Detroit specialist joins Pro*Act

JULY 16--Simon & Leeman Corp., Detroit, has joined Pro*Act, Monterey, CA, a national distributor produce buying and marketing group. The addition of the produce and specialty house--which services metropolitan Detroit, Ann Arbor and Lansing, MI, areas--brings the total number of Pro*Act members to 33, with 50 locations across the country.
"The metro Detroit and eastern Michigan market is a key one for many of our national clients," comments Bary Milanese, Pro*Act?s executive director of client programs and services. "Simon and Leeman gives us not simply coverage in this key area but quality coverage from a well established yet extremely progressive organization."
"Our new affiliation with Pro*Act will increase our exposure in our market and the industry, " adds Ron Stewart, president of Simon & Leeman, which has been in business since 1912.

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