Frank Morgiewicz Joins ArrowStream to Deepen Foodservice Team, Enhance Customer Satisfaction
CHICAGO, June 15, 2010 – ArrowStream, a leading provider of supply chain solutions for the foodservice industry, announced that industry veteran Frank Morgiewicz joins the company today as Vice President of Business Relationships.
Morgiewicz will be responsible for key Account Management and Business Relationship development. He will focus on providing superior customer service; leading effective organizational change related to business relationships and further building talented account management teams.
“This position adds a new foundational support to ArrowStream’s infrastructure as we continue to build to sustain our growth trajectory. Improving customer satisfaction is a top priority for our company especially as our customer relationships mature. Frank’s industry knowledge, deep expertise and experience in supply chain management will help ArrowStream because, first and foremost, it will help our customers,” said Steven LaVoie, CEO and Chairman of ArrowStream.
For 30 years Morgiewicz has successfully directed Supply Chain implementations in the U.S. and 20 other countries. Most recently he has provided supply consulting services to foodservice companies including Wendy’s, McDonald’s and Gordon Logistics. Prior to that, Morgiewicz served for seven years as Vice President of Supply Chain for the Friendly Ice Cream Corporation, and for nine years as Vice President of International Operations for PepsiCo’s international restaurants. Morgiewicz entered the foodservice industry as Regional Manager for Pepsico’s largest domestic foodservice distribution center.
Recently recognized as one of Chicago’s fastest growing companies by Crain’s Chicago Business, ArrowStream attributes much of its success to The ArrowStream Network, which is the largest most extensive system of restaurants chains, distributors and manufacturers in the foodservice industry with more than 2,300 partners and more than $15 billion of transactions on an annual basis.
About ArrowStream
ArrowStream is committed to helping customers and their supply chain partners improve operations and the bottom line. ArrowStream transforms the food supply chain through patented, innovative solutions that help trading partners achieve results collectively that they could not reach individually. The company’s Network is the largest, most extensive collection of restaurant chains, distributors and manufacturers in the food industry. More than $15 billion of product moves through and is tracked in the ArrowStream Network providing operational efficiencies, economies of scale and financial benefits to all trading partners in it.
Founded in 2000, ArrowStream quickly earned a reputation as a premier provider of supply chain solutions for the foodservice industry serving blue-chip customers such as Wendy’s, Church’s Chicken, and Steak n Shake. ArrowStream customers represent nearly 20 percent of the top 50 U.S. chains in Nation’s Restaurant News 2009 Top 200 chains by sales.
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