OMAHA, Neb.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep. 29, 2015--
ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) announced today the appointment of
David Biegger as Executive Vice President and Chief Supply Chain
Officer, effective Monday, Oct. 5.
“We are pleased to welcome Dave to ConAgra,” said ConAgra CEO Sean
Connolly. “He has a wealth of relevant experience and will be a terrific
leader of our talented supply chain team.”
Connolly added, “We are committed to building stronger brands, enhancing
margins and delivering more consistent results. Against this backdrop,
Dave and his team will continue to enhance our supply chain capabilities
to give us a competitive advantage.”
“ConAgra has a strong portfolio of brands whose success will be driven
in part by a lean, entrepreneurial culture,” said Biegger. “I’m pleased
to join Sean and the senior leadership team and am even more excited to
have the opportunity to contribute to ConAgra’s continued growth and
success.”
In his new role with ConAgra Foods, Biegger will have end-to-end supply
chain responsibilities for the Consumer Foods business, overseeing the
company’s manufacturing, procurement, environment, health and safety,
plant quality, customer logistics and planning, and transportation and
warehousing teams.
Prior to joining ConAgra Foods, Biegger was responsible for
Campbell Soup Company’s Global Supply Chain, including manufacturing,
quality, safety, engineering, procurement, logistics, environmental
sustainability and customer service. His results included achieving
meaningful reductions in cost of goods sold, an all-time low injury
rate, improved product quality and implementation of a recognized
environmental sustainability program. Prior to joining Campbell Soup
Company, Biegger spent 24 years in supply chain roles at Procter &
Gamble Co.
About ConAgra Foods
ConAgra Foods, Inc., (NYSE: CAG) is one
of North America's largest packaged food companies with branded and
private branded food found in 99 percent of America’s households, as
well as a strong commercial foods business serving restaurants and
foodservice operations globally. Consumers can find recognized brands
such as Banquet®, Chef Boyardee®, Egg Beaters®, Healthy Choice®, Hebrew
National®, Hunt's®, Marie Callender's®, Orville Redenbacher's®, PAM®,
Peter Pan®, Reddi-wip®, Slim Jim®, Snack Pack® and many other ConAgra
Foods brands, along with food sold by ConAgra Foods under private brand
labels, in grocery, convenience, mass merchandise, club and drug stores.
Additionally, ConAgra Foods supplies frozen potato and sweet potato
products as well as other vegetable, spice, bakery and grain products to
commercial and foodservice customers. ConAgra Foods operates
ReadySetEat.com, an interactive recipe website that provides consumers
with easy dinner recipes and more. For more information, please visit us
at www.conagrafoods.com.
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ConAgra Foods
Jon Harris, 630-857-1440
www.conagrafoods.com
