Transition: From Corporate Executive to Entrepreneur

The Presidents' Forum of St. Louis
February 12, 2009

Martha Uhlhorn
President/Owner
La Bonne Bouche Wholesale Bakery

Speaker Biography:
Martha S. Uhlhorn is the Owner and President of La Bonne Bouchee Wholesale Bakery and Gourmet to Go. She purchased the bakery in November 2004 and Gourmet to Go in May of 2007. La Bonne Bouchee supplies pastries to all the Starbucks Coffee locations in the St. Louis Metro area plus other wholesale customers. Gourmet to Go is St. Louis’s premier corporate caterer and has 3 retail locations in Clayton and Ladue, MO.

Until April of 2003, Ms. Uhlhorn was a leading executive with Sara Lee Bakery Group in St. Louis, serving on various internal management committees and acting as mentor to employees in the organization. In April 2002, Supply Chain Technology News named Martha one of the Top 25 Most Influential People in the US involved in Supply Chain Management. Her pioneering work in the retail technology, known as scan-based trading, among suppliers in the direct store delivery (DSD) categories was highlighted. As the first process owner for scan-based trading at Sara Lee Bakery Group, Martha and her team saw the concept grow to 4000+ stores that are now “live” with more than 15 major customers

Active in the industry and in her community, Martha is a graduate of Leadership America (class of 1993). In St. Louis, Martha currently serves as a Board member of The Women’s Foundation of Greater St. Louis, and on the St. Louis University Board of Trustees

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