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Senator Tours Ben E. Keith

By Restaurant Business Staff on Dec. 05, 2007


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Jeff Yarber, beneral manager of the Ben E. Keith West Texas Division in Amarillo, Texas, welcomes Sen. John Cornyn to the facility.
After the tour, Cornyn he hosted a roundtable discussion with Amarillo Mayor Debra McCartt and members of the Amarillo Economic Development Corporation and local business leaders. Cornyn praised the new warehouse, opened earlier this year, as an example of growth that many businesses through Texas are seeing.

The new facility added 35 jobs in Amarillo when the UniPro-member opened it, and management anticipates adding 45 more in the near future, due to new business growth.

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