ABOUT US

Charles "Chip" Hooley

Mr. Hooley applies or 30 years of food industry knowledge from retail, wholesale and manufacturing perspectives.  Throughout his career, he has held executive positions with Supervalu, Cub Foods, and Simek's Meats and Seafood.  As an executive in these positions, he has managed multi-million dollar budgets, orchestrated all aspects of business development and a new product introductions and produced an exceptional record of accomplishments of building sales, profits and expense control. 

Mr. Hooley combines and supports his practical experience within an advanced degree in business (MBA) and as a faculty member with the University of Phoenix, teaching graduate level courses in Leadership, Change Management and Strategic Planning.

Mr. Hooley began Grand Strategies as a result of the demand from food manufacturers and retailers to have a better understanding of the complex world of food retailing and to help these companies avoid the many obstacles encountered when introducing new products or building sales in an existing line.

Greg Bartz

Mr. Bartz brings an extensive knowledge of small business ownership to Grand Strategies. Mr. Bartz started a service company while enrolled at the University of Minnesota in 1982 and was the sole owner for over 16 years.

Emphasizing the importance of customer service he was able to grow his company substantially over the years by using the four M's of management (mentoring, motivating, mediating and monitoring) in his daily interactions.

Mr. Bartz entered the food retailing industry after being recruited by a local Twin Cities food company to assist in outside sales growth.  While their Mr. Bartz became the top selling partner year after year.