Dive Brief:
- Food waste technology company Flashfood announced Tuesday the hiring of Chris Taylor as chief financial officer.
- Taylor’s main goal is to bring financial maturity to the company using his decade’s worth of experience assisting food and e-commerce companies with their financials, according to the announcement.
- Taylor’s onboarding marks the completion of the company’s “leadership team refresh,” according to Flashfood CEO Nicholas Bertram, who stepped into the top role in January.
Dive Insight:
Taylor is the latest in a string of executive changes for Flashfood as well as a “strategic hire for the company’s next phase of growth,” the press release noted.
Prior to joining Flashfood, Taylor was vice president of finance and operations for ShopThing, an online marketplace that specializes in luxury goods, according to the announcement. His career also includes serving as head of operations for GoBolt, a technology-driven warehousing, fulfillment and last-mile delivery provider; leading logistics for meal kit company GoodFood; and working on the pre-launch team at Aryeh Capital Management, a global credit and equity hedge fund.
“He’s the right hire for us, bringing a unique mix of deep financial experience and leadership in food operations and technology. Most importantly, he has already led companies in the growth stage Flashfood is now entering,” Bertram said in a statement.
Flashfood has undergone significant changes since the start of 2024. Along with naming Bertram, former president of The Giant Company, as CEO, the company also announced two c-suite executive promotions: Jordan Schenck as its first chief customer officer and Josh Domingues, Flashfood’s founder and former CEO, as executive chairman.
In July, the company launched Flashfood for Independents, which offers smaller retailers customizable features that enable them to integrate Flashfood’s network.
Flashfood currently partners with more than 2,000 stores across 20 store banners, including SpartanNash, Save Mart and Meijer.
