Something that really struck me at last month’s Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association Annual Convention was how many young people were not only in attendance but also how the young guard have stepped up and taken over the association. Maybe I perceive this because I’m the old guard now—my first FEDA convention was in 1983—but that’s not all of it.
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The Young (Old) Guard, And Thanks
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Collis MAFSI Announcement
Danny Collis, Collis Group Inc., Richmond Hill, Ontario was announced as the fifty-sixth President of MAFSI, the Manufacturers’ Agents Association for the Foodservice Industry during the association’s 46’th Business Development Conference and Sales Management Forum (SMF) on January 20, 2012 in Palm Springs, CA.
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MAFSI Conference 2012 Palm Springs, CA
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2011 Top Achiever – Danny Collis
If you’re going to be in an industry, be in it. That’s Danny Collis’ motto, and it has served him well for the nearly 30 years he has spent working as both an independent and factory rep and as a member of the MAFSI Board of Directors. Case in point: in just his first year on his own in the 1990s, Collis was managing a $3 million line. Two decades later, he’s blown that figure off the charts, managing a handful of major brands as founder and president of his own firm, Collis Group Inc. read more from Foodservice magazine.
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The Changing Role of the Manufacturer’s Rep
“Sweeping changes in the last few years have affected all members of the foodservice industry. That includes manufacturers’ reps, a group that has especially had to adapt to these changes–not to grow, but just to stay in business.”