Bio for Ed Zickus
Food Industry Veteran and
President of Solutions with EAZ.

1962

Ed starts out in Grand Rapids, Michigan working for a wholesaler.

1965

He moves to a HBC broker covering Michigan and Indiana and represents leading brands, including Tampax, Ex-Lax, Aqua Net, and others.

1967

Ed relocated to Dallas, Texas to open the Southwest-based office.

1968

Wilkinson Sword hires Ed, and he moves to Chicago to take over the Midwest office a year later. When Wilkinson sold its sales/distribution rights to Colgate, Ed moved relocates to New Jersey as the only retained employee and became National Sales Manager for Wilkinson's Garden Tools / Specialty Products.

1972

Ed is hired by Rival Pet Foods as Northeast Region Manager.

1975

After Rival is purchased by Nabisco in 1974, Ed becomes Eastern Sales Manager for the Sun Diamond Growers cooperative (Sunmaid Raisins, Sunsweet Prunes and Juice, and Diamond Walnuts).

1999

Ed, now V.P. of Sales (Eastern Division), retires from Sun Diamond and becomes a consultant.

Regions covered during his 24 years with Sun Diamond included the Eastern U.S., and all of Canada and Puerto Rico. Ed's responsibilities included broker representation, regional manager hiring & training, headquarters responsibility for A&P (Grocery and Produce), Winn-Dixie (Grocery and Produce), and major involvment with all key accounts in the Eastern U.S.

Ed is now available for selected consulting assignments.