# Mark Lodge

> Mark Lodge is a British-born food-industry operator and the chief operating officer of Gotham Greens. Across more than three decades, he has worked where fresh food becomes an operational problem: manufacturing, logistics, procurement, product innovation and distribution. His career includes building Fresh & Easy's U.S. manufacturing operation for Tesco, leading True Fresh HPP and True Food Innovations, overseeing operations, innovation and customer experience at Revolution Foods, running nationwide operations at Renaissance Food Group and serving as COO of Calavo Growers before joining Gotham Greens in 2023.

- **Role:** Chief Operations Officer at Gotham Greens
- **Organizations:** Gotham Greens, Calavo Growers, Renaissance Food Group, Revolution Foods, True Fresh HPP, True Food Innovations, Fresh & Easy, Tesco
- **Known for:** Helped establish the Fresh & Easy manufacturing business in the United States for Tesco., Led True Fresh HPP when its Southern California facility housed three high-capacity high-pressure-processing machines and served more than 20 customers., Oversaw operations, product management, procurement and costing for Renaissance Food Group's nationwide operations.

## Career timeline

- **Before 2016** — Held senior manufacturing, supply-chain and logistics responsibilities and helped identify and implement Fresh & Easy's U.S. manufacturing business for Tesco.
- **2016-2017** — Served as president of True Fresh HPP and True Food Innovations.
- **2017-2019** — Served as executive vice president at Revolution Foods; his remit included operations, innovation and customer experience.
- **2019-2020** — Joined Renaissance Food Group as executive vice president of operations, overseeing operations, product management, procurement and costing across nationwide operations.
- **2020-2023** — Served as chief operations officer of Calavo Growers, with responsibility for production facilities in the United States and Mexico.
- **2023-present** — Serves as chief operations officer of Gotham Greens.

## Achievements

- Helped establish the Fresh & Easy manufacturing business in the United States for Tesco.
- Led True Fresh HPP when its Southern California facility housed three high-capacity high-pressure-processing machines and served more than 20 customers.
- Oversaw operations, product management, procurement and costing for Renaissance Food Group's nationwide operations.
- Promoted to COO of Calavo Growers in 2020 with responsibility for all production facilities in the United States and Mexico.
- Joined Gotham Greens as COO in 2023 after more than 30 years in food-industry general management.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Gotham Greens' current leadership page lists Lodge as chief operations officer.
- **2023** — Joined Gotham Greens as chief operations officer.

## Links

- Website: https://www.gothamgreens.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-lodge-70459637
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/gothamgreens
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/GothamGreens/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GothamGreens

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Last updated: 2026-09-27