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Blount Adds Seasoned Culinary Specialist, Midwest Foodservice Rep To Sales Team

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Blount Fine Foods, a leading manufacturer of premium, handcrafted soups, entrées, and side dishes for retail and foodservice, and the market leader in fresh retail soups, today announced it has added Mike Maher as Culinary Business Development Specialist, and named Michael Palmer its Foodservice Business Development Representative for the Midwest.

Maher, who brings more than a quarter-century record of success as a chef and foodservice executive, will work closely with Blount’s Executive Vice President for Sales & Marketing Bob Sewall to establish, enhance and expand the company’s relationships with key accounts. He joins Blount from U.S. Foods, where he was most recently Territory Manager for the Southwest. Maher’s appointment puts a seasoned executive chef on the sales team on a full-time basis, and frees up Corporate Executive Chef Jeff Wirtz, who can now focus exclusively on culinary development.

“We have brought Mike onto the team to join me out in the field calling on customers, which ensures we bring culinary expertise and perspective to those invaluable conversations,” said Sewall. “He is a first-rate  culinary expert who speaks comfortably and credibly about all aspects of the food industry, and who truly understands our customers’ business opportunities and challenges.”

Maher holds a Bachelor’s degree in Culinary Management from the Scottsdale Culinary Institute in Scottsdale, Ariz. He resides in Rowlett, Tex., and will work out of Blount offices in McKinney, Tex. And Fall River, Mass.

Palmer, who comes to Blount as an accomplished sales and account manager with a history of growing accounts and solidifying customer relationships, will be responsible for managing and growing Blount’s foodservice business in the company’s Midwest territory, and will work out of the company’s office in Chicago. He is a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, where he earned his Bachelor’s in Communication, with a minor in Business Administration.

Both positions assume their new roles immediately.

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