About Us - Markee & Associates

Who We Are

By design, Markee & Associates is a different manufacturer representative agency that prefers to focus on our clients instead of building monuments.

To start, we are on the smaller side than most foodservice reps. Much, much smaller. And, we represent a very limited number of manufacturers, also by design. We only take on manufacturers who we want to represent and especially feel we fit with them. We must learn any manufacturer completely. Spend pro-active time with them to represent them competently & well. No other way. We guarantee every one of our manufacturers that they will receive our full attention & grow their business. Otherwise we say thank you & move on. We are high-touch. Our focus is heavily on the specification & end-user. We are not a commodity rep. We determine our own future.

Markee and Associates represent privately-owned, independent manufacturers with no buying group affiliations. We maintain our own independence. Each manufacturer must have an offering of high-quality, real features, benefits, & differentiation. A story of real success & innovation. We like old school. We pride ourselves in knowing our manufacturer’s products inside & out. We spend time in their training. We prospect, one of the essentials of being a good rep. Prospecting can never be a dying art form.

Markee and Associates likes meeting new people. Especially those with new ideas who many times see things differently & are coming into their own in Foodservice/Bakery from all walks of life.

Simply, if we don’t have passion for a manufacturer, we do not represent them.

Markee & Associates represent Foodservice/Bakery equipment manufacturers in the MAFSI 4 – Keystone (Pennsylvania, Southern New Jersey, & Delaware) & MAFSI 5 – Mid-Atlantic (Maryland, DC, & Virginia), as well as other select accounts nationally.

Our Philosophy – How We Think

In the end, selling is educating and teaching, and really all about your relationships. Markee & Associates believe that you must have a real passion for your clients. They are really the ones that matter. Our involvement is nothing unless we make things better for those who we serve.

We sometimes say that a sales rep must have a “heart-of-the-lion” for their client. Their needs come first. This cannot be lip service. People can see if it is. You must always operate with uncompromising integrity. Never putting a short-term sale or price above what is in your clients’ best interest. Being willing to say No when that is what should be said. Always putting into play our experiences to present best options for the customer. And yes, even having rather spirited discussions when that is needed. If there is one thing we do really well, that is to keep it Real.

This is what Markee & Associates believes in and does.

Foodservice & Bakery Solutions

Our representation of Foodservice and Bakery partners is a direct result of our professional associations and lifetimes spent in the “mass feeding industry”, to quote the 1960’s MAFSI terminology once shared with us by one very old wise rep. He also just happened to know every MAFSI president since 1948.

So, we have logged in our experiences, both good and bad, so that we are able to help others with their own Foodservice & Bakery equipment requirements. Those people who will ask many hard questions and need good, honest answers. Who need solutions that make sense, and work within a budget. And who must have trust in a rep.

Markee & Associates works to achieve that for our clients.