August 3/Toronto/Press Release – Maple Leaf Foods announced that chef Bob Villeneuve has been appointed director of Culinary Innovation.
“I am thrilled Bob has joined our team in this important role. He brings enormous expertise and passion to Maple Leaf,” said Stephen Graham, chief marketing officer, Maple Leaf Foods. “Bob will lead our talented culinary team and help drive our innovation and culinary leadership to bring outstanding products and ideas to our consumers and customers in Canada and beyond. This includes playing a key role in our product innovation pipeline, recipe development, foodservice menu design and promoting great tasting and nutritious new products like our Schneiders Country Naturals, Maple Leaf Natural Selections, Maple Leaf Prime Portions, Dempster’s Bagels and delicious Olivieri fresh pastas – and much more to come.”