Pouyoukas Foods takes on new CEO and Snack Factory Brands

18 Jul 13 Pouyoukas Foods takes on new CEO and Snack Factory Brands

Posted at Thursday, July 18th, 2013 h in Latest SA News by admin 0 Comments

In what it terms “a major expansion drive”, Pouyoukas Foods has appointed a new CEO and taken over distribution and marketing of the Snack Factory range of products.

The new CEO is Peter Bradley, who has long warehousing, logistics and distribution experience in the FMCG sector. He worked for RTT for 20 years and held various positions in the company. These included financial director for supply chain services, director finance and operations and six years as chief operating officer.

In 2011, Bradley set up his own logistics consultancy, with one of his clients being Pouyoukas, and was then invited to take on the role as its CEO.

The Snack Factory, based in Bronkhorstspruit, has ranges that include 19 varieties of flavoured peanuts and ready-to-eat popcorn. Pouyoukas has 26 products in its range, which include snacks, flours, cereals, pulses, seeds and grains. Its focus is on healthy eating.

Peter Bradley Bradley says he plans to drive a new and improved brand focus for Pouyoukas and Snack Factory. “The motivation for Snack Factory is that we understand its market and the environment. It falls in line with our strategy of growing brands,” he explains.

Pouyoukas also supplies a large quantity of private label to a market that has expanded exponentially.

“The top end of the market as grown from 2 500 stores in the 1990s to 6 500 stores today. With this large footprint, logistics costs are much higher and distribution has had to become fairly technical. The complexities around ‘selective picking off the truck’ and the high rate of returns are some of the issues that must be managed in order to improve on truck turnaround times,” Bradley says. He plans to develop models that are cost efficient for distributor and manufacturer.

“Another strategy is to bring our key accounting function in-house. Traditionally everything was outsourced to third party service providers. We will now manage the process in a structured environment for both Pouyoukas and Snack Factory.”

Snack Factory In line with these improvements, Pouyoukas will be changing its packaging to a new quad pack design. The square packaging is more consumer-friendly with a flat base that allows it to stand upright.