We are excited to announce the hiring and placement of Ryan Griffiths to Riverwood Sales servicing the British Columbia region. Ryan joins us with a great knowledge of the food service market place with recent experience working with a manufacturer selling and marketing to the distributor world along with past history and knowledge as a food service distributor sales representative for a number of years. Ryan’s interest to be selling and building relationships with our customer base is something we are very excited about and look forward to having him manage the BC territory. Please help us welcome Ryan to team Riverwood. Read More...
Team Riverwood Welcomes Back Rob Owen in Calgary
We are excited to announce that Rob Owen will be returning to Riverwood Sales and taking control of the Southern Alberta Territory. Rob Owen has countless years of experience with both Riverwood and the food service industry and his expertise and knowledge of our product lines and the industry is expected to achieve the results we expect from this territory. Read More...
Welcome Chef Michael Dawson to the Riverwood Test Kitchen!
Riverwood Sales is pleased and excited to announce the hiring of Michael Dawson. Chef Michael Dawson brings over 15 years of experience within the hospitality and food industry in BC. With a strong start in his hometown of White Rock, just outside of Vancouver, Chef Michael sharpened his kitchen skills at local cafes, bakeries, and diners while pursuing a Marketing Management Diploma. Driven by his ever-increasing passion for food, Michael was keen to expand his knowledge after graduation by taking the Professional Culinary Arts and Advanced Pastry Diploma program at Dubrulle International Culinary Arts. He then advanced through the ranks with Westin Hotels and took Read More...
Welcome Bonnie Fibke to the Riverwood Sales, Edmonton!
Riverwood is please and excited to announce the hiring of Bonnie Fibke! Servicing the Northern Alberta region out of her home base of Edmonton, Bonnie has a great wealth of knowledge along with many key personal relationships. With her personal drive for success and passion to service customers, we look forward with enthusiasm to the continued growth in this territory. As our current team member in Northern Alberta, Penny Patterson, exits for her maternity leave, we are confident Bonnie’s drive will create many successes. Please help us welcome Bonnie to the Riverwood Sales Edmonton Team. Bonnie Fibke 780-218-1582 | bonnief@riverwoodsales.com Read More...
ONE YEAR at Riverwood!
We're excited to congratulate Tamara and Jennifer on their ONE YEAR anniversary with Riverwood Sales. Tamara and Jennifer have both been a tremendous asset to the Burnaby team over the last year. In their first year, they focused on: Building relationships with key people at the manufacturers that Riverwood proudly represents Getting to know the buyers at the distributors Learning about the products and doing lots of tastings (Yum!) Working on their golf games at distributor’s golf tournaments Having fun with Team Riverwood Jennifer said the highlight of her first year was definitely the "Riverwood Family" get-together at Whistler for the Riverwood Sales Meeting in Read More...
Welcome Patti Hlymbicky to Riverwood Sales, Calgary!
Riverwood Sales is thrilled to introduce Patti Hlymbicky to the Riverwood Sales Calgary team! Patti brings to the team over 20 years of food service experience. She began her career in Ontario focusing on the hospitality sector and gained a wealth of knowledge and customer service by building and maintaining customer relationships. Patti made the move from Ontario to Calgary where she has been involved in the food and beverage industry in Calgary as a wine importer and certified sommelier. Everyone at Riverwood is very excited to experience those skills in the office (cheers to that!). As an Italian mother she has a passion for food and cooking, and is excited for her Read More...
Introducing Tamara & Jennifer to Team Vancouver!
Riverwood Sales is thrilled to introduce Jennifer Lorenz (left) & Tamara Anderson (right) to the Vancouver team! Tamara's food service experience began at an early age when she worked at her grand parents diner on Vancouver Island. She later travelled across the Georgia Straight to begin her globe-trotting experience around Europe and Africa. She returned home to continue her education at BCIT in the Marketing and Communications program, where she learnt how to juggle multiple group projects and business systems. She has been with Cactus Club for over seven years, learning the hands on inside scoop of the food service industry. Tamara brings added value to Riverwood Read More...
Welcome Julie & Penny to Team Edmonton!
Riverwood Sales is excited to introduce to you Julie Kemper (left) and Penny Patterson (right)! These two ladies will be taking over Edmonton and Northern Alberta, driving new sales while developing the Riverwood Sales portfolio. First up, is Penny Patterson. Penny has over 1o years in the food and beverage industry, managing local pubs in hotels in the Edmonton area such at South Side Four Points by Sheraton. She later moved on to assist in managing a local hot spot, The Fitzgeralds pub. Her experience in the food and beverage industry has taught her to walk the walk and talk the talk. With her knowledge and understanding of the food and beverage operating systems Penny Read More...
Ken Boychuk Celebrates 10 Years with Riverwood Sales
Most people look forward to beginning their day with a cup of coffee, and I look forward to beginning my day with a perky phone call from Mr. Ken Boychuk in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Today we celebrate Ken's 10 years of hard work and dedication with Riverwood Sales. Ken has over forty years of professional mosquito squishing, but even more impressive he has over thirty-five years of combined experience in the retail and food service industry. Ken has an excellent understanding of the unique Manitoba market, having built an extensive network over the years. The great people skills that he possesses, takes a personal touch and he understands that follow-up and follow-through Read More...
Dale K. Larson
You can learn a lot about someone just by looking at their office desk. Some of us let our OCD side shine, keeping nothing but a computer, note pad and pen on a clean surface. This is not the case when you look at Dale Larson's desk. Somewhere under the the piles of POS, MSDS sheets, plastic or compostable packaging samples and product guides you will find objects that truly represent Dale. For example, she has a coffee cup that reads, "It's all about me" in pink swirly text. Next to her computer you will find a frilly pink flamingo pen and red-healed shoe tape holder. Her desk will tell you that she is serious about her work, has a wealth of knowledge about plastics Read More...