Dan Krause

Dan Krause is the Managing Director at Bradmer Foods and leads the consulting practice.
He is a specialty and grocery industry expert with over 30 years of corporate experience at McCormick, General Mills and Zatarain’s.
His extensive background in traditional grocery as well as in natural and specialty products makes him a wealth of information and knowledge to his client base.
Dan began his career as a Financial Analyst at General Mills, then moved to Consumer Foods Sales where he called on major grocery chains in Central Florida representing Cheerios, Yoplait, Nature Valley, and Betty Crocker.
At Zatarain’s of New Orleans, he called on specialty food distributors and partner retailers.
With the sale of Zatarain’s to McCormick, Dan became Director of Specialty Sales and helped integrate Zatarain’s products with McCormick’s Old Bay and Golden Dipt branded products.
As Director of Sales Operations at McCormick, Dan led a team of cross functional Managers that supported field sales in technology, key performance indicators, merchandising and trade promotion systems.
Dan was named as a Consumer Goods Technology Magazine Visionary in 2002.
Dan holds a BS in Accounting from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University and is a Certified Coach.