Ben E. Keith Foods names DSR of the Year
Date: October 25, 2007
Ben E. Keith Foods recently honored its outstanding salespeople for 2006-2007 at the annual Sales Recognition Banquet held at the Four Seasons Hotel & Resort in Las Colinas. District Sales Representative (DSR) Jared Rideout, based in the Oklahoma Division, won the prestigious Johnny Beauchamp Award, presented to the DSR of the Year.
Rideout was selected from a field of approximately 460 DSRs. He has been with Ben E. Keith Foods for nine years, and covers the Oklahoma City area. He is a 2007 Emerald Award winner, for annual sales above $7 million. He has previously earned two Silver Medallions for $2 million annual sales, three Gold Medallions ($3 million), one Platinum Medallion ($4 million) and one Diamond Award ($5 million). Jared was also chosen as the Oklahoma Division’s DSR of the Year in 2004 and 2007.
Ben E. Keith Foods, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, is the nation’s ninth largest broadline foodservice distributor, and is comprised of six distribution centers servicing eleven states.