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Luis P. Nieto Named President of Package Meats and Deli for ConAgra Foods |
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| Published on October 6, 2005 |
October 6, 2005
HACR Corporate Member ConAgra Foods (ConAgra), one of North America’s largest packaged foods companies, has hired Luis Nieto to lead its packaged meats and deli business including Armour, Butterball luncheon meat, Eckrich, Healthy Choice meats, Hebrew national, Swissrose cheese among other popular brands.
“Lou brings a wealth of experience to his new role at ConAgra Foods. Lou's leadership talents and skills will go a long way to strengthening these businesses,” said Dean Hollis, executive vice president, Retail Products, ConAgra Foods.
“Mr. Nieto’s appointment as president of packaged meats and deli is a testimony of ConAgra’s commitment to top talent and diversity.As an HACR corporate member, we are pleased to see his addition to a team that already includes Hispanic executives in other key company roles,” said Rima K. Matsumoto, executive director of HACR.
Prior to his appointment, Nieto was president and CEO of Federated Group, Inc., a privately held national provider of private brands, products and services to grocery industry retailers.Before joining Federated, he advanced through leadership positions at several consumer packaged goods companies. Nieto served as group president and corporate vice president of strategy at National Refrigerated Group; was vice president, marketing, of the specialty business for Dean Foods; and, prior to that, was executive vice president, marketing, sales & distribution at Mission Foods Company, a U.S. subsidiary of Mexican conglomerate GURMA SA.
Prior to his work at Mission Foods, Nieto worked for a decade at Kraft Foods, where he took on roles of increasing responsibility from category manager to strategist for its grocery products division, ultimately, serving as senior director for ethnic marketing and business development. He started his career in marketing at The Quaker Oats Company. Nieto is a graduate of The University of Chicago and earned an MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business.
ConAgra Foods, Inc.
ConAgra Foods, Inc. (NYSE: CAG) is one of North America's largest packaged food companies, serving consumer grocery retailers, as well as restaurants and other foodservice establishments. Popular ConAgra Foods consumer brands include: ACT II, Armour, Banquet, Blue Bonnet, Brown 'N Serve, Butterball, Chef Boyardee, Cook's, Crunch 'n Munch, DAVID, Eckrich, Egg Beaters, Fleischmann' s, Gulden's, Healthy Choice, Hebrew National, Hunt's, Kid Cuisine, Knott' s Berry Farm, La Choy, Lamb Weston, Libby' s, Lightlife, Lunch Makers, MaMa Rosa's, Manwich, Marie Callender's, Orville Redenbacher's, PAM, Parkay, Pemmican, Peter Pan, Reddi-wip, Rosarita, Ro*Tel, Slim Jim, Snack Pack, Swiss Miss, Van Camp's, Wesson, Wolf and many others.
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