Mama’s Creations Appoints Veteran Supply Chain and Operations Leader Skip Tappan as Chief Operating Officer
09 September 2024 - 10:31PM
Mama’s Creations, Inc. (NASDAQ: MAMA), a leading national marketer
and manufacturer of fresh Deli prepared foods, today announced the
appointment of end-to-end supply chain and operations leader Moore
(Skip) Tappan to the role of Chief Operating Officer, further
enhancing the Company’s senior leadership team with the skillsets
necessary to build the processes and a sustainable culture of
success in operations.
Skip Tappan brings over 30 years of broad
cross-functional operational experience to Mama’s Creations as a
leader with exceptional end-to-end supply chain mastery from his
time with consumer packaged goods companies such as Procter &
Gamble, as well as food manufacturers and retailers, such as
Walmart and Campbell Soup. Prior to joining Mama’s Creations,
Tappan was Chief Supply Chain Officer at Gordon Food Service, the
largest privately owned Food Distributor in North America, where he
implemented end-to-end supply chain strategies for all business
units, planning for the “Supply Chain of the Future.” Previously he
was Vice President, Supply Chain Northeast (NE) Division of
Walmart, leading the division of the U.S. Walmart Supply Chain
Regional Distribution Center network, annually shipping over $30
billion in merchandise to over 1,000 stores, spanning more than
100,000 SKUs. He also served with Campbell Soup Company as Vice
President, North American Logistics, leading the Warehousing and
Transportation, Customer Service / Customer Logistics, and Planning
organizations for Campbell’s three North American divisions, across
three unique supply chains (ambient / fresh, frozen and DSD /
snacking), with nearly $9 billion in sales. Tappan began his career
with Procter & Gamble, ultimately leading the largest and most
complex distribution network within the company – North American
Distribution Network for all Beauty Care and Health Care product
categories. He holds a BS in Industrial Engineering from the
University of South Florida – Tampa.
Adam L. Michaels, Chairman and CEO of Mama’s
Creations, said: “We are privileged to welcome Skip to our senior
leadership team, positioning us to better develop our employees and
deliver on our vision of becoming the leading ‘one-stop-shop’
solution for high quality fresh, clean and easy to prepare foods.
Skip will help us drive further consistency in our operations
across our existing businesses and prepare us, proactively, for
future acquisitions and integrations. Skip brings strong strategic
and executional business planning skills and a proven ability to
deliver significant efficiency and effectiveness improvements in
broad based operating results, from costs to quality to service,
and will be focus on supply chain optimization, business planning,
cash flow and cost optimization, asset utilization and
organizational capability development.
“With Skip’s guidance and key CapEx projects
fully installed and in operation today, our operational &
people transformation is now largely complete. I look forward to
working closely with Skip as we now enter the next phase of our
profitable, highly targeted growth strategy,” concluded
Michaels.
About Mama’s Creations, Inc.
Mama’s Creations, Inc. (Nasdaq: MAMA) is a
leading marketer and manufacturer of fresh deli prepared foods,
found in over 8,000 grocery, mass, club and convenience stores
nationally. The Company’s broad product portfolio, born from
MamaMancini’s rich history in Italian foods, now consists of a
variety of high quality, fresh, clean and easy to prepare foods to
address the needs of both our consumers and retailers. Our vision
is to become a one-stop-shop deli solutions platform, leveraging
vertical integration and a diverse family of brands to offer a wide
array of prepared foods to meet the changing demands of the modern
consumer. For more information, please visit
https://mamascreations.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
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statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act
of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Forward-looking statements include information about management’s
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including future business opportunities or strategies and are
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results to differ materially from those projected in the
forward-looking statements, including the risks that actual results
may differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking
statements as a result of various factors. Certain of these risk
factors and others are included in documents the Company files with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, including but not limited
to, the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
January 31, 2023, as well as subsequent reports filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
Investor Relations Contact:Lucas A.
ZimmermanManaging DirectorMZ Group – MZ North America(949)
259-4987MAMA@mzgroup.uswww.mzgroup.us
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