Mariana Manole will be senior vice president, global Food Safety, Quality, and Regulatory Affairs (FSQR), and Steve Ross will serve as senior vice president, operations, Liquid Products of North America (LPNA).

 Based in Arkansas City, Kansas, Bryan Bartee will now serve as group vice president, operations for the company's KanPak Kansas dairy products facility.

Based in GSF's Irvine, California, corporate headquarters and partnering with all GSF business units across the globe, Brad Tingey leads all accounting, tax and financial planning and reporting functions and Randy Herrel oversees operational performance measurement to ensure alignment on growth and operational priorities.

 Dorn Van Cleave joins GSF as group vice president, corporate development and strategy, and Melissa Vieira as group vice president, human resources.

The company has appointed Hugues Labrecque as vice president of sales, GSF, and Trisha McRoberts as group vice president, strategic sourcing.

GSF associates have been engaging in the company’s milestone year through a new GSF 75^th anniversary website, along with activities, contests, giveaways, and  opportunities for associate scholarships.  

Golden State Foods (GSF),  has appointed Justin Vannoy as GSF corporate vice president and president, Liquid Products North America (LPNA). Based in Conyers, Georgia, Vannoy will lead the planning and execution of a strategic business plan to satisfy GSF's financial and operational objectives, including customer growth, product quality, food safety, associate safety, and succession planning. His role will also focus on broadening the capabilities, technologies, and markets in which GSF supplies dressings, sauces, syrups, and toppings.

Golden State Foods (GSF), one of the largest diversified suppliers to the foodservice and retail industries, is pleased to announce the promotion of Campbell Cooper into an elevated executive officer role as GSF corporate vice president and president, International Business Group. Based in Auckland, New Zealand, Campbell will continue to plan, direct, and coordinate the company’s international operations in Asia, Australia, Egypt, and New Zealand.

In the upcoming September issue of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, we highlight the pandemic pivots made by Sysco and US Foods in 2020 due to COVID-19 and its effect on foodservice clients like restaurants, hotels, caterers, stadiums, and other volume venues. While putting that story together, we also had a chance to speak to another foodservice distribution giant, Golden State Foods (GSF) and its Chairman and CEO, Mark Wetterau.

Golden State Foods (GSF), one of the largest diversified suppliers to the foodservice and retail industries, is pleased to announce the promotion of Chad Buechel to president of KanPak U.S. From the GSF subsidiary's headquarters in Wichita, Kansas, Chad will be responsible for all aspects of KanPak's U.S. business, including its production of more than 18 million gallons of dairy products each year.