Marketing Northwest

Specialties

For more than 18 years, Marketing Northwest has specialized in sales, category management and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers and producers of food. Our years of experience set us apart from most food brokerages or typical sales teams.

Marketing Northwest services a variety of trade channels such as grocery, mass merchandise, specialty, convenience, drug, dollar, club and food service.

History

Established in 1996.

In 1996 Diane Masterjohn and Fred Masterjohn started Marketing Northwest under the guidance of her father *David Robinson who was a consultant to Marketing Northwest.

*David Robinson was a Seattle area entrepreneur and co-​owner of probably the first food brokerage on the West Coast, circa 1940s, (Bryson Brokerage/​Lyle-​Jones Brokerage/​AmPac Brokerage which eventually became Alliance Brokerage). David also co-​founded Scotty’s Juicetree which was the original fresh-​squeezed juice company in the Northwest starting in Pike Place Market in the mid-​1970s.

Meet the Manager

Diane M.

Manager

Diane has more than 20 years of experience in the food industry, beginning with Scotty’s Juicetree in Seattle in 1990 where she introduced fresh squeezed juices to food service accounts in the Pacific Northwest. Later she moved on to locally made fresh Artisan breads, calling on food service accounts.

Diane completed her BA at Washington State University majoring in English and Communications/​Advertising and worked at KIRO Radio in the advertising/​marketing department.

Diane has a reputation for tenacity and hard work which has resulted in a very successful track record of product placement both locally, in the western region, and also nationally.