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Mr. Petrone began his foodservice career in 1983 as owner and General Manager of Capital Food Corp. where he developed ethnic dining concepts for quick-service restaurants, formal dining as well as free-standing restaurants. He entered the food distribution sector, Serv-Safe Certified and in 1999 was recruited by Roma Food Enterprises as General Manager of Western US and Mexico to oversee expansion. In 2001 he was recruited by U.S. giant Sysco Foodservice Corp. to oversee its Specialty Market Division as well as business development for international sales, for which he achieved 22% growth annually.
Additionally, in 2004 he formed International Food Specialists Inc., an import export company representing over 70 manufacturers and up to 500 product lines. His sales market includes, USA, Mexico, Canada, The Caribbean, Central and South America. He is a Graduate of The Wharton School of Business; University of Pennsylvania, 1998 and is fluent in English, Italian and Spanish. | 