Merchants Foodservice Announces New Multi-Unit Sales Director

Hattiesburg, MS (June 8, 2011)—Merchants Foodservice is pleased to announce that Mr. John Eichelberger has joined the sales team as Director of Multi-Unit Sales for the Atlantic Coast Region which includes North and South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. 

John has had an extensive career in broadline foodservice distribution starting in street sales in 1984 and was quickly promoted to sales management. He was promoted to Vice President of Multiunit Sales SYSCO Atlanta where he developed a diverse multiunit customer base until his retirement in 2011. John has served as a board member of the MS and GA Restaurant Association and attended college at Belhaven College in Jackson MS.

John resides in Atlanta, GA with his wife Lisa.

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