Spyros (Spike) Gavris is President of Foodmark. He founded the company with his son, Lee Gavris, in 1981. He is directly responsible for Foodmark's aggressive entrance into private label sales on both a regional and national basis. Spike spent twenty-five years with Stop & Shop, New England's largest retailer, managing all aspects of the supermarket business, including procurement, retail operations, and store design. During his tenure at Stop & Shop, Spike held the positions of Vice-President and General Manager-Boston Division, Vice-President, Meat Operations, and Vice-President and General Sales Manager (MA/RI and CT/NY divisions).

During the firm’s early years, Spike’s efforts were directed towards regional representation of manufacturers providing products within emerging private label categories. Products included high-end cookies and confectionary items, refrigerated and frozen pizza, ice cream and pet food. Spike’s success within these categories led manufacturers to seek national relationships with Foodmark. Services expanded to include category assessment, brand development and sales management for retail sales across the U.S. To provide the services desired by clients, Spike and Lee assembled an experienced group of sales professionals to cover the country and reach all major accounts. By 1995, Foodmark had successfully established its position as a company capable of providing a turnkey solution to manufacturers looking to outsource marketing and sales activities for retail products.

Currently, Spike is engaged in new product development and marketing strategy for ongoing product lines. His efforts are directed at both the company’s proprietary products and those of the company’s clients.