{"id":2381,"date":"2019-08-14T19:05:22","date_gmt":"2019-08-14T23:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phillipsfoods.missionmedia.net\/?p=2381"},"modified":"2022-02-21T10:54:47","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T15:54:47","slug":"dean-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phillipsfoods.com\/press\/dean-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean Flowers Named COO &#038; President"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Leadership Change for Phillips&#8217; Global Operations<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Baltimore, MD &#8211; June 28, 2018 <\/strong>&nbsp;Phillips Foods announces the promotion of Dean Flowers to President and Chief Operating Officer for their global operations.&nbsp; Flowers will leverage extensive industry experience in his new role leading all divisions of the 100+-year-old seafood company, including restaurants, foodservice, retail and manufacturing. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dean\u2019s tenure at\nPhillips has spanned 35 years; he joined Phillips in 1983 and has held numerous\npositions throughout the company, including controller and general manager of\nseveral of Phillips\u2019 high-volume restaurant operations.&nbsp; In 1996, Flowers was named Chief Financial\nOfficer of Phillips Foods and Seafood Restaurants, and in 2006 assumed\nadditional responsibilities as Executive Vice President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As President and Chief Operating Officer, Flowers will handle\nstrategic planning, sales and operations for the company\u2019s domestic and international\ninterests.&nbsp; He will continue to focus on\ngrowing foodservice and retail sales, leading the development of new products\nto keep Phillips Foods on the cutting-edge of the foodservice industry.&nbsp; Additionally, Flowers will spearhead company\ndevelopment on the restaurant and franchise side, tasked with acquiring new\nmarkets and building strong partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOver the years, Dean has been a true asset to me personally\nand instrumental in our growth as a company,\u201d says Steve Phillips, Founder of\nPhillips Foods. \u201cI can think of no one who is more respected and well-versed in\nevery area of our operations, and much of our success is a direct result of his\nleadership.&nbsp; Through his contributions,\nDean has shown that he is the clear choice to take on this role.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Knorr, Senior Vice President of Phillips Foods, adds, \u201cDean\nhas been a trusted, central member of our team for many years, and has impacted\nall avenues of our business, including restaurants, foodservice, retail and\nmanufacturing.&nbsp; In his new role, he will\nprovide the guidance we need to drive our business growth forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Phillips: <\/strong><br>Phillips Foods is a family-owned business founded in 1914 and recognized as a leading importer and distributor of crab meat in the United States. Best known for their premium-quality blue swimming crab meat and famous Maryland-style crab cakes, Phillips Foods also produces a full line of seafood appetizers, seafood cakes, fish, soups and entr\u00e9es for foodservice and retail. To learn more, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.phillipsfoods.com\">phillipsfoods.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flowers will leverage extensive industry experience in his new role leading all divisions of the 100+-year-old seafood company, including restaurants, foodservice, retail and manufacturing.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Dean Flowers has been named the COO and President of Phillips Seafood<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Dean Flowers has been named President and CEO of Phillips Foods. 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