KESKO FOOD LTD PRESS RELEASE 05.12.2007 AT 10.00 1(1)
Purchasing Director Jorma Rauhala, M.Sc. (Econ.), 42, has been appointed the new Managing Director of Kespro Ltd, a subsidiary of Kesko Food, as of 1 December 2007.
Jorma Rauhala has been Kespro Ltd's Purchasing Director since 1 August 2003. Prior to that, he had held many different positions at Kespro Ltd, including those of Sales Manager, Development Manager and Cash-and-Carry Manager.
"Kespro is valued by its customers and is in good condition. Our particular strength is a wide selection which enables customers to concentrate their purchases to Kespro. We will develop our operations and services in a long perspective on the basis of our customers' needs," says Managing Director Jorma Rauhala.
Kesko Food Ltd's subsidiary Kespro Ltd is the leading wholesaler in the HoReCa business in Finland. Its customers include hotels, restaurants, catering companies, service station stores, kiosks, bakeries, manufacturing industry and distributors. Kespro's net sales totalled €688 million in 2006. The company has 550 employees.
The photo of Jorma Rauhala can be downloaded at www.kesko.fi/Materialbank at Current issues.
Further information is available from Terho Kalliokoski, Kesko Food Ltd's President, tel. +358 1053 22204 and Jorma Rauhala, Kespro Ltd's Managing Director, tel. +358 1053 24130.
Kesko (www.kesko.fi) is a Finnish retail specialist whose stores offer quality to the daily lives of consumers through valued products and services at competitive prices. Kesko has about 2,000 stores engaged in chain operations in the Nordic and Baltic countries, and Russia.