Top Journalists in Food Distributors
Sam Silverstein Grocery Dive
Reporter who frequently breaks and advances coverage on grocery distributors — including UNFI’s cyberattack recovery and its financial/operations updates — and how wholesaler moves impact retailers. Specialties: Grocery wholesalers (UNFI, SpartanNash), cyber incidents and resiliency, wholesale–retail relationships, independent grocers, earnings coverage.
Jeff Wells Grocery Dive
Lead editor overseeing Grocery Dive’s daily and enterprise reporting that regularly touches wholesale distribution strategy and its effect on retailers and brands. Specialties: Industry leadership coverage, strategy, e-commerce and store operations, supply chain pressures on grocery wholesalers.
Catherine Douglas Moran Grocery Dive
Editor shaping coverage of policy and merchandising shifts that drive demand and program design at grocery wholesalers and distributors. Specialties: Grocery policy (e.g., SNAP), assortment/private label, retail strategy with implications for wholesaler programs and trade terms.
Peyton Bigora Grocery Dive
Staff reporter covering wholesaler initiatives like UNFI’s retail media roll-out and distributor-enabled tech for independents. Specialties: Wholesale technology, retail media, distribution-center projects and vendor programs affecting independent grocers.
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Christopher Doering Food Dive
Senior reporter whose coverage of manufacturers and category shifts regularly intersects with wholesale distribution priorities and pricing. Specialties: Food manufacturing, CPG–retail dynamics, capital investment and supply issues that flow through distributors to retailers/foodservice.
Antone Gonsalves Supply Chain Dive
Reporter focused on supply-chain operations who has covered UNFI’s distribution-center consolidation and broader grocery logistics moves. Specialties: Warehouse/DC strategy, logistics technology, network optimization at distributors, cyber/disruption recovery.
Marina Mayer Food Logistics
Editor-in-Chief of Food Logistics, a leading trade focused exclusively on the global food and beverage supply chain and cold chain. Specialties: Cold chain, fleet/last mile, 3PLs and foodservice/grocery logistics, industry awards and benchmarking.
Greg Lindenberg CSP Daily News (Winsight)
Digital editor who covers c-store wholesale distribution and programs that shape assortment and foodservice for independent operators. Specialties: Convenience distribution (McLane, Core-Mark/Performance Food Group), commissary and wholesale programs, M&A.
Jonathan Maze Restaurant Business (Informa)
Editor-in-Chief whose analysis of chain operators often examines distributor relationships, pricing power and availability that drive menu and margin decisions. Specialties: Restaurant chains’ economics and supply chain, distributor–operator dynamics (Sysco, US Foods, PFG), inflation and input costs.
Heather Lalley Restaurant Business / CSP / FoodService Director (Informa)
Managing editor (and former Winsight Grocery Business editor-in-chief) with extensive coverage connecting restaurant operators to distributor trends. Specialties: Restaurant and grocery crossovers, supply chain resiliency, former leadership of a grocery trade newsroom (WGB) with deep ties to distributor beats.
Chloe Riley Supermarket News
Executive editor guiding Supermarket News’ coverage of retailer–supplier dynamics and operational changes that ripple through distributors. Specialties: Grocery retail leadership, labor and supplier relations, cross-channel logistics trends that influence wholesale distribution.
Bill Wilson Supermarket News
Senior editor whose reporting spans retailer operations and policy changes with direct implications for grocery wholesaler strategy. Specialties: Grocery operations and finance, retailer–wholesaler negotiations, macro issues (labor, tariffs) affecting distributor volumes.
Timothy Inklebarger Supermarket News
Editor covering how technology and omnichannel execution reshape retailer and wholesaler coordination and fulfillment networks. Specialties: Grocery technology and e-commerce, operational efficiency, retail media and data partnerships that tie into distributor services.
Michael Browne Supermarket News
Executive editor whose coverage has included UNFI leadership changes and distributor operations affecting grocers and foodservice outlets. Specialties: Executive moves and corporate strategy at retailers and distributors, supply-chain security and risk.
Tom Karst The Packer (Farm Journal)
Editor emeritus with nearly four decades covering produce distribution and wholesale markets that supply retail and foodservice. Specialties: Fresh-produce supply chain, shipper–distributor relations, policy and market access impacting produce wholesalers.
Chris Koger The Packer (Farm Journal)
News editor reporting daily on produce movement and market structure — a core input for grocery and foodservice distributors. Specialties: Produce industry news, DC/market flows, pricing and logistics for wholesalers serving supermarkets and distributors.
Pamela Riemenschneider Produce Blue Book (Blue Book Services)
Retail editor at Produce Blue Book with deep reporting on produce distribution, category performance and retailer–wholesaler programs. Specialties: Produce retail and wholesale programs, eGrocery and fulfillment, distributor–retailer merchandising and category trends.
Kevin Atwill The Shelby Report
Editor-in-Chief leading coverage of regional wholesalers, co-ops and independents across The Shelby Report’s five regional editions. Specialties: Regional grocery markets, wholesalers and co-ops, trade association coverage, independent grocer distribution.
Diane Adam Winsight Grocery Business
Editor covering independents and regional growth stories, including distributor-operated cash-and-carry formats that support restaurants and small operators. Specialties: Independent grocers, new-format openings (including CHEF’STORE), growth chains and their wholesale support models.
Alex Bitter Business Insider
Senior retail reporter who has covered UNFI’s outage and broader distributor-related disruptions that ripple to chains like Whole Foods and independents. Specialties: Retailers’ supplier networks, grocery distribution disruptions (UNFI), private-label sourcing and fulfillment economics.
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