Key People
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Lisa Roberts, President
The founder of Planetary Food Group, Lisa is the inventor of the Cosmos snack line and the visionary who guides the direction of the company.
Gerry Kendrick, Assistant to the President
An indispensable resource to every employee, Gerry helps keep Planetary Food Group running smoothly - from managing shipping to retail to customer service.
Kim Kendrick, Director of Sales and Corporate Gifting
A superb decorator and gift basket maker, Kim is responsible for the look and feel of the Cosmos storefront, and helps wholesale customers identify the products they want.
Jim Roberts, Director of Operations
An energetic road warrior, Jim supervises the manufacturing and production of the many Cosmos flavors, is responsible for vendor relations, coordinates employee scheduling, and occassionally sells Cosmos directly at shows.
Andrew Villeneuve, Technology Consultant
A new media and electronics expert, Andrew develops the Cosmos website and ensures that Planetary Food Group's many computers are in top working order when he's not running his nonprofit or spending time with family.
Tim Villeneuve, Graphic Design Consultant
The visual architect of the Planetary Food Group brand, Tim is the creator of the core blue and gold diamond logo as well as all of the graphics for the Cosmos website and product lines.
Not so long ago, in a neighborhood not so far away....
Our quest for tasty treats led us on a journey of trials and tribulations, of creating and sampling, until...our family created the Cosmos product line, and it was good!
We have grown so quickly that only gravity is keeping us on the ground here in the great Pacific Northwest.
Planetary Food Group initially began as a Eugene gift basket company called Designers Choice, which ultimately featured a product similar to today's Cosmos Caramel Corn, developed in the home kitchen of our President, Lisa Roberts.
After briefly wondering whether other people would enjoy the final, perfected version of the snack, we decided to share it with the world...and our business was born.
In our first week, we picked up five major accounts, including the Tillamook Cheese Factory on Oregon's coast, whose main buyer tasted Cosmos and ordered fifteen cases on the spot.
We haven't looked back since, and today Cosmos can be found everywhere from The Sportman's Warehouse to the Los Angeles Zoo.
Keep your eyes on the diamond for more delicious flavors with the taste that's out of this world!
We are committed to satisfying our customers with superior quality and value, exceeding customer expectations and being a company where our employees are proud to work.
A few milestones...
- Two months after Planetary Food Group was launched, we moved from a little ten by ten square foot kitchen to the five thousand square foot facility we currently occupy in Eugene.
- Shortly after our first anniversary, we added two more flavors and then an additional five varieties with chocolate in time for our second Valentine's Day.
- In October of 2006, we opened an account with Sportsman's Warehouse, a national chain. Cosmos is now sold in all of their seventy plus stores.
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