Andy Jacobs Email Address

Chief Executive Officer

Hostess is one of the largest wholesale bakers and distributors of fresh-baked bread and sweet goods in the U.S.

Senior general manager with over 20 years of cross-functional FMCG experience with a strong background in Strategic Planning, Sales, Brand Marketing and Shopper Marketing. Andy is a results oriented team leader with a solid track record of driving sales, profit growth and market share. Demonstrated ability to build top-tier teams, develop collaborative customer relationships and to leverage consumer, shopper, and category insights to deliver creative solutions that drive sustainable growth. Andy has extensive experience with the global Walmart business (across all key global markets) and with managing channel complexity within the U.S. across all major retailers within traditional retail channels including Food, Drug, Mass, Convenience, Dollar, Warehouse Club and Vend. He has worked with public multinational billion dollar businesses, a mid-tier $500 million European owned private company and also small regional private equity backed businesses.