Gourmet Trading Company Announces Interim President

LOS ANGELES –  GTC announces that Peter Lineen, current Executive Director of Gourmet International Holdings, has been named interim president of GTC.

Lineen has vast experience in business advice and planning and is an experienced company director and board member having been a CPA with his own firm for over 30 years.  Peter has been on the board of directors at Gourmet Trading with special responsibilities for new projects analysis and structuring for the past 2 ½ years.  Peter has been instrumental in setting up joint ventures growing operations in Mexico and Chile which will compliment Gourmet Trading’s existing farms in Washington, California and Peru.

Paul Martin, owner of Gourmet Trading Company stated, "Transitions such as this can be challenging, so it’s imperative to have the right people during these times.  I've worked with Peter for three decades and am confident he will be able to guide Gourmet Trading Company through this transition period."

Kristen Francisco, VP of Sales and Marketing stated, "The Gourmet team looks forward to working with Peter as we not only go on with business as usual, but also plan for the future. “

Scott Hulsey, VP of Procurement added, "Peter has been a great asset to Gourmet Trading Company as a board member and we look forward to working with him in his new role."### 

About Gourmet Trading Company:

Gourmet Trading Company, headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, was founded in 1982 as a family business.  Their control over the supply chain of fresh asparagus and blueberries enables them to offer superior service to their customers and growers all over the world.  Strong grower relationships globally, a state of the art packing facility in Pasco, Washington, implementation of their own traceability system, management of their own farms in Peru and California, in-house warehousing through Gourmet Logistics, and continual investment in their business enables them to provide high quality asparagus and berries all year round.  Gourmet Trading Company has additional offices in Miami, Florida; Pasco, Washington; Calexico, California; Bakersfield, California; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Santiago, Chile; Auckland, New Zealand; Lima, Peru; Tokyo, Japan; and Caborca, Mexico.  For additional information visit gourmettrading.net or follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Youtube, Linkedin, and Pinterest.

Source: Gourmet Trading Company