WARREN, MICH. – Thom Lipari, President and CEO of Lipari Foods, LLC has announced the promotion of Spiro Liras to Vice President of Manufacturing.
Liras joined JLM Manufacturing, a division of Lipari Foods in 2009 as the Director of Manufacturing when the facility was exclusively confections packaging. JLM has since expanded its operational space multiple times, along with several acquisition assists from Lipari over the last six years including Total Marketing, Pic-A-Nut, and Eastside Deli Supply Manufacturing.
In his new role, Liras remains the key leader at JLM, along with the staff he has developed to support the JLM business. Liras will work with Senior Vice President of Operations, John Heathfield, along with the entire senior management team at Lipari to continue the growth and success of JLM.
Originally from Geneseo, Illinois, Liras resides in suburban Detroit and enjoys travelling and spending time with his wife and children.
About Lipari Foods, LLC
Lipari Foods was founded in 1963, the next step in the career of Jim Lipari, who began by delivering unique products from the back of his Buick station wagon. Today Lipari Foods is a leading independent “perimeter of the store” distributor in the Midwest, delivering a wide range of quality bakery, dairy, deli, packaging, seafood, meat, grocery, foodservice, confectionery and convenience food and beverage products to over 5,000 customers across 13 states.
About JLM Manufacturing
JLM is a high quality and efficient production facility that specializes in Confections and Fresh Foods manufacturing and repacking which includes Pic-A-Nut, Premo and Premo Signature. JLM was founded in 2008 and the facility was expanded and remodeled in 2012 and operates under a comprehensive Food Safety System.
Source: Lipari Foods, LLC
