Atkins Nutritionals Inc. announced that Joseph E. Scalzo has joined the company as president and chief executive officer.
February 14/Denver/PRNewswire -- Atkins Nutritionals Inc. announced that Joseph E. Scalzo has joined the company as president and chief executive officer. Scalzo assumes the leadership of Atkins Nutritionals after 25 years of experience at major consumer product and beverage companies and will report directly to the board of directors. He succeeds Monty Sharma who remains on the company's board of directors.
Scalzo joins Atkins after departing Dean Foods where he served as its president and chief operating officer. He is credited at Dean for leading the transformation of its WhiteWave Foods Company, which began as three separate businesses, into a winning consumer foods company.