.
ABOUT US
PGC - Pihlstrom Consulting Group is a consulting firm focused on developing partnerships with clients and groups in the U.S. food, beverage, alcohol, CBD and health & beauty industry.
We believe your footprint matters when it comes to the brands you buy. That’s why at PCG, our standard is to only work with companies that use ingredients that are good for you, and good for the planet.
Our commitment: Invest in the future by focusing on supporting sustainable solutions to address the needs of our planet’s inhabitants.
Be curious. Be courageous. Be empowering. That’s the PCG way.
LEADERSHIP
PCG Leadership is a team of seasoned food industry veterans who bring skill sets from a variety of disciplines. Years in the industry have led us to very basic leadership tenants:
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We believe that success without integrity is failure.
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What we deliver together in mutual accomplishment is the engine that propels us all.
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Build a stewardship culture where everyone is allowed to lead.
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True success comes when you let clients take credit.
Armetha Pihlstrom is the Owner, Founder, and Chairman of the Board at Pihlstrom Consulting Group, LLC. She has been known to describe herself as the following: Child of God, Wife, and Mother. However, as an Entrepreneurial, she is Business Savvy, Generational Thought–Provoking Leader and Philanthropist. Her specialty lies in New Start Ups, Business Development and Major Market Expansion. She is a trusted advisor to clients and food industry sales leader. Armetha is a proud member of the Plant Based Foods Association, Women’s Foodservice Forum, and Odyssey Media. In addition, her proven track record in Business Management, negotiation skills, secure growth exponentially, and market share suitability.
ARMETHA PIHLSTROM
Owner, Founder, &
Chairwoman of the Board
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James has 20+ years as an Accomplished Sales and Marketing Professional. His career began at PepsiCo, then moved To First Data and Most Recently at Elohi, he drove the bus by being a hunter, building relationships, driving volume and increasing revenue from new and existing opportunities. James focuses on his health and wellness with weight training, cycling, and nutrition. James strives to help others be the best version of themselves through coaching, mentoring, reading as well as listening to audible books and podcasts. Favorite read/listen is Soar by Pastor TD Jakes.
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JAMES KEYS
VP of Foodservice & Retail
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BOARD OF ADVISORS
Armetha Pihlstrom is the Owner, Founder, and Chairman of the Board at Pihlstrom Consulting Group, LLC. She has been known to describe herself as the following: Child of God, Wife, and Mother. However, as an Entrepreneurial, she is Business Savvy, Generational Thought–Provoking Leader and Philanthropist. Her specialty lies in New Start Ups, Business Development and Major Market Expansion. She is a trusted advisor to clients and food industry sales leader. Armetha is a proud member of the Plant Based Foods Association, Women’s Foodservice Forum, and Odyssey Media. In addition, her proven track record in Business Management, negotiation skills, secure growth exponentially, and market share suitability.
Jenny L. Verner, commercial Executive with experience primarily in the agricultural and food industries through her 37 year career with Cargill. She has operated as a business unit president, and brings with her a background in leadership across a variety of disciplines, including: commodity trading and risk management, supply chain, transportation & logistics, sales & commercial, and general operations. Presently, Jenny serves as a Director of Minnwest Corporation.
Jenny lives in Chaska, Minnesota and has three grown children.
Thomas Pihlstrom, CPA, Co-Founder & CFO of Pihlstrom Consulting Group with over 20 years finance experience. He has worked across a wide array of industries, using his exemplary mix of analytical and client relations abilities to bridge the gap between people and the numbers.
