CREATOR PROFILE
Mark Hamstra
Journalist / Food / Business of Food
Mark spent 13 years at Supermarket News — eventually as Content Director — before building a freelance practice that keeps him close to the business of food in all its forms: grocery retail, food service, restaurant operations, and the supply chains connecting them. His career has spanned the full arc of food media, from Financial Technology and Direct Marketing News to Nation's Restaurant News and Drug Store News, giving him unusual breadth across the business journalism landscape.
United States
Experience
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EXPERIENCE WITH PROPS
Mark is a veteran food industry journalist with more than 25 years of reporting across grocery retail, restaurants, and food service. His work serves trade publications, food brands, and business media outlets that need a writer who understands the commercial architecture of the food industry — supply chains, retail operations, menu economics — with the fluency of a former editorial director.
Subject Matter
Food retail, restaurant industry, food service, and the broader business of food. Mark covers the full commercial landscape — from supermarket strategy and private label trends to restaurant operations and foodservice distribution — with the depth that comes from a career built inside these industries.
Content Formats
Trade journalism, business feature writing, industry analysis, and B2B editorial content for food and restaurant publications. Mark writes with the economy and precision of a seasoned editor who has spent decades shaping food industry coverage for print and digital audiences.
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Mark Hamstra
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New York, New York 10010
hi@props.us