FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Ian Barrie, 616.975.0090
COLE’S ANNOUNCES NEW VICE PRESIDENT OF SALES-NORTHER REGION
GRAND RAPIDS, May 20, 2008– Cole’s Quality Foods is pleased to announce the recent hiring of Mr. Steve Hall to the position of Vice President of Sales, Northern Region.
Steve comes to Cole’s from The Derema Group, one of the largest sporting goods rep firms in the industry. Steve worked a number of years with Atwood Corporation as their Director of Sales and also spent five years in the food brokerage business.
Steve lives in East Grand Rapids and will work out of Cole’s corporate office in downtown Grand Rapids. He is married to Kim, and they have a daughter Karsten and a son Parker.
Founded in 1943, Cole’s Quality Foods is a privately-held, Michigan-based category leader in frozen bakery products. In 1972, Cole’s invented the first frozen garlic bread and created a category that generates more than $300 million in sales annually. Today, the Company produces a complete line of frozen garlic breads, garlic toasts, garlic breadsticks, Cheesesticks and Pizzasticks. Cole’s is an opportunity driven and adaptable organization that provides “WOW” products. The company employs more than 200 people in Muskegon and Grand Rapids, Michigan and in North Liberty, Iowa.
To learn more about Cole’s, go to the company’s web site at www.coles.com
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