Litehouse CEO announces retirement, interim CEO

Litehouse president and CEO Jim Frank plans to retire, and executive vice president Kelly Prior has been named interim president of the salad dressing company.

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Litehouse president and CEO Jim Frank plans to retire, and executive vice president Kelly Prior has been named interim president of the salad dressing company.

Frank joined LiteHouse in 2006 as head of sales and marketing, according to a news release, and he was appointed to the president and CEO in 2011, according to a news release from the Sandpoint, Idaho, company. In that position, according to the release, Frank led the company to “phenomenal growth,” across the company’s three channels: retail, foodservice and value-added.

The company plans to continue to make investments to support customers across all business channels, according to the release.

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