Bravo! Foods International Corp. Announces New Hires
08 Août 2006 - 3:30PM
PR Newswire (US)
Senior Quality Assurance Manager NORTH PALM BEACH, Fla., Aug. 8
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Bravo! Foods International Corp.
(OTC:BRVO) (BULLETIN BOARD: BRVO) , a brand development and
marketing company that manufactures, promotes and distributes
vitamin- fortified, flavored milk drinks and other beverages,
announced today that it continues to strengthen its management team
with the hire of Craig A. Peters as Manager, Quality Assurance and
Chuck Walton as Director of Product Development. Mr. Peters is a
seasoned quality assurance professional with over 20 years of
experience overseeing the quality assurance function at several
major consumer products corporations. During the past 5 years, Mr.
Peters was in charge of the contract manufacturing quality
assurance system at Slim Fast Foods, a division of Unilever plc.
This system managed the supplier quality of more then eight
contract manufactures as well as supporting quality systems at the
two Slim Fast production facilities. In addition Mr. Peters
previously spent 15 years with the Quaker Oats Company in both
Quality Assurance and Operations management positions. At the
Quaker Oats Company Mr. Peters was responsible for sports and juice
beverages, aseptic and canned foods, snack and grain products. Mr.
Peters will direct the continued integration of quality systems
into the Bravo! business structure and will be responsible for
facilitating the quality assurance relationship and quality
effectiveness of Bravo! products for every stage of the
manufacturing process. Chuck Walton joined Bravo! as Director of
Product Development after serving 17 years with DSM Nutritional
products formerly Roche Vitamins Inc. Mr. Walton was a Senior
Account Manager and a major contributor to product design and new
product introductions specializing in the food and beverage
industry. At DSM Nutritional, Mr. Walton received five Presidents
Achievement awards for outstanding sales as well as three top
supplier awards from major food and beverage manufacturers. At
Bravo! Mr. Walton will be primarily responsible for product
development but will also contribute to the strategic sales and
marketing support functions. Roy Warren, Chief Executive Officer
commented on the new hires, "We are extremely pleased to be able to
continue to attract such seasoned professionals to the Bravo!
management team. Both Chuck and Craig will be extremely important
to the future plans for Bravo! and the successful execution of our
growth strategy. We welcome them both!" About the Company Bravo!
Foods International Corp. develops, brands, markets, distributes
and sells nutritious, flavored milk products throughout the 50
United States, Great Britain and various Middle Eastern countries.
Bravo!'s products are available in the United States and
internationally through production agreements with regional aseptic
milk processors and are currently sold under the brand names
Slammers(R) and Bravo!(TM). Bravo!'s Slammers(R) products are
available nationwide in popular chains such as: 7-Eleven, A&P,
Dutch Farms, Giant Food Stores, Jewel, Kings , Pathmark, Safeway,
Sam's Club, Shaw's, ShopRite, Speedway, SuperTarget, Unified,
Waldbaums and Walgreens. Many of Bravo! Foods' Slammers(R) lines of
shelf-stable, single-serve milk drinks are co-branded through
exclusive partnerships with Masterfoods, a division of Mars
Incorporated, and MD Enterprises (Moon Pie(R)), providing superior
name recognition packaged with quality, great-tasting drinks. On
November 1, 2005, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. began distribution of
the Slammers(R) Masterfoods line, as well as the Bravo!'s Slim
Slammers(R) and Pro Slammers(TM) products, under a Master
Distribution Agreement with Bravo! For more information, visit:
http://www.bravobrands.com/. Investor Relations Contact: Kathleen
Heaney (203) 803-3585 Company Contact Jeffrey J. Kaplan, Chief
Financial Officer (561) 625 1411 DATASOURCE: Bravo! Foods
International Corp. CONTACT: Investor Relations Contact, Kathleen
Heaney for Bravo! Foods International Corp., +1-203-803-3585; or
Company Contact, Jeffrey J. Kaplan, Chief Financial Officer of
Bravo! Foods International Corp., +1-561-625-1411 Web site:
http://www.bravobrands.com/
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