Kelapo Coconut Oil Expands Sales Force

Tampa, FL, January 06, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Kelapo Extra Virgin Coconut Oil welcomes Clio Stewart as the newest member of the Kelapo team. Clio will serve as the VP of Coconut Sales. Her first point of order was to enter Kelapo into a national agreement with Natural Specialty Sales, a division of Acosta, as the company’s represented food broker.

Clio most recently served as the Founder and Executive of Clio & Company LLC, where her focus was spent aligning with and working with industry experts supporting and directing strategic sales and business planning initiatives for start-up to CPG focus project engagements. Her professional path has included strategic sales plan development and client management, and national and regional sales management. With over 25 years’ worth of experience with leading natural and organic companies private and public, small and large, Clio will work closely with the Natural Specialty Sales business managers and team to support the successful execution of Kelapo sales and growth initiatives.

Founded in 2001, Natural Specialty Sales is dedicated to servicing natural food stores, specialty gourmet stores, and the growing number of national supermarket chains that feature natural and specialty food departments. A full profile of the company can be found on their website, www.acosta.com.

“The natural and specialty foods industry is a very competitive consumer products environment,” says Erin Meagher, Founder of Kelapo. “As such, we’ve brought the best industry veteran, Clio, onto our team, as well as aligned ourselves with the prominent NS Sales brokerage team. We’re excited for the growth potential of Kelapo in 2012 and what that means for the consumer being able to have access to our high quality line of organic, Fair Trade coconut oil products.”

For more information about Kelapo Extra Virgin Coconut Oil, please visit www.kelapo.com, or visit their blog at www.wearecoconuts.com.

About Kelapo Extra Virgin Coconut Oil
Kelapo Extra Virgin Coconut Oil has a light, natural taste that adds enticing flavor to dishes, both savory and sweet. Kelapo Extra Virgin Coconut Oil consistently delivers high quality organic coconut oil for cooking and baking, available in 8oz, 14oz, 15oz and 29oz jars, as well as vegetarian soft gels and pre-measured baking sticks. Launched in 2009, Kelapo Extra Virgin Coconut Oil is headquartered in Tampa, FL. For more information on Kelapo Extra Virgin Coconut Oil, please visit www.kelapo.com.

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