Built by real people
Not another faceless tech company...
GrazeCart is built by a small ambitious team, who care about your success!
Interested in joining the ranks?
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Blaine HitzfieldCEO
Blaine HitzfieldCEOMeet Blaine! Blaine holds the title of CEO of GrazeCart!
During high school Blaine pursued an interest in marketing and business. Blaine's unique interests served as an integral part in helping his family develop a growing business, and has provided many opportunities and a platform for his family members to share in their own successes.
Among many things, Blaine spends most of his time managing and communicating our high level vision to the founders and leadership team of GrazeCart. Blaine is also involved in strategic hiring, building partner relationships both inside and outside the company.
To put it simply, there isnāt much Blaine doesnāt or canāt do!
Blaine married his high school sweetheart Charis in April of 2006. Together they have five beautiful children - Bryton, Tyton, Charley, Lilly, and Julianna!
Blaineās favorite color is green and he spends a lot of his spare time reading. āLiving Forwardā by Michael Hyatt is one of his all time favorite books. Blaine also enjoys house projects, fishing with his kids, and planning!
When asked what inspires him, Blaine responded, āSolving problems. Connecting dots. Creating/discovering synergy. Progress/results. Seeing and enabling people to improve and thrive.ā
When asked what characteristic he is most proud of, Blaine said, āLeading and inspiring people with a purpose.ā
Blaine has been a huge driving force for GrazeCart and we are grateful for his willingness to share his knowledge and passions and help his team thrive!
Brooks HitzfieldCOO
Brooks HitzfieldCOOMeet Brooks! Brooks holds the title of COO of GrazeCart.
Some of Brooksās main responsibilities include assisting in high level strategic business planning and goal setting, executing operation and technology focused changes / innovations, and identifies and negotiates new partnerships.
Brooks married his beautiful wife, Catherine in September of 2017. Brooks is a life-long learner. He enjoys spending time learning about a wide variety of topics, and has a creative and inventive mindset. His favorite book is, āAtomic Habitsā by James Clear. He also enjoys reading, exercising, fishing, and spending time with his wife and family. Brooksās favorite color is red and his favorite movie is, āInterstellar.ā
When asked who inspires him most, Brooks responded, āAndy Andrews. His heart and passion for living an extraordinary life have guided a lot of my decisions in life!ā
Brooks is most proud of his spontaneous and optimistic personality, as well as his will for achievement!
Brooks has played a vital role in the growth of our direct marketing business and he is excited for his future with GrazeCart!
Pat KaneEngineering Director
Pat KaneEngineering Director
Elliot FlamionClient Success Lead
Elliot FlamionClient Success Lead
Chad GraueDigital Marketing Ambassador
Chad GraueDigital Marketing AmbassadorMeet Chad! Chad earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree from the St. Louis College of Pharmacy in 2001 and went on to practice pharmacy in long-term care until July 2011. After a decade of monitoring and managing sickness and disease with medications as part of a healthcare team, he was inspired to help others become more proactive with their health.
He and his wife started and have since led an online health and fitness coaching business whose goal is to help adults be more active, eat more nutritiously and achieve their desired health outcomes.
In growing that business, Chad identified some key principles that he consistently noticed contributed to the success of their business and created happy, successful clients and customers.
An avid learner, Chad has gone on to further study and develop skills related to better connecting with and an achieving a "successfulā partnership" with new and existing customers. He has actively sought out high-level mentorship, completed multiple certifications and courses, and tested and put into practice the latest thinking in marketing, copywriting and email marketing in eCommerce.
Brock HitzfieldCreative Designer
Brock HitzfieldCreative DesignerMeet Brock! Brock joined the GrazeCart team in 2021 as our lead creative guru!
Brock is extremely talented when it comes to filming and video editing - Most of what you see on our website and other social media accounts are Brockās amazing artwork! Brock is our in house content creator.
Brock married his sweet wife, Katrina in January of 2018. When Brock is not at work he enjoys spending time with his family and their dog Max. He also enjoys reading and playing many pickup sports with his brothers and friends. When it comes to movies he has a few favorites in the runningā¦
1.) Gladiator
2.) Lord of the Rings Trilogy
3.) Starwars Eps 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, & 6! Surely noted that Eps 7, 8, & 9 do not make the cut! ;)
When asked what characteristic he is most proud of, Brock said he is most proud of his ability to relate to people!
He is most inspired by those who apply themselves to create and build upon their interests!
Brock has stepped up greatly and helps bring our farm to life for our amazing supporters to experience digitally! We are so excited for what the future holds for Brock here with GrazeCart.Our manifesto, (who we are)
I'm Brooks, a co-founder at GrazeCart and I'm NOT going to tell you why to choose us.
Normally this is where I would tell you how amazing our features are (they're here) and show you silly awards. But I'm not going to do that. Instead, I'm going to tell you who we are and why we do what we do.
You already know we make software for farmers & meat providers. So let's get into the who we are.
You can consider this our company manifesto or cultural values document.
Note: The inspiring bits are at the end, so keep reading.
We are NOT...
- ...a big stiff corporate tech company
- ...a company who only cares about growth and money
- ...'salesy'
- ...clueless of how your business works
- ...scared of getting our hands dirty
- ...believers in contracts or any legal-locking lingo
We ARE...
- ...a small lean business
- ...caring of your success
- ...believers that ideas get bigger when they're shared
- ...bootstrapped and proud of it
- ...using GrazeCart daily at sevensons.net
- ...people who know the difference between a T-Bone and a Porterhouse
That's the overview. But I want to go deeper into what this means.
We're small
We're a small team... There's no VP of sales, Chief Revenue Officer, or Study Group Director. What you see has been done by a handful of hard-working talented people.
This means that with every dollar spent with GrazeCart, you're getting far more software than you'd get from a typical tech company. We can make decisions faster, move faster, learn faster and we are insanely intentional about what we spend our time on.
We actually care
We all know what it's like to buy a product that doesn't do what we thought (or were told) it was suppose to do. Few things are more frustrating! That's why we only want to work with people we can actually help a lot! This means we care enough to say no to a sale when it's not the right fit.
It gives us more energy to focus on helping a community of customers become widely successful, vs growing fast & serving tens-of-thousands of customers we barely know.
We believe shared ideas grow
We don't believe in preparatory knowledge, or trade secrets. Our success is largely a result of key mentors who've selflessly shared their wisdom for our benefit, and we aspire to do the same for others!
We have an abundance mindset and believe there are amazing opportunities for everyone. The limiting factor is usually our ability to learn and take action.
We're bootstrapped
The typical route for a tech company is to: write as few lines of code as possible, and then market & sell if for as much as possible, to as many people as possible! This keeps investors happy, & helps founders jump-ship with 8-figure exits...
Yeah sure, this might work, but we believe it has significant consequences, especially for the customer. That's why we're doing things different. We're bootstrapped, and we're proud of it!
This means: we get to go the extra mile, and build solutions that work, and work well! We all know what it's like to buy a product that doesn't do what we thought (or were told) it was suppose do.
We use GrazeCart
We're selling online just like you, and using GrazeCart to do it more effectively! Check us out at sevensons.net.
This means we know how the slightest UI differences make for a stress-free shopping experience for your customers... Aaand we also know how to not create an administrative nightmare on the backend! Because we wouldn't put up with it, and neither should you!
We know the difference...
Yes, this is why we know the difference between T-Bone and a Porterhouse. We know what it's like to use a product that feels like it was built by someone who doesn't understand how our business works. It's not fun!
That's why we're highly focused on serving ONLY perishable food providers. That's what we know, and we know it well!
We are different
As you can probably tell by now, GrazeCart is a different kind of tech company. We care about being a great place to work, building community with our customers, and creating solutions to complex problems not yet solved.
We are hungry to learn, and to share what we learn! That's why we started a podcast, and have hundreds of businesses tour our farm every year.
We're more than just a software company, we're on a mission to bring integrity back to our food system.
Our Big Vision
It's because of these beliefs & values that set out to achieve our vision of helping 1,000 food providers sell 20,000,000 pounds of product by the year 2023.
We believe that by working together, we can have a bigger impact on the things we care about most.
Sticking together makes more sense and I invite you to join us and our other business owners and leaders to build a community around getting more done with less effort!
- Brooks, Blaine & the GrazeCart Team