Doskocil names president of retail division; Swafford previously vice president and general manager of Sara Lee subsidiary.OKLAHOMA CITY Oklahoma City (1990 pop. 444,719), state capital, and seat of Oklahoma co., central Okla., on the North Canadian River; inc. 1890. The state's largest city, it is an important livestock market, a wholesale, distribution, industrial, and financial center, and a farm , Okla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 26, 1995--Doskocil Companies Incorporated (Nasdaq:DOSK) announced today the appointment of Larry P. Swafford as senior vice president and president of the Retail Division. Raymond J. Haefele, vice president and president of the Deli Division, who had assumed the additional responsibilities of Acting President of the Retail Division since last June, will assist Swafford during the transition. Swafford, age 48, comes to Doskocil from Bryan Foods, a subsidiary of Sara Lee Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :SLE SLE systemic lupus erythematosus. SLE abbr. systemic lupus erythematosus Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) ). Swafford was vice president and general manager of the West Point, Mississippi-based Bryan. Bryan Foods is a manufacturer of processed and fresh meats with revenues of $700 million. During his two year tenure at Bryan, Swafford was responsible for sales, marketing and production functions. Prior to joining Bryan Foods in 1993, Swafford was vice president of John Morrell and Company, the $1.8 billion manufacturer and distributor of prepared and canned meat products and a subsidiary of Chiquita Brands International (NYSE:CQB CQB Close Quarters Battle CQB Close Quarter Battle (Mike Curtis novel) ). At John Morrell, Swafford was responsible for marketing eleven brand names. Swafford holds a B.S. in Business from Texas Tech University. Doskocil's Retail Division represented the largest percentage of Doskocil's sales in 1993, providing a wide range of branded processed food products to an expanding retail base which includes leading independent and chain supermarkets as well as a growing number of club stores. "Larry Swafford brings to Doskocil more than twenty-five years' experience in the processed food business, from the operating, marketing and sales perspectives," said R. Randolph Devening, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Doskocil. "In his prior tenure, he was a key contributor to the rapid expansion of Bryan Foods and to the important competitive inroads inroads Noun, pl make inroads into to start affecting or reducing: my gambling has made great inroads into my savings inroads npl to make inroads into [+ that the company was able to achieve. We are pleased to have attracted to Doskocil an executive whose extensive experience will be key in the growth of the Retail Division." Doskocil produces, markets and distributes branded and processed food products under proprietary brand names that include Wilson Foods, Corn King, Wilson's Continental Deli, American Favorite, Doskocil Foods, Jefferson Meats, Fred's, Rotanelli's, Posada po·sa·da n. A Christmas festival originating in Latin America that dramatizes the search of Joseph and Mary for lodging. [American Spanish, from Spanish, lodging, from posar, , and Butcher Boy. The company's products include pepperoni and beef and pork toppings marketed to the pizza industry as well as boneless Bone´less a. 1. Without bones. Adj. 1. boneless - being without a bone or bones; "jellyfish are boneless" hams, sausage, bacon, appetizers, Mexican and Italian foods, and other branded and processed products for the foodservice, delicatessen and retail markets. CONTACT: Doskocil Companies Inc. Bryant Bynum, 405/879-5500 or Morgen-Walke Associates, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Naomi Rosenfeld/Eileen Howard Media contact: Helen Spanakos 212/850-5600 |
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