PORTLAND, Ore. -- Boyd Coffee Co. has appointed Mery Santos as its new senior national account manager.
Santos has more than 20 years of international marketing, brand development, sales and customer service experience in the beverage and foodservice industry. She has managed and executed store rollouts for hot and cold beverage categories and has been recognized for her beverage expertise throughout the U.S. and global coffee industry. Fluent in Spanish, Santos has extensive business experience in Latin America and is an active volunteer for the Specialty Coffee Association of America's Skill Building Brewing Committee. She is also a board officer for the International Women's Coffee Alliance.
"Mery's great skill set and experience are in keeping with Boyd's drive to know and serve our customers better than anyone else," said Jeffrey Newman, CEO of Boyd's Coffee. "Mery will apply her talents to help fulfill the company's vision of, 'One team dedicated to the success of our customers and communities, one cup at a time'."
In other company news, with the growing popularity of pumpkin as an ingredient in everything from pie to coffee, operators can now feature limited-time-only Pumpkin Spice Coffee and Pumpkin Pie Spice Cappuccino. The warm, familiar seasonal flavors draw interest to a hot beverage set and drive sales.
Point-of-purchase merchandising and easy-to-operate equipment options from Boyd’s Coffee make dispensed hot beverages simple and highly profitable for foodservice operators, the company said.
Boyd's Coffee is one of the oldest family-owned coffee companies in the world. Founded in 1900 in Portland, Ore., it has a long, storied history of helping restaurants, hotels and convenience stores attract and keep customers by providing them with consistently excellent coffee, tea and other beverages.
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