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Insight Insider Insight Insider Greencore Makes a Move Product Spotlight Food Safety Ancient Grains Testing Kits Research and Development Equipment Ready-to-eat Meats Slicers Insight Insider: and volume. We're now building that in the US. We want to be a leader in convenience food in the US." Makes its Move By John Unrein lready enjoying a commanding share of the United Kingdom food-to-go market, Greencore is gearing up for similar ambitious goals in the United States. Having opened its eighth food manufacturing facility in the US earlier this year in Rhode Island and planning to unveil another new facility in the Seattle area in 2016, Greencore USA is positioning itself to be a leader in the wide-open space of retail foodservice in America. A "In the UK, we're the leader (with a 45 percent share) in food to go," Calitri points out. "We're giving our UK customers the best of both worlds: high quality Greencore's Food to Go business in the UK is one of the world's leading manufacturers of pre-packed sandwiches, producing in excess of 500 million food to go products each year. The product list includes all types of sandwiches, wraps, rolls, sub-rolls, flatbreads, baguettes, bagels, prepared salads and sushi for major supermarket and high street chains, petrol forecourts and convenience stores. These are predominantly sold under customers' brands. Greencore "A lot of people are coming to us trying to figure out how to do food better," says Chris Calitri, senior vice president of sales and marketing for Greencore USA, headquartered in Danvers, Massachusetts. "We've got folks coming at this from every angle." Calitri plays an integral role in a talented leadership team that now includes Chris Kirke, the new CEO for Greencore USA, who previously served as managing director of Greencore Food to Go for six years. PHOTOS: GREENCORE commissary INSIDER * NOVEMBER / DECEMBER 2015 * 1

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