Acosta Group Canada

Services: Business Manager – Natural Specialty Sales

Sales & Marketing Business Manager — Western Canada
Responsible for developing and managing key retail grocery accounts across Western Canada, with a strong focus on strategic growth, brand alignment, and best-in-class retail execution. The role bridges national brand strategy with regional market dynamics to drive sustainable sales performance to over 1,500 retailers.

Key Retail Partners
Pattison Food Group banners, including:

Save-On-Foods
Choices Markets
Nature’s Fare Markets
Buy-Low Foods
Nesters Market
Urban Fare
Associated Grocers

Additional key accounts:

Federated Co-operatives Limited
Calgary Co-op
Independent retailers across Vancouver Island and Western Canada

Brand Portfolio
Representing a diverse portfolio of over 30 leading natural, specialty, and wellness brands, including:

Healthy Choice, Gardein, Earth Balance, Glutino, Angie’s Boomchickapop, Bush Beans, Coca-Cola Nutrition, Desert Essence, Dr. Schär, Polenghi, Daiya Foods, Kind Bar, McCain Foods, TruBar, Lipton, Mother Parkers, Naked & Saucy, TruRoots, Vita Coco, Watkins, Sambucol, KidFresh and other brands within the natural and specialty product categories.

Core Focus Areas
Building and maintaining strong retail, distributor, and vendor relationships

Driving regional sales growth and market-share expansion

Leading promotional strategy, trade spend optimization, and retail execution

Aligning brand positioning with evolving Western Canadian consumer trends