KELLEY FOODS - Key Persons
Ben E. Keith San Antonio opened its doors in March of 2008 after acquiring CR Goodman. The San Antonio Branch operates as a satellite office out of the Austin facility and oversees San Antonio, New Braunfels, Corpus Christi, and the Rio Grande Valley.
Ben E. Keith West Texas was originally the Panhandle Fruit Company, founded by Gus Roberts in 1937. The company sold to Ben E. Keith Foods in 1968 and the name was officially changed to Ben E. Keith - Amarillo in 1984. Alvie Butler became General Manager in 1979, and the current GM, Jeff Yarber, assumed the position of General Manager in 1999 upon Alvie's death. The Amarillo Division (Panhandle Fruit Co.) moved from its first location at 711 S. Grant to its location at 2100 Spruce St. in June 1971. The new building totaled 40,000 square feet. The Amarillo Branch completed its next expansion in 1994 increasing the size to about 61,000 square feet. On December 15, 2006, the Amarillo Branch moved into their new state-of-the-art facility totaling 307,704 square feet and expandable to just under one million square feet.
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- off Premise Sales Manager
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- General Sales Manager
- on - Premise Sales Manager
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- on - Premise Sales Manager
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- Assistant General Manager
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- Assistant General Manager
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- Assistant General Manager
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- Assistant General Manager
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- Assistant General Manager
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- Assistant General Manager
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- Assistant General Manager
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- Assistant General Manager
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- Assistant General Manager
The Southeast Division of Ben E. Keith was established upon the acquisition of Kelley Foods in 2016. In January 2022, Ben E. Keith Foods, Southeast Division relocated to their newly constructed facility located in New Brockton, AL. The New Brockton facility is 421,380 square feet with the capabilities of expanding to just over one million square feet. The warehouse has 53 dock doors with just over 61,000 square feet of dock space for efficient shipping and receiving of product. It also includes the latest innovative robotic system called Dematic Multi-Shuttles or DMS for short, which will allow the division to stock over 12,500 unique items in addition to the 16,099 existing pick locations housing routinely shipped items. The Southeast Division is proud to serve the entire state of Alabama, Eastern Mississippi, Western Georgia and the Florida Panhandle.
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- General Manager - Speciality Division
- General Manager - Specialty Division
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- Assistant General Manager
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- Assistant General Manager
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- Assistant General Manager
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- Assistant General Manager
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- Assistant General Manager
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- Assistant General Manager
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- Division Manager
- Sales Manager
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- Assistant General Manager