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, 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.