Hall Named Chair of Independent Brokers

LAKELAND, Fla. — Jim Hall, president of Riteway Sales and Marketing here, has been named as the new chair of Independent Food Brokers, a division of NARMS International, the brokers' group said yesterday. IFBA, as it is known, also named Steve Horowitz, president of Co-Sales Southern California, Sherman Oaks, as vice chair. They succeed outgoing chair Chip O'Hare, president of Johnson O'Hare Co., Billerica, Mass.; and Don Cox, president of Co-Sales, Phoenix, respectively. IFBA also said yesterday it has scheduled Al Plamann, president and chief executive officer, Unified Grocers, to speak at its 2008 Top-to-Top Conference, scheduled for May 2-4 in Las Vegas just prior to the Food Marketing Institute Show.

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