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Georgia Nut Co. announces sales management changes

John Drehobl named director of sales and marketing; Kurt Thorsen takes over as v.p. of business development.

By Alyse Thompson-Richards
Georgia Nut Company
Photo by Georgia Nut Company.
December 8, 2016
Georgia Nut Co., a family-owned confections, nuts and snacks manufacturer based in Skokie, Ill., has announced changes in its sales management.
 
John Drehobl will serve as director of sales and marketing. He’ll supervise sales, marketing, research and development, supply chain and demand planning. Drehobl joined Georgia Nut in 2008 and has held several positions within the sales team.
 
Kurt Thorsen has been named v.p. of business development. His focus will involve strategic growth platforms, including an initiative to enter the dietary supplement and “better for you” markets. Georgia Nut has made an investment to become organic and CFR111 compliant to support this initiative.
 
“John and Kurt are integral members of our sales division,” says President Rick Drehobl. “Georgia Nut is very excited to see what the future holds with John at the helm and Kurt driving new business.”
 
Launched in 1945, Georgia Nut manufactures a full line of chocolate-panned, sugar-panned, hot-panned, enrobed, brittle and nut products. It’s also one of a handful of domestic firms that extrude malt balls centers.
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Alyse Thompson-Richards has held many positions with BNP Media, first serving as an intern at Candy Industry magazine in summer 2012. She joined Candy Industry's staff full time as associate editor in August 2016 after a few years at newspapers in West-Central Illinois, becoming managing editor in March 2019. Alyse has also served as managing editor of Cannabis Products magazine since March 2019, and is currently the editor-in-chief of Food Engineeering magazine. She has bachelor’s degrees in journalism and Spanish from Western Illinois University.

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