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Lipari Foods Employee Robert C. Palmateer Dies At 66

Robert Charles Palmateer, 66, of Port Huron, Michigan, died Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. He was born July 27, 1953, in Port Huron to the late Charles and Jacqueline Palmateer. He married his childhood sweetheart, Maureen Lower, on March 3, 1973, at Marysville United Methodist Church. Mr. Palmateer was a 1971 graduate of Marysville High School. […]

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Midwest Distributor Lipari Foods Names Dave Littleson CFO

Warren, Michigan-based Lipari Foods has named Dave Littleson as its chief financial officer (CFO). As CFO, Littleson will oversee all company financial operations. He will succeed Curtis Groves who will be retiring later this year and has served as Lipari’s CFO for eight years. Littleson will report directly to CEO Thom Lipari.   “We are excited […]

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Walls Named Lipari Foods President, Chief Operating Officer

Lipari Foods has named Tim Walls president and chief operating officer (COO), effective immediately. As president and COO, Walls oversees all company operations. He reports to Lipari Foods CEO Thom Lipari. “By bringing Tim into this new role, we are ensuring the existing operations continue to have the attention needed to grow and prosper,” Lipari […]

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Lipari Foods Founder Vincent ‘Jim’ Lipari Dies At Age 91

Mr. Vincent J. “Jim” Lipari of Birmingham, Michigan, died Nov. 7, 2019, at the age of 91 with his family by his side. Born on May 6, 1928, in Detroit, Mr. Lipari was a longtime Michigan resident. Mr. Lipari founded Warren, Michigan-based Lipari Foods in 1963, after distributing unique products from the back of his […]

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Lipari Foods Modernizes Invoice-To-Cash Processes On ETran Platform

Lipari Foods has launched the Financial Transmission Network Inc. (FTNI) ETran Integrated Receivables platform to deliver payment processing solutions spanning multiple payment methods and channels all on a single, cloud-based platform.  Headquartered in Warren, Michigan, Lipari Foods is a distributor of deli, bakery, packaging and grocery products and services. A member of UniPro Foodservice, Lipari […]

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Faith And Community Keep Versailles Hometown IGA Prosperous

2019 Indiana Market Profile by Terrie Ellerbee/editor-Midwest Robert Wood evidently was meant to be a grocer. A grocer in Versailles. He was a contractor for years, building foundations and bridges. His father had an implement dealership that he and his wife, Dotty, worked with for five years. After that, they started a bulk food business […]

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AWG Presents Merchandising, Store Manager And Lou Fox Awards

Associated Wholesale Grocers (AWG) presented 11 Excellence in Merchandising Awards, the Store Manager of the Year Award and its Lou Fox Community Service Award on March 26 in conjunction with its 2019 Innovation Showcase and Annual Meeting held in Overland Park, Kansas. The company is based in Kansas City. The Excellence in Merchandising Award recognizes […]

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Family-Owned Roots Poultry Offers Much More Than Shredded Chicken

by Terrie Ellerbee/editor-Midwest Wayne Root was stringing phone lines for AT&T in northwest Ohio when the Great Depression hit, taking his job with it. To support his family, Root began buying produce and other foods from local farmers and taking them to market in the Cleveland area, where he had contacts. In Cleveland, he would […]