Dean Dirks Associates has experience with some of the most established
and prestigious companies in the food service and convenience store industry. Click to learn more about our Food Services and Convenience Store Consulting Services.

A partial list of experience includes:

BRANDED FOOD SERVICE:

Subway
Taco Bell
A&W Restaurants
Arby?s
Godfather?s Pizza
Domino?s
Winchell?s Donuts
Church?s Chicken
Starbucks
Seattle Best Coffee

PROPRIETARY DEVELOPMENT:

Bulldog Burgers
Sub Express
Jose Taco
Scratch Pizza
Salad Connection
Coffee Programs
Scratch Pizza
Hot dog programs
Porky?s Pit Barbeque
H.A. Pit Barbeque

CONVENIENCE STORE EXPERIENCE:

West Star-Olympia, WA - Vice President of Operations
40 Shell sites
2 Unocal sites
2 Truck Stops
1 Arco

Wilson Oil- Longview, WA.
Chevron sites
Unocal sites
Shell sites

CATEGORY MANAGEMENT:

Balmar Petroleum, Denver, CO - Vice President of Category Management
60 Shell sites
1 Unocal site

FOOD SERVICE ADVIRORY GROUP:

National Association of Convenience Stores
Convenience Store News
Convenience Store Petroleum
Convenience Store Decisions
Kraft
Sarah Lee
General Mills
Boyd's Coffee
Pierre
El Monterey Mexican
Technomics

SPEECHES:

National Association of Convenience Stores
Pinnacle Software
Foodservice Distribution Conference
Royal Buying Group
Louisiana Oil Association
Minnesota Oil Marketers
Convenience Store News
Convenience Store Petroleum
Convenience Store Decisions
NSCSG Convenience Store Group

FOOD SERVICE EVENT MANAGEMENT:

Goodwill Games
NCAA Basketball Tournament
Marriott Food Services
Host Food Services
Arizona State University
Boise State
Washington State University
Gonzaga
University of Washington
University of Idaho
Eastern Washington University
Idaho State University
Modesto A?s
High Desert Mavericks
Stockton Ports
Everett Aqua sox
Tacoma Rainiers
Boise Hawks

ENTERTAINMENT CATERING FOOD SERVICE:

Garth Brooks
George Strait
Alan Jackson Hank Williams Jr.
Sheryl Crow
Aerosmith
Tim McGraw
Vince Gill
Jay Leno
Bon Jovi
Heart
ZZ Topp
Def Leppard
Metalicca

EVENT AND FESTIVAL CATERING:

WSU Post Game Barbecue (serving 3,000 people)
U. of I. Post Game Barbecue (serving 1,000 people)
Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival
Washington State Governor's fund raiser

CERTIFIED BARBEQUE JUDGEING:

Memphis in May World Championships
Jack Daniels National Championships
Houston Livestock Show
Kansas City Royal
Terlingua BBQ and Chile Contest