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THIS MONTH’S WINNER
CHRIS ELIOPULOS
Director of Produce Sysco
Des Plaines, IL
In the ever-changing world of produce, there need to be constants. Promises made must be kept. Chaos must be minimized. Stable forces are sometimes as important as movers and shakers.
Chris Eliopulos has been one of these stable forces. He has been the director of produce for Sysco in Des Plaines, IL, for the past 23 years. It’s a job that requires an ability to think on the fly, to react quickly with skill and to be on top of just about everything.
“I am in one of the largest Sysco oper- ations in the country, and it is always a struggle to maintain quality and freshness with so much going on here on a daily basis,” he says. “We have large volumes of product arriving and shipping daily.”
But it’s something that he excels at. He admits he enjoys “the constant energy and excitement of the produce industry. It is never boring.”
His current role is far different from his first job in produce in the 1970s, when Elio- pulos was unloading railcars of potatoes for Chicago wholesaler Blue Island Foods (which Sysco purchased in 1986). Eliopulos left that position in 1981 to start his own company selling produce to restaurants. In 1995, the vice president of merchandising at Sysco, Chuck Staes, approached him about coming to work for the company. He took the job and never looked back.
As with many industry leaders, Elio- pulos is constantly looking for insight and the latest trends in produce. “For at least 20 years” he has turned to the pages of Produce Business. “The articles and ads are always something I look at. I am always looking for something new or a better way.”
How To Win! To win the Produce Business Quiz, the first thing you must do is enter. The rules are simple: Read through the articles and advertisements in this issue to find the answers. Fill in the blanks corresponding to the questions below, and either cut along the dotted line or photocopy the page, and send your answers along with a business card or company letterhead to the address listed on the coupon. The winner will be chosen by drawing from the responses received before the publication of our October 2018 issue of Produce Business. The winner must agree to submit a color photo to be published in that issue.
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QUESTIONS FOR THE AUGUST ISSUE
1) Which company’s dates are the “Best Under the Sun?”______________________________ 2) Looking for a “new perspective on your California Table Grape and Stone Fruit programs?” This company can help._________________________________________________________ 3) What Montreal company has provided “100 years of passion” to its customers?__________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 4) Which commodity boasted a sales volume of nearly one billion pounds last year?_____________ ____________________________________________________________________________ 5) What independent market in South Georgia has ‘Farmer’s Finest’ emblazoned in its produce department?__________________________________________________________________ 6) Apples from which state comprise 70 percent of all those grown in the United States?_____ ____________________________________________________________________________
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