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December 2018

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Mark Schiller appointed CEO Paul Sukalich joins Gehl Heather Wallace appointed

of Hain Celestial. He was Foods/ California Natural SVP/GM Beauty Care NA at

with

Pinnacle Foods Products as SVP Operation & Henkel. Heather was previously

and PepsiCo

General Manager. He was with with Novartis Consumer Health.

Island Oasis and Country

Robert

Mortati Pure Foods.

Coty appointed Pierre Laubies to

joined

Harvest

Hill

CEO post, replacing Camillo Pane.

Beverages as CEO. He was Lora Van Velsor is joining

Pierre was with Jacobs Douwe

with Apple & Eve and Kraft Morgan Stanley Capitals pet Egberts and Mars.

and

succeeds

John products company Manna Pro

LeBoutillier who is joining PE as CMO. She was at Sun Nutkao

appointed

Matt

firm Brynwood Partners.

Products, Pinnacle Foods, Cooper CEO of the US business.

Wrigley, and Kraft.

Was at Cemoi, Heinz and Nabisco.

Welch's appoints Trevor

Carlos Altschul joins

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Bynum as CEO. He was with Evelyn Wang joined Milani Siggi's as CEO. He was at

Schwan's, White Wave and Cosmetics as CMO. She was at Stonyfield Farm and Danone.

General Mills.

Wet N Wild and L'Oreal.

Mark Smith joins C&S Wholesale

Scott Almquist joins Tesla IRI named Jeff Ansell as Grocers as Chief Supply Chain

technology company Finally chairman. He was CEO at Sun Officer. He was with

Light Bulb as CEO. Scott was Products and Pinnacle Foods McKesson and Home Depot.

with Sun Products, Evenflo and a P&G alum.

and P&G.

DeDe Priest joined the

Matt Kahn joined beverage Freshpet board. She was most

Milind Pant joins Amway as company Celsius Holdings as recently at Walmart as the GMM of

CEO from Yum Brands.

CMO.

He

was fresh food.

with Heineken, Glaceau,

and Coca-Cola.

Diamond Foods appointed Borden Dairy hired Craig Craig Bahner appointed CEO of

Craig Hope as CEO. He was Musgrove as Chief Sales Officer Sara Lee Frozen Bakery, a new

with Country Fresh, JTM from Frito Lay; Barry Card from company born from KKR's

Foods, Earthbound Farm, PepsiCo as VP Go-to-Market; acquisition of Tyson's frozen

Nabisco/ Kraft, and Gallo. Patrick George as VP business merged with Sara Lee,

Engineering from Dr. Pepper Van's Bistro Collection and Chef

Grocery

Manufacturers Snapple; Joe DePetrillo as Pierre. Craig was with Kellogg.

Assn. (GMA) hires Betsy CMO from Earthbound Farms/

Booren, PhD. SVP Science and WhiteWave Foods from Nestle, Mike Ferry joined CAVU

Technology;Brandon

J&J and Best Foods; Nick Ventures as operating partner. He

Partridge as SVP of Member Suffredin joins as VP R&D from was at WhiteWave, Abbott

Engagement;

Katie Post Holdings and PepsiCo Nutrition, Campbell Soup, and

McBreen as VP of and Brent Fowler was P&G.

Communications and Research, appointed VP Operation from

and Katie Denis as Sr. Director Frito-Lay.

of Industry Narrative.

Katherine Lugar joins American Beverage Assn. as CEO. She was CEO of American Hotel & Lodging Association.

Rebecca Messina is joining Uber as first CMO. She was with BeamSuntory and Coke.

Lowes Home Improvement Murray Kessler joins Perrigo as

appoints Seemantini Godbole CEO. He was with Altria and

as CIO. He was with Target.

Lorillard.

Marcel Nahm joined Auntie Linda Lee joined

Ann's as CMO. He was at Chef's Cut Jerky as CMO. She was

Hershey, Cadbury, and at Stonyfield Farm, Mondelez,

Anheuser-Busch.

and Cadbury.

Tyson Foods named Noel Beth Ford replaces Chris Mathew McCarthy replaces

White CEO after Tom Hayes Policinski as CEO of Land Jostein Solheim as CEO of Ben &

unexpectedly resigned.

O'Lakes.

Jerry's.

Scott Kirk joined Yellow Mike Forbes joined natural Brynwood Partners appointed Wood Partners as operating chocolate maker Alter Eco as Brian Demos CEO of their contract

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partner. He was with High Ridge Brands, Utrecht Art Supplies, and Lincoln Snacks.

CEO. He was Olive Ranch Mills.

at California and General

packer Carolina Beverage Group. He was at TreeHouse Foods, Little Lady Foods, and Conagra.

John

Cowles

joined Coty appointed Pierre Laubies Bart Adlam joined Chef's Cut as

TruGreen as CEO. He was at as CEO. He was at Jacobs CEO. He was at Siggi's, Post

FXI, Kraft, Campbell Soup, Douwe Egberts, Mars, and Holdings, and Dannon.

and George Weston.

Campbell Soup.

Jean Spence joined the board of

Brian Schiegg joined Ocean Honest Company appoints TreeHouse Foods. She led R&D

Spray as chief commercial Shannon Pruitt as CMO. She at Mondelez.

officer. He was at Mars.

has an agency background.

Igloo Products appointed Steve Van Tassel joined Scott McNair joined TNT Crust as

Dave Allen as CEO. He was at YumEarth as CEO. He was with CEO. He was with MaMa Rosa's

Vista Outdoor, Coleman, Weetabix, Post Holdings, and Pizza, Schwan, Tyson, and

Alberto-Culver,

and Kraft/Nabisco.

Conagra.

Unilever.

Cheryl Bacheldar joins board Callaway Golf appoints Laura

Constellation

Brands of US Foods. She was CEO of Flanagan to board. She is the CEO

appoints Jennifer Daniels to Popeyes Louisiana Chicken of Foster Farms.

the board. She is the chief legal and previously with KFC,

officer at Colgate-Palmolive. Domino's, Nabisco and P&G.

Rich Krause joined NutriBullet Todd Putnam joins Bumble

maker Capital Brands as CEO. Bee Foods as Chief Growth

He was most recently at Officer. Todd was with

Confluence Watersports.

Campbells Soup, Coca-Cola,

Disney and P&G.

Industry News

Wind Point Partners acquired Constellation Brands invested Peak Rock Capital bought pizza

Cosmetic

Essence $4 billion in cannabis company crust maker TNT Crust

Innovations (CEI) to combine Canopy Growth.

from

Tyson, then added

with its Vee Pak platform

seasoning company Louisiana

and Sabra's salsa business to Coca-Cola to acquire London Fish Fry and Pretzels, Inc.

combine with Stir-Pacifica based coffee platform Costa for

Foods.

~$5.1B.

Tyson Foods to buy Keystone Coca-Cola acquired soda brand J&J paid $2.1 billion for Japanese

Foods for $2.16B.

Moxie and kombucha maker skin care company Ci:z Holdings.

Organic & Raw.

Post Holdings spun off private In addition to buying Craft Brew Alliance buys Cisco

brands business into newly formed SodaStream for $3.2 billion Brewers

of

Nantucket,

8th Avenue Food & PepsiCo bought nutrition bar Appalachian

Mountain

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Provisions, partnering with PE company Health Warrior from Brewery of North Carolina, and

firm Thomas H. Lee Partners PE firm VMG Partners.

Wynwood Brewing

in the deal.

of Miami.

Mars sells drinks business to Parmalat buys Kraft Heinz Hershey buys Pirate's Booty

Italy's Lavazza for $650M.

Canadian cheese business for from B&G Foods for $420M.

$1.2B.

Kainos Capital sold SlimFast to Glanbia for $350M.

Palladium Equity

JW Childs

bought Sanders Chocolate to bought Planet Dog to merge it

combine it with Kar's Nuts.

with Outward Hound.

Swander Pace Capital bought AUA PE Partners bought dairy Newell

Brands

carved

Fine Choice Foods to combine distributor Desi Natural Dahi as out Jostens to Platinum Equity

with portfolio company Passport a bolt on to Raymundos Food and Pure Fishing to Sycamore

Food Group. They also bought Group and Joey's Fine Foods as Partner, each for $1.3 billion.

artisan baker B?ckerhaus Veit. a bolt on to Indulge Desserts.

Swander Pace Capital sold Kraft Heinz launched a $100M Berkshire Partners bought

copacker Recochem to HIG VC fund called Evolv Ventures RockTape as a bolt on to fitness

Capital.

for food industry deals.

portfolio Implus.

Yellow Wood Partners bought PepsiCo launched a Paris Presents from EagleTree American incubator Capital to bolt on to Freeman Nutrition Greenhouse. Beauty.

North Plant based dairy alternative Kite called Hill raised $40 million from

General Mills VC fund 301 Inc. and CAVU Venture Partners.

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