VANCOUVER - Premium Brands Income Fund (TSX:PBI.UN) said Friday that chief executive Fred Knoedler has died of cancer.
The fund, which distributes foods under such brands as Grimm's deli products and McSweeney's meat snacks, said president George Paleologou was named acting chief executive.
Under Knoedler, the fund underwent a significant transformation from a small meat processor to a leading specialty food manufacturing and distribution businesses.
Premium Brands has manufacturing and distribution facilities located in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Washington.
It also sells its own and third-party products through food distribution and wholesale networks.
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