Monterey Mushrooms has named Andrea Smith its director of sales for the western region, which spans from Seattle to Phoenix and Denver to Houston. Smith will manage the sales territory supported by California and Texas farms. She will serve retail, club and foodservice customers in those markets. 

Smith brings more than 27 years of food sales experience to the role. Most recently, she served three years as a sales director for Calavo Growers / Renaissance Food Group, achieving a 17 percent increase in sales from the prior year. She implemented new and creative sales strategies with key

Tom Jenkins has joined the produce division at JOH as an account executive.

A seasoned sales and marketing professional, Jenkins has more than a decade of experience growing HP Hood and Chiquita brands in large New England retailers. In addition to being an excellent communicator, the company said he has strong industry relationships and consistently delivers results.

“We are excited to welcome Tom to our team,” said Brian Maguire, executive vice president of the produce division, New England. “Tom has been very successful at growing clients and customers. We are thrilled to see what he will

Calavo Growers Inc. hired Andy Foster to support the company’s recently aligned prepared division as vice president of sales – national accounts.

Foster brings more than 25 years of experience in the food industry, including more than a decade in fresh-cut produce and fresh prepared foods with companies such as Taylor Farms and Boskovich Farms, and more than 20 years working in food safety and quality assurance. Foster’s extensive sales background coupled with his technical experience in food safety will provide an asset to the growing Calavo prepared division as the team works to achieve

Harvest Sensations named Joseph P. D’Ottavio as its president. He will focus on profit optimization, efficiencies and growth to include leadership across internal and external stakeholders.

D’Ottavio brings over 25 years of industry experience to the organization, including completing the joint venture of a family-owned produce business (Heeren Bros. Inc.) and a distribution company (Walsma & Lyons) and led rebranding at Vine Line Produce Distribution.

D’Ottavio has a track record of successfully growing top line revenues and the ability to provide produce solutions that exceed customers'

Potandon Produce, the largest marketer of healthy, fresh table stock potatoes in the nation, and leading marketer of fresh onions, has announced that Dave Allen will join the russets and onions sales team as senior director of sales.

“Dave has a long history in the industry, working with companies from ProAct to Fresh Point, and now we are excited to welcome him to Potandon,” said Dick Thomas, senior vice president of sales for Potandon. “Dave will be working out of the Dallas office, but he will be spending most of his time here in the Idaho Falls office.”

Potandon is the exclusive supplier

Kevin Holt, CEO of Ahold Delhaize USA, plans to retire and step down from the Ahold Delhaize management board when his term expires at the Annual General Meeting of shareholders on April 12, 2023, at which time the company will nominate JJ Fleeman as member of the Ahold Delhaize management board and CEO of Ahold Delhaize USA. Fleeman’s appointment to the management board is subject to shareholder approval at the AGM. After the AGM, Holt will remain with Ahold Delhaize USA in an advisory capacity until he retires at the end of 2023, to ensure a seamless transition.

Fleeman has served as