Restructure Addresses Growing Needs
Louisville, Ky. — March 12, 2001 —
Daniel E. Woodside, President and Chief Executive Officer of Unified Foodservice Purchasing Co-op®, LLC (UFPC®) and the UFPC Board of Directors announced a major organizational re-alignment to ensure ongoing success.
Recognizing the importance of the Co-op as a purchasing organization and to provide strength in this area, John Inwright’s Centralized Purchasing team will now include food, packaging, equipment, equipment program management and supplier development, and logistics. This will bring all centralized purchasing functions into one area for greater efficiency, effectiveness and sharing of resources.
Strategic planning is vital to an organization, and leading this charge along with related projects will be Ken Hartung as Vice President of Strategic Development.
Dale Holden will lead the Equipment Sales Group and Distribution areas. Dale has an in-depth distribution background both through his association with the Co-op and with McLane. He also has been focused on working with the franchisees on the equipment side of the business for the last several years.
Alice LeBlanc assumes responsibilities for Kenco, distributor and beverage monitoring and title business, while staying focused as the Vice President, General Manager of the KFC Concept. Carol Knight, director, will report to Alice and continue her leadership of customer service on the food and packaging side and GPS. Carol’s role will be enhanced and include direct responsibility for the monitoring of both beverages and distributors.
As previously announced, Ron Burks joined UFPC's Dallas office as Vice President of Pizza Hut, Strategic Purchasing. Ron came to UFPC from Tricon Global Restaurants where he directed purchasing and implementation of the dairy and cheese sectors, directed the purchase and delivery of Tricon’s Star Wars promotion and served on a team that addressed the bankruptcy of Tricon’s U.S. distributor. In his role at UFPC, Ron will have oversight responsibility for all Pizza Hut purchases as well as all dairy and wheat-based purchases for Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC.
Brad Brigham becomes the Vice President, General Manager of the Taco Bell Concept. Brad has been involved in the Taco Bell system for 12 years. During his time with the Co-op, Brad has become familiar with the board structure and working with the franchisees. Pat Brown will continue to work in the Taco Bell system and report to Brad, as well as maintaining his multibranding responsibilities.
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