Vie de France Adds Two Posts
ance Yamazaki, a manufacturer of frozen dough and parbaked European breads and pastries, has named Richard Kuberski vice president of marketing and Mary Kluge director of national sales.
Both positions are new as part of a restructuring aimed at unifying regional sales and marketing strategies, a company spokesman said. Kuberski was director of marketing for the bakery products group at Van den Bergh Foods, Lisle, Ill., for seven years. Prior to that, he was with Unilever for 23 years. There, he served in a variety of sales, marketing and operating positions in the United States, Australia and Japan. Kluge, who joined the company 10 years ago, was most recently regional sales manager for the Boston and New York markets.
In their new posts, both Kuberski and Kluge report to Jean-Pierre Lombard, president and chief operating officer. Vie de France Yamazaki supplies in-store bakeries, retail bakeries and traditional food-service accounts.
