
President, Meyer Group, LLC
Member of the Retail Council
Scott Meyer is the President of Meyer Group LLC, a consulting group advising private equity consumer products portfolio companies in distressed and high growth potential situations. Mr. Meyer has extensive housewares expertise, having served as President - North America at Breville Group Limited as well as President/CEO at T-Fal/WearEver, selling to retailers such as Wal-Mart, Target, Williams-Sonoma, Bed Bath, Macy's, Sears, and Kohl's. He was Corporate CMO and GM- Faucets at American Standard, a Sun Capital company. Prior, Mr. Meyer was Global Vice President of Gillette's $650MM Braun Oral-B power oral care business. He was in brand management for over 11 years with Johnson & Johnson and has expertise regarding the Splenda (sucralose) business. Mr. Meyer was also VP Worldwide Sales & CMO at HealtheTech, a marketer of handheld medical devices that accurately measure metabolic rate for nutrition and weight management. He is on the Board of SpinFry, a new technology company in foodservice. Mr. Meyer has extensive retail category management experience from a supplier/vendor's perspective. At T-Fal/WearEver, he was a category manager for Walmart in Cookware; while at Oral-B and Braun Oral-B, he was a category manager in Oral Care for several retailers. (This is me - Update Profile)
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Stevia Impact on Tabletop Sweeteners Negligible
June 6, 2008
Gilbert firm set to announce stevia distribution deal | www.eastvalleytribune.com
- This article does not mention stevia's taste profile, which is inferior to existing low-calorie sweeteners - Mainstream US consumers look for taste/flavor first, "natural" is way down the list of attributes - Large volume users of low-calorie/high-intensity sweeteners have known about stevia for years and do not consider it to be a viable ingredient.
| Study Group Name | No. Members |
|---|---|
| Former C-level Executives in the Consumer Goods & Services Councils in Member Programs | 463 |
| Warehouse Club Experts | 249 |
| Warehouse Club Retail Experts | 123 |
| Experts in the Retail Council | 100 |
Scott Meyer has not participated in any GLG Live Meetings.