GC Buying Group has announced its 2025 advisory board of retailers, assembled to provide insight into challenges and opportunities for GC independent kitchenware retail members and GC vendors.
The 2025 GC retailer advisory board is:
- Angela Skogen, Cooks on Main, Williston, ND
- Gregg Smith and Mary Moore, The Cook’s Warehouse, Atlanta
- Rebecca and Jeff Carney, Cook’s World, Rochester, NY
- Art and Martha Nading, The Extra Ingredient, Greensboro, NC
- Sean O’Hanlon, Le Roux Kitchen, Haddam, CT (ME, MA, NH store locations)
- Bob, Rick and Ron Kratchman, Kitchen Kapers, Cherry Hill, NJ
- Dan Hoffman, The Kitchen Shoppe, Carlisle, PA
- Laura and Stephen Havlek, Sign of the Bear Kitchenware, Sonoma, CA
The eight-store board will meet during the Atlanta Market as part of the GC Start the Year Member Conference, and it will meet on January 17 with GC vendors for an industry-related Q&A facilitated by the GC Team. The GC retailer advisory board also will meet during the Chicago Inspired Home Show in March and during GCX: Connect at Atlanta Market in July.
Janis Johnson, president and founder of Gourmet Catalog, Inc. and GC Buying Group, said, “Advisors on the GC board have exhibited strong leadership qualities in the housewares industry and serve in a mentoring role to stores in the group who need assistance that extends beyond the everyday consulting advice provided by the GC Team.”
