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PLMA Announces Re-Election of Board Chairperson, Welcomes New Directors
NEW YORK (April 8, 2025)- Kristal Sevcik - Vice President of Business Development at AmeriQual Group, LLC - has been re-elected chairperson of PLMA’s Board of Directors. Sevcik was first elected to the position in 2024 and now will serve a second one-year term. Through a show of hands, the members of the association accepted the slate proposed by the Nominating Committee - Jeanine Antiporek of Refresco North America and Andy Russick of Pacific Coast Producers - at PLMA’s 2025 Annual Meeting and Leadership Conference, held April 2-4 in Scottsdale. Sevcik said that through resilience, innovation and collaboration, the private label manufacturing ...

Gift For Life/ NY NOW Partner for 2025 AIDS Walk New York
April 15, 2025… Gift for Life, the gift and home industries’ longest-running, volunteer-led, national charitable organization, and NY NOW are once again fielding a team for AIDS Walk New York, the largest single-day AIDS fundraising event in the world, on Sunday, May 18, in New York’s Central Park. NY NOW again has pledged to match the first $5,000 in donations raised by the team for the 2025 edition, with all proceeds benefitting GMHC’s HIV/AIDS prevention, care and advocacy programs. “This is the 40th year of AIDS Walk New York and the Gift for Life/NY NOW team has again set a ...

Gellert Global Group Acquires Heartisan Foods
Elizabeth, NJ– Gellert Global Group (GGG), one of North America’s largest and most established food importers, is pleased to announce its acquisition of Heartisan Foods, a rapidly growing American producer of premium branded and private-label specialty cheese. The addition of Heartisan’s capabilities will strengthen GGG’s specialty cheese platform. The acquisition brings together two complementary forces in the specialty cheese market. Heartisan Foods was formed in 2021 through the strategic merger of Baron County Cheese, Red Apple Cheese brand and Naturally Good Kosher brand. Under the ownership of Ronin Equity Partners and Landon Capital Partners, Heartisan quickly emerged as a leader ...