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Galaxy Nutritional Foods Welcomes Jamie Schapiro as Director of Marketing
Rhode Island Resident Brings National Expertise to Galaxy’s Management Team
(Providence, RI) - Galaxy Nutritional Foods, America’s leading producer of cheese alternatives, today announced that Jamie Schapiro, a veteran marketing and sales manager who was most recently with Stirrings, LLC, has been named Director of Marketing for Galaxy effective immediately. In his new role, Mr. Schapiro will oversee marketing for all of Galaxy Nutritional Foods brands.
In his previous experience, Mr. Schapiro played a key role as an early contributor to four successful, high growth, premium branded consumer companies - Clif Bar, Jamba Juice, MyPoints and most recently Stirrings, a division of Diageo North America. Schapiro’s experience includes hand-on responsibility for managing sales teams, streamlining sales processes and improving sales revenue, managing online marketing programs, and developing new products with major airlines such as Delta, American Airlines, Continental, and U.S. Airways. During his time at Clif Bar, he initiated new product ingredients to make Clif Bars kosher certified, entering a multi-billion dollar food market.
“Jamie is a welcome addition to our management team and adds to our new sense of excitement here at Galaxy,” said Jerry Schwartz, Galaxy’s Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. “Mr. Schapiro’s background in various channels of the food business allows him to add fresh perspectives to the many projects were involved in. His knowledge of analytics brings Galaxy a resource to keep the Company knowledgeable & competitive. Jamie is a great addition to the team. ” Galaxy’s Chief Executive Officer, Rick Antonelli added, ”We are thrilled to have Jamie join Galaxy. His sales, marketing, and analytical skills are a perfect fit for our growing company.”
About Galaxy Nutritional Foods
Over the last 25 years, Galaxy Nutritional Foods, based in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, has forged innovation in the lactose intolerant and diet related products industry. Galaxy’s Veggie® brand cheese alternative is the leading seller in the nation and is sold in the produce section of the most major supermarkets in the United States and Canada. Galaxy’s popular cheese alternative brands available in natural foods stores nationwide, include soy-free Rice®, soy-based Veggy®, dairy-free Vegan®, and dairy- and soy-free Rice Vegan™. For the millions of Americans suffering from dairy allergies, Galaxy developed its allergen free (soy and dairy free) Rice Vegan brand and the soy-based Vegan brand, which cater to the vegan lifestyle and dairy restricted diets. For more information, please visit www.GalaxyFoods.com.