Wendy's names Pete Suerken as president, U.S. The new hire brings more than two decades of experience to the role. SF&WB Staff July 28, 2025 Current president Abigail Pringle is departing the company to pursue other opportunities.Read More
Hormel Foods promotes John Ghingo to president Jeffrey M. Ettinger returns to the company for a 15 months as interim CEO. June 23, 2025 Hormel Foods names 11th president in the company's nearly 135-year history.Read More
Hormel Foods names successor for retail marketing group Jeff Baker will assume the role of group VP at the end of FY 2025. SF&WB Staff May 20, 2025 Scott Aakre, Hormel Foods group vice president and chief marketing officer for retail, is retiring after 35 years with the company.Read More
Hormel Foods reveals retail leadership appointments The company has promoted Scott Weisenbeck to vice president of marketing – retail. SF&WB Staff March 19, 2025 Joe O'Connor moves to role of vice president of emerging brands – retail. Read More
Wixon names chief financial officer Brad Netzel joins Wixon. SF&WB Staff January 7, 2025 The newly appointed CFO offers more than 20 years of public accounting and consulting experience.Read More
Portillo's taps chief operating officer Tony Darden to oversee Portillo's operational strategy, execution. SF&WB Staff December 4, 2024 Former Jack in the Box executive Tony Darden joins the Portillo's leadership team.Read More
Hormel board taps president of Piper Sandler Debbra Schoneman is president of banking and financial company Piper Sandler Cos. Sammy Bredar September 24, 2024 Debbra Schoneman joins the Audit and Governance Committees of the Hormel Foods Board of Directors. Read More
VP of legislative affairs retires after 40 years with Hormel Jeff Grev says goodbye to Hormel Foods. Liz Parker Kuhn April 24, 2024 Chad Randick, director of strategy and current lead of the company's transformation and modernization initiative, succeeds Jeff Grev as VP of legislative affairs. Read More
Hormel reveals retirement of VP of retail sales - East Company names Darren Carter as Pat Schwab's successor. Liz Parker Kuhn January 23, 2024 With the change in leadership, Darren Carter oversees the sales functions for all retail customers throughout the Eastern half of the United States. Read More
Handtmann taps Max King as VP of sales King assumes his new role managing Handtmann equipment sales. August 18, 2023 King brings more than 20 years of experience building successful capital equipment sales and service teams in various categories.Read More