Markee & Associates Is At Your Service

For Markee and Associates, Quality, Integrity, and Transparency are essentials to how we conduct our day-to-day business. There is just no other way.

M&A is a Foodservice & Bakery Equipment Manufacturer Representative. We strive our best to do things right the first time, every time for our clients. 

Our backgrounds are wonderfully varied and include – Food and Beverage Operations Management; Hotel Development, Procurement, & Franchising; Food Facility Design & Business Consulting; Culinary Operations; Foodservice & Bakery Equipment Sales & Marketing.

Markee and Associates have been on our client’s side of life more often than not. Having been there, we understand exactly what makes them tick. Especially their headwinds and challenges. We know why they need what they need, when they need it.

Our entire team has spent time “in-the-trenches”. Frankly, not a lot surprises us. Like in a commercial foodservice when on an insanely busy Saturday night a key piece of loaded-up equipment just decides to stops working, or your only two dishwashers are a no-show, or your prep team didn’t even come close to matching real customer head counts now in your lobby and restaurant, or both your sous chef and line expeditor are sitting down in the corner with the chills… Ticket times are skyrocketing and people losing their you-know-what. And your guest line with confirmed dinner reservations (and after dinner reservations..) is growing out the door on a very cold and rainy night… No problem. We get it. Boy do we. And why our products must not just perform, but our advisement be the best possible to our client. When you have worked a kitchen, you truly understand how important your involvement with your client will be.  

Our own experiences build the foundation with our clients. We understand where, how, and why their bar is set where it is. We do not even have to ask why. In our thinking, we want to make any foodservice person’s life working in a kitchen a lot better because frankly we know just how bad a kitchen can be on a person when bad decisions having to do with the planning and design are made.. We have taken the place of those dishwashers, expediters, and prep cooks more than once…

Right from the beginning we get to work getting on the same page as our client. We listen very closely objectively to what is being said, as well as not being said. We evaluate. We think. We remember… Then, we get things moving forward proposing what we see as possibly good solutions, again based upon our experiences. It’s not always easy or pleasant sometimes because sometimes the solutions are like a spoonful of medicine.. Nonetheless, we keep it real and transparent.

Today, everyone is crushed for time. Time is money. We get to the point. Quicky. We ask for a client’s budget up front in the beginning of the conversations. To not do that is irresponsible to the client. Money is money, and the sooner you bring it into the discussion the better. We present smart options. Have an intelligent discussion. Things get spirited at times. All the better. And again, we never ever shy away from the budget because that is where the rubber meets the road.  

Who are our clients? All kinds of people – Foodservice & Bakery End-Users; Multiple-Unit Regional & National Chain Operators; Hotels; Restaurants; Untraditional Foodservices, (but perhaps soon-to-be traditional..) such as Food Trucks, Ghost Kitchens, Remote Fulfillment Spaces; Turnpike & Recreational Operators; Caterers; Retail; Wholesale; Production/Commissary Bakeries; Senior Living & Healthcare; K-12 Schools; Colleges & Universities; Foodservice Operating Companies; Spoke & Hub; Airlines “On-The-Go” Mobile Foodservices; Commissaries; Food Plants; Supermarkets & Grocery Stores; & Convenience Stores.. 

Markee & Associates is At Your Service. We appreciate your kind consideration. Let’s have a discussion and see how we can help you.