Jon Cox

Vice President of Retail Foodservice at McLane Company

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Jon Cox is vice president of retail foodservice for McLane Company, Inc., one of the largest distributors in America serving convenience stores, mass merchants, and chain restaurants. Jon leads McLane’s foodservice strategy for its retail customers, driving innovation and helping customers implement programs tailored to their specific goals.

Jon oversees the McLane Fresh team, which manages the McLane Fresh suite of foodservice programs including Cupza!, McLane’s award-winning beverage program, Central Eats, fresh grab-and-go products for all dayparts, the groundbreaking freezer to oven program, Prendisimo, and McLane’s private label brand, CVP. Jon also led development and launch of McLane’s Innovation Kitchen, a full-scale c-store showcase for customers to explore the latest in foodservice menu and equipment innovation.

Jon joined McLane in 2023 and has more than 25 years of extensive leadership experience across retail, grocery, and convenience store organizations including Giant Food, HEB, Target, and Sears Holding Corporation. Prior to McLane he served as chief merchandising officer for Giant Eagle’s subsidiary Getgo Café + Market and WetGo.