Neco Foods Expands Its Chef Team. Seeks Foodservice Sales Growth.
Lantana, FL, December 14, 2010 --(PR.com)-- Neco Foods is proud to welcome their new chefs - Chef Steve Petusevsky, Chef Mike Bunn, and Chef John Cantwell to the company.
Between the three new members, the company now has the expertise to develop recipes, products, and innovative ideas for all the different sector of the prepared foods industry.
- Chef Steve is a Culinary Institute of America (CIA) graduate, former Director of Culinary Innovation at Roundy’s Supermarkets, and former Director of Creative Food Development for WholeFoods Market, joins Neco's team as Director of Retail Culinary Innovation.
- Chef John is a French Culinary Institute (FCI) graduate, a member of Research Chefs Association (RCA), former managing director of the famous “The River Cafe” in New York City, former owner of the New York top rated “Taste” restaurant in Garden City, NY, and a member of Neco's team since 2008. He assumes the capacity of Director of Foodservice Culinary Innovation.
- Chef Mike is a Culinologist from the University of Cincinnati, a RCA & IFT member, former R&D Chef for Really Cool Foods, Inc., former Executive R&D Chef for Demske Culinary Support Center of Miami University, and a former R&D Culinary Support Chef at the Wornick Company. He joins Neco as R&D Chef and Director of Production.
Their credentials speak for themselves. - Whether it is for the supermarket industry, restaurant food service, or institutional arena, Neco has the talent and expertise to cover those needs.
Director of Marketing for Neco Foods, Alex Malaguti, says that this trio of chefs will spearhead the company’s plans to expand its foodservice offerings, spice-up existing and new retail categories, and forge strategic alliances with restaurant chains, retailers, suppliers, and what they call, “break-the-mold” customers. These are customers with specific nutritional and packaging needs, like bookstores, coffee shops, hotel bistros, assisted living facilities, hospitals, and grab-n-go points of sale, that often go overlooked in traditional sales strategies.
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Between the three new members, the company now has the expertise to develop recipes, products, and innovative ideas for all the different sector of the prepared foods industry.
- Chef Steve is a Culinary Institute of America (CIA) graduate, former Director of Culinary Innovation at Roundy’s Supermarkets, and former Director of Creative Food Development for WholeFoods Market, joins Neco's team as Director of Retail Culinary Innovation.
- Chef John is a French Culinary Institute (FCI) graduate, a member of Research Chefs Association (RCA), former managing director of the famous “The River Cafe” in New York City, former owner of the New York top rated “Taste” restaurant in Garden City, NY, and a member of Neco's team since 2008. He assumes the capacity of Director of Foodservice Culinary Innovation.
- Chef Mike is a Culinologist from the University of Cincinnati, a RCA & IFT member, former R&D Chef for Really Cool Foods, Inc., former Executive R&D Chef for Demske Culinary Support Center of Miami University, and a former R&D Culinary Support Chef at the Wornick Company. He joins Neco as R&D Chef and Director of Production.
Their credentials speak for themselves. - Whether it is for the supermarket industry, restaurant food service, or institutional arena, Neco has the talent and expertise to cover those needs.
Director of Marketing for Neco Foods, Alex Malaguti, says that this trio of chefs will spearhead the company’s plans to expand its foodservice offerings, spice-up existing and new retail categories, and forge strategic alliances with restaurant chains, retailers, suppliers, and what they call, “break-the-mold” customers. These are customers with specific nutritional and packaging needs, like bookstores, coffee shops, hotel bistros, assisted living facilities, hospitals, and grab-n-go points of sale, that often go overlooked in traditional sales strategies.
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