Schwan Foods appoints Jim Clough President
Schwan Foods appoints Jim Clough President
Schwan Foods appoints Jim Clough President
There’s a management shakeup going on at Schwan Food Co., with two top executives leaving the company in recent weeks and a new one joining the firm.
Mark Jansen, former president of Schwan Food Service, which supplies cafeterias in schools, hospitals and restaurants, is being replaced by Jim Clough, who will join the Marshall-based company Aug. 9.
Jansen is becoming CEO and president of Blue Diamond Growers, a nut-processing cooperative based in Sacramento, Calif. He’d led Schwan’s Food Service unit for about three years.
Clough, meanwhile, was most recently president of Brea, Calif.-based Fresh Start Bakeries North America where he was responsible for sales and 18 manufacturing facilities in North America. He also has worked at Heinz North America, ConAgra Foodsand Bunge Foods Group.
The other Schwan's departure is Scott McNair, who had been president of Schwan’s largest division, Schwan’s Home Service Inc. A company spokesman said that McNair had left Schwan to pursue other interests; McNair couldn’t be reached for comment.
Home Services operates the yellow trucks that deliver frozen foods to customers’ homes. The company is looking for a replacement for McNair; in the meantime, CEO Greg Flack will take a more active role in managing the home services business.
The departure of the two executives is coincidental, said Schwan spokesman Chuck Blomberg.
Privately held Schwan Food had more than $3 billion in revenue in 2009, which was “a highly profitable year for the company,” Blomberg said. The company has about 17,000 employees.
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