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Take Your Food Business tothe Next Level.

You have a food product worth selling. We have the relationships to sell it. Our team combines three generations of operator experience with senior culinary, procurement, and distribution leadership — so your brand gets in front of the national accounts, chefs, and buyers who actually move volume.

We're not brokers with a line card. Our team has sat in the procurement seat, run national culinary programs, and built the operator relationships that decide whether a brand gets on the menu.

Third generation of a 100-year-old San Francisco-based sausage company, Donny grew up in the food business — on plant floors, in distributor branches, and alongside the chefs and operators who later became national decision-makers.

After starting as a food broker and representing some of the industry's top-tier brands, he built Miller Food Sales & Marketing to put that network to work: opening doors, navigating complex procurement environments, and converting large-scale opportunities into sustainable national programs.

A relationship-driven food industry executive, Donny combines an operator's perspective with a national network of corporate chefs, culinarians, procurement leaders and foodservice decision-makers. His experience spans enterprise foodservice, CPG, vitamins and supplements, and contract manufacturing — from concept to national retail, coordinating manufacturers, co-packers, distributors and major retailers. On the marketing side, he has led content creation, influencer partnerships and performance marketing initiatives responsible for generating hundreds of millions of organic and paid impressions.

A classically trained chef and Certified Executive Chef through the American Culinary Federation, Shannon has spent more than 30 years shaping the menus and food philosophies behind some of the biggest brands in the industry.

He joined Applebee's culinary team in 2003 and spent nearly a decade driving menu development and innovation before returning as Vice President of Culinary. He also served as Food & Beverage Director at Pilot Flying J, where he led hospitality and menu strategy at scale. Along the way, he has influenced products and programs for KFC, McDonald's, YUM! Brands, and Disney California Adventure.

Today Shannon brings far more than recipe development to the table. He is a genuine thought leader in brand building, culinary ideation, and translating great food into nationally scalable, operator-ready programs. For partners, that means access to a chef who knows what buyers want, what franchisees can execute, and how to position a product so it wins on the menu.

We already know the chefs, procurement leaders and operators who decide what gets on the menu. That's the whole business. Bring us a product worth selling and we'll put it in front of the people who move it.

Before a buyer says yes, a chef has to love it. Our culinary team and network validate your product, refine it for operator execution, and position it so it lands on the menu.

From concept to shelf, we coordinate manufacturers, co-packers, distributors and retailers — and we know how to tell your story. Our team has led marketing initiatives that generated hundreds of millions of impressions.

Scale

We convert pilots into multi-unit programs and national distribution. Manufacturer, co-packer, retail shelf, or foodservice rollout — we keep the train moving.

Three generations of relationships. One national network.

Miller Food Sales & Marketing was founded by the Miller Family in 2022, but our experience in the Northern California food business dates back much longer than that. As the 3rd generation of a 100-year-old San Francisco sausage company, Donny grew up around local chefs, culinary professionals, and food distribution specialists — and over the decades, that professional network kept expanding across the country.

Today, Donny and his team combine legacy operator relationships with senior culinary, procurement, and go-to-market expertise. We don't cold-call. We already know the people who decide what goes on the menu — and we put your brand in front of them.

— 3rd-generation operator
— Senior culinary leadership
— Working coast to coast