Laird Tapped as V-P Sales at American Foods



{mosimage}Laird has more than 20 years of foodservice sales experience in the Florida market. His previous job was with PFG in Dover, FL, as a DSR, where he was for nine years, recording more than $3 million in annual sales.

Laird is managing a sales force of seven and is responsible for hiring and training new DSRs.

Regional broadliner American Foods, a member of UniPro Foodservice, Inc., Atlanta, has been in business for eight years with annual sales of $65 million for 2005, according to its management. The company employs 65 people in a 35,000-sq.-ft. facility handling 3,500 SKUs.

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