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Debra Crew Named President Of PepsiCo Americas Beverages

Debra Crew has been appointed president of PepsiCo Americas Beverages. In this new expanded role, Crew will oversee PepsiCo’s Gatorade and Tropicana business in North America, its Latin America Beverages business, as well as the company’s North America warehouse sales organization and Beverage Growth Ventures Group. She will report to PepsiCo Americas Beverages CEO Al […]

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Mark Lundberg Elected Chairman of Family-Owned Rice Producer

Lundberg Family Farms, a leading producer of organic rice and rice products, has announced that Dr. Mark Lundberg has been elected chairman of the board in a planned succession that continues the company’s 75-year tradition of Lundberg family leadership. In his new position, longtime board member Mark Lundberg leads the company’s board of directors, which […]

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Coca-Cola Announces New Operating Structure, Leadership Appointments

The Coca-Cola Co. has announced a new operating structure and the senior leaders for those businesses. Effective Jan. 1, 2013, the company will organize around three major operating businesses: Coca-Cola International, which will consist of the company’s Europe, Pacific and Eurasia & Africa operations; Coca-Cola Americas, which will consist of the company’s North America and […]

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The Pantry Discloses CEO Hatchell’s Compensation Package

Dennis Hatchell, the newly-appointed chief executive of convenience store operator The Pantry Inc., has been offered a base salary of $750,000, plus stock options worth nearly $436,000 and a $46,100 sign-on bonus when he begins his work with the company on March 5, according to company filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Hatchell’s […]