July 20, 2016, St. Louis, MO – Employee First Network, a food and beverage management company, is proud to announce and welcome Bud Ostrander and Jon Ford as the company’s President and Vice President of Business Development, respectively. Ostrander will be responsible for all day to day operations. Ford will be responsible for driving revenue, contribute in product, vendor and partner selections, as well as general management responsibilities.
Bud joins Employee First Network and brings his 34-year career in the vending industry from Company Kitchen where he was a co-founder and recently in the role of Vice President of the National Business development. He began his career as owner of Grand Vending, a full line vending company before selling it to Treat America and becoming its General Manager.
Ostrander stated, “I am excited to return to EFN and develop better relationships with its network partners and to increase EFN’s national presence.”
Ford joins the EFN team from All State Mfg. located in Terre Haute, Indiana. It was there that Jon served as President for 14 years. He was responsible for the day-to-day company operations as well as long-term strategies for production, marketing, and sales.
“I am thrilled to be joining the EFN. Almost my entire career has been spent in the food service and manufacturing industries and I look forward to continuing that tradition by providing best in class solutions to EFN’s current and future clients,” said Ford.
Andy Hayes, EFN CEO, stated, “We are very excited to welcome Bud and Jon to our team at EFN. Not only will they bring a tighter focus on customer relationship quality to our company, but also will be a great resource for our employees, partners and vendors who will come into contact with them.”
Employee First Network (EFN) has more than 100 years of combined experience in the food and beverage industry. EFN provides clients with a turnkey process through management and project direction of outsourced food and beverage services nationwide.
