Hormel Foods appoints Thomas R. Day as group vice president, Refrigerated Foods
Hormel Foods Corporation has appointed its group VP, foodservice, Thomas R. Day (pictured), to group VP, Refrigerated Foods.
Following his promotion, Deanna T. Brady, VP of sales, foodservice, will now advance to group VP, foodservice, and Mark J. Ourada, foodservice regional sales manager, will advance to VP of sales, foodservice, effective October 28, 2013.
“Tom, Deanna and Mark have made significant contributions to the foodservice division with their leadership,” said Hormel Foods' CEO Jeffrey M. Ettinger. “We congratulate them on their advancements and look forward to their continued leadership.”
Day began his career at Hormel Foods in 1981, as a relief sales representative in San Antonio, Texas. He held several positions as a sales representative, and in 1989 was promoted to manager of national accounts, foodservice, at the firm's head office in Austin, Minnesota. In 1998, he advanced to the role of director of foodservice sales and became the vice president of sales, foodservice, in 2000. In 2007, he became senior vice president, foodservice, and in 2010 assumed his current role of group vice president, foodservice.
Hormel Foods is best known for Spam, but also owns a swathe of other brands including Skippy peanut butter (recently acquired from Unilever); Stagg Chili; Peloponnese Greek foods; CHI-CHI's, Doña María, Don Miguel, Embasa and Del Fuerte Mexican products; Jennie-O Turkey Store products, and scores of products under the Hormel brand.
The firm, which posted sales of $8.2bn in fiscal 2012, has five key segments: Grocery Products, Refrigerated Foods, Jennie-O Turkey Store, Specialty Foods, and All Other.
