Tanya Berman has been appointed President of T. Marzetti Company’s retail business unit, with effect from April 21, 2025. T. Marzetti Company is a fully owned subsidiary of Lancaster Colony Corporation. Ms. Berman will oversee sales, marketing, and innovation for T. Marzetti’s retail brands and licensed goods in this capacity.
With 25 years of expertise in marketing and general management, Ms. Berman has a proven track record of accelerating growth in a variety of food and consumer packaged goods categories. She most recently oversaw the company’s cookie and cracker brands in the United States as a Senior Vice President at Mondelez. She has previously served in a number of executive positions at Mars Wrigley, including Senior Brand Director of M&Ms and Vice President of the Chocolate Business Unit. She has also held positions with Johnson & Johnson Consumer Products and Bayer Consumer Care. Ms. Berman holds an MBA from NYU Stern School of Business and a bachelor’s degree from Barnard College.
“Tanya is a strong addition to our executive leadership team and a great fit to lead our retail business,” said Dave Ciesinski, President and CEO of Lancaster Colony. “She has tremendous experience with iconic brands, and I am confident in her ability to grow both our owned and licensed brands as we continue to deliver on our company’s growth strategy.”
About T. Marzetti Company:
T. Marzetti Company manufactures and sells specialty food products. Our retail brands include Marzetti® dressings and dips, New York Bakery™ garlic breads, and Sister Schubert’s® dinner rolls, in addition to exclusive license agreements for Olive Garden® dressings, Chick-fil-A® sauces and dressings, Buffalo Wild Wings® sauces, Arby’s® sauces, Subway® sauces, and Texas Roadhouse® steak sauces and frozen rolls. Our foodservice business supplies sauces, dressings, breads, and pasta to many of the top restaurant chains in the United States.
At T. Marzetti, our mission is to make every meal better through high-quality, flavorful food. Led by our purpose, to nourish growth with all that we do, our 3,900 team members are dedicated to creating great tasting food and cultivating deep and lasting relationships.
