# Mari Loewen

> Mari Loewen is a Toronto-based food writer, creative director, marketing and culinary consultant who founded ANNA Magazine at her kitchen table, later moved its archive and audience online, built the DinnerPlan meal-planning service, and now applies an editorial eye to grocery retail as Fractional CMO and culinary consultant at Summerhill Market.

- **Role:** Fractional CMO and culinary consultant at Summerhill Market
- **Organizations:** Summerhill Market, ANNA Magazine, ANNA Media Co., DinnerPlan
- **Nationality:** Canadian
- **Education:** University of Manitoba
- **Known for:** Founded and developed ANNA Magazine into a North American-distributed food and lifestyle publication., Published more than 25 print issues before migrating the brand and archive online., Built DinnerPlan, which her website says has served more than 5,000 members.

## Career timeline

- **2005** — Founded ANNA Magazine from her home kitchen.
- **2006** — ANNA Magazine began publishing as a food and entertaining title.
- **2012** — Launched ANNA Magazine in the Toronto market and appeared on CHCH Morning Live.
- **2013** — Concluded the first listed period as ANNA Magazine founder and CEO.
- **2017** — Operated ANNA as a digital lifestyle platform after publishing more than 25 print issues and spending two years migrating content online.
- **2018** — Launched DinnerPlan, a meal-planning service later used by more than 5,000 members.
- **2022** — Hosted The ANNA Podcast about recipes, food and the stories that shape people’s lives.
- **2023** — Began her current listed role as Fractional CMO at Summerhill Market.
- **2025** — Commented in Canadian Grocer on global flavours and product ideas for summer entertaining.

## Achievements

- Founded and developed ANNA Magazine into a North American-distributed food and lifestyle publication.
- Published more than 25 print issues before migrating the brand and archive online.
- Built DinnerPlan, which her website says has served more than 5,000 members.
- Built a recipe library described on her website as containing more than 1,000 recipes, including 250 new dishes.
- Presented the story of building ANNA Magazine at a Women Entrepreneurs of Manitoba and Women Lawyers’ Forum event.
- Created food-marketing work that her website says included a free-cookie campaign generating millions in revenue for a Canadian boutique grocer.

## Latest updates

- **2025-12** — Shared Summerhill Market’s holiday issue on LinkedIn, highlighting seasonal entertaining and corporate grocery gift cards.
- **2025-12** — Published a first-person Summerhill Market holiday essay about prepared food, family tradition and being present while hosting.
- **2025-05** — Contributed product and flavour observations to Canadian Grocer’s feature on summer grilling and entertaining.

## Links

- Website: https://mariloewen.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mari-loewen/
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mari.loewen/

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Last updated: 2026-08-25