Tanimura & Antle has added Cody Ramsey as its new director of sales. Ramsey brings a wealth of experience and expertise to his new role, positioning Tanimura & Antle for continued growth and success in the highly competitive produce industry.

Ramsey will be responsible for overseeing the company’s open market sales team and will work to expand Tanimura & Antle's sales strategies and initiatives. Drawing on his extensive background in sales, Ramsey will spearhead efforts to build and maintain strong partnerships with existing and new customers while identifying new market opportunities to

Foremost Fresh Direct, a leading service provider of cold storage and imports logistics services in the Houston region, announced the hiring of Kyle Reeves as vice president of business development.

Reeves will lead FFD’s new division focused on developing category management programs with retail and foodservice clients, and the procurement of high-quality produce sourced directly from a consortium of vetted growers from around the world.

“I am excited to join FFD’s growing team, which has a dynamic vision for the future, a fantastic culture, strong values and a great reputation for

Lawrence P. Molloy, chief financial officer of Sprouts Farmers Market Inc., will retire at the end of 2023.

“On behalf of the entire Sprouts community, I want to extend our deepest thanks to Chip for his many years of leadership and dedication to our company,” said Jack Sinclair, CEO of Sprouts Farmers Market. “Chip played an integral role in Sprouts’ development into a national brand and helped to usher in our long-term growth strategy. We are grateful for Chip’s many contributions to Sprouts’ long-term success and wish him well in his retirement.”

Molloy joined Sprouts in 2013 as a member

Bob Palmer, CEO of C&S Wholesale Grocers LLC, will retire at the end of the year, though he will continue as a member of the C&S board of directors. Long-time C&S leader Eric Winn, C&S’s chief operating officer, will assume the role of CEO upon Palmer’s retirement on Oct. 2.

Since his appointment as CEO in October 2020, Palmer has been responsible for all aspects of the company strategy, growth plan, customer satisfaction and day-to-day operations. He has more than 30 years of industry experience, including serving as C&S’s chief procurement officer and head buyer.

“The foundation of C&S’s

Mission Produce Inc. named Tony Sarsam to its board of directors, effective Aug. 14. Sarsam is appointed as an independent Class I director, with a term expiring at the company’s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders. In connection with this appointment, Mission Produce’s board of directors has increased the size of the board from eight to nine directors.

Sarsam is a highly strategic executive with over 30 years of experience in the food industry, including extensive operational and executive-level experience at numerous food distribution and retail companies. Since 2020, Sarsam has served as

The Southeast Produce Council named Hudson Mcgehee, son of Genuine Georgia's Will Mcgehee, as this year's SEPC Nolan Family Foundation Scholarship recipient.

The scholarship was established to memorialize Jim Nolan, who took an ethical stand on a business matter at great cost to himself. As a result of his professional ethics, Nolan was ostracized by colleagues and remained isolated in his efforts to maintain moral integrity in his workplace. It would have taken only a few others with the courage to speak out to change the course of events. Tragically, he died before the trial that finally