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MARY, Fla., May 1, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- Florida Food Products, LLC (FFP), the world's
largest privately held natural ingredients supplier in the world
and trailblazer in clean label solutions, announces
appointments to its leadership team designed to continue the
accelerating growth and innovations in the food and beverage
industry. The announcement was made by Vince Macciocchi, chief executive officer at
FFP.
Leadership appointments include:
- Chris Johnson, to
president, foodservice at FFP. Chris joined the organization
through the Javo Beverage acquisition. At Javo he served as
executive vice president for the past 11 years overseeing
foodservice sales, marketing, and customer service. Throughout his
career, Johnson held vice president leadership positions with IMI
Cornelius and Sara Lee Corporation.
- Juli D'Aloia, joins FFP as Chief Human Resources Officer
(CHRO). In addition to leading the HR function, she has executive
ownership for the organization's environmental, social and
governance (ESG) strategy. Juli brings 32 years of experience in
the food, beverage, and flavor industry and held senior HR
leadership roles with Kerry and Lemnature.
- Rich Meloche, joins FFP
as president, food and beverage business. At FFP, he is responsible
for leadership and go-to-market strategy for natural ingredients
including flavors, extracts, and human nutrition inclusions. His 15
years of experience include senior leadership positions with ADM
and Givaudan Flavors.
- Jillian Hermanowicz, to
vice president of corporate marketing and communications for FFP.
Jillian joined the organization through the Javo Beverage
acquisition where she led as director of marketing. Jillian brings
over 20 years of experience in strategic marketing and branding in
the food and beverage industry from her previous roles with Grecian
Delight and Kronos.
"Our most recent appointments bring FFP the additional
leadership and strategic expertise we need to amplify and deliver
our value proposition to the industry," Macciocchi said.
"We offer unrivaled industry expertise combined with a
diversified natural ingredient portfolio to help food and beverage
leaders deliver the clean label products today's consumers
seek."
About FFP
Founded in 1954, Florida Food Products is one of the world's
largest, independent provider of natural ingredients. FFP
formulates and produces innovative clean label fruit, vegetable,
tea, coffee and botanical based ingredients serving the food,
beverage, and health end markets. The company's products offer
compelling alternatives to chemically derived ingredients and can
enhance such things as taste, texture, shelf life, moisture, and
color. The company operates facilities across the United States and partners with some of
the most respected consumer brands, manufacturers, and food service
providers. For additional information,
visit www.floridafood.com.
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