Mary Alice Cain focuses on promoting well-balanced, wholesome meals. She has a background in communications within the food industry and received her Master’s degree in Health Science with a focus in Nutrition at Atlanta’s Georgia State University. She also holds a Bachelor of Science in Food and Nutrition from The University of Alabama where she completed the Coordinated Program in Dietetics.

While attending Georgia State, Mary Alice participated in an assistantship with After-School All-Stars where she taught nutrition and cooking to students in the Atlanta area. This program inspired her to research Dollar General stores and their role in underserved communities. From there, Mary Alice developed a cookbook of recipes made exclusively with ingredients from Dollar General stores. After sharing her project with Dollar General executives, she then began to provide counsel through the corporation’s Better For You program and has been featured in numerous publications as well as on Good Morning America. Mary Alice began work with the USA Poultry & Egg Export Council in 2018 as a liaison with the American Egg Board and USAPEEC international offices to conduct marketing projects for U.S. poultry and eggs worldwide.

She joined the PeachDish team in February 2015 as a Registered Dietitian & Communications Specialist. There she worked closely with the meal kit delivery service’s partner chefs, analyzing nutrition content and providing counsel during menu development. Before PeachDish, Mary Alice served as Marketing Team Leader for Whole Foods Market in Marietta, Georgia. She also spent time working with Whole Foods Market as their Cooking Coach, a pilot program with an emphasis on making home cooking healthy, simple and approachable. During her undergraduate studies, Mary Alice interned with the International Food Information Council in Washington, D.C., where she analyzed consumer trends in nutrition and wrote for their blog, foodinsight.org.

A coastal gal originally from Mobile, AL, Mary Alice spends her free time cooking and exploring the food scene of her adopted city of Atlanta with her husband and daughter.

Accolades

The University of Alabama Jack Davis Professional Achievement Alumni Award, 2023

Georgia State University “Outstanding Graduate Student,” Department of Nutrition, 2018

Inducted into Les Dames d’Escoffier International, Atlanta Chapter, 2023