Hot Stuff Foods has named Executive Vice President John Barber its Chief Customer Officer. A 25-year foodservice veteran who has held vice president positions at Pepsi and Compass/Foodbuy, Barber will oversee the functional departments of sales, franchise care and development, operations and marketing, including R&D, innovation and brand advertising.
In other moves, the company promoted Tom Bale to senior vice president of franchise development and added Marie Nelson as director of marketing. Nelson recently served as the Industry Advisory Council chair for the National Society for Healthcare Foodservice Management (HFM) and is a past winner of the organization’s prestigious President’s Award.