August 2006
David E. Haley
has been promoted to Sales Manager for Manchester Wholesale Distributors.
Haley will direct the company's team of seven Sales Representatives
as well as be responsible for new account development.
Haley brings over
23 years experience in retail, convenience and food service sales,
management, and distribution. He joined Manchester Wholesale as a
Sales Representative in 2000 after 16 years with Market Basket supermarkets.
Haley is a native of East Kingston, NH and now resides in Epping,
NH with his wife Michelle and two children. He is a graduate of the
American Wholesale Marketers Association 2005 Sales Seminar.
September 2005
Third Generation
Takes Charge - Names New Executives
Manchester Wholesale
Distributors announces that Raymond R. Tetu has been named Chief Executive
Officer. Headquartered in Manchester, NH, Manchester Wholesale Distributors
services the convenience store and food service industry with tobacco,
grocery, candy, beverage, paper and sundry products. Mr. Tetu represents
the third generation of the Tetu family to head the company, following
his grandfather, Robert Tetu, and father, Emile Tetu. Ray Tetu brings
over 20 years of experience in the wholesale/distribution industry
to the CEO's office. He is a native of Manchester, NH and currently
resides in Bedford, NH with his wife and two children.
The company also
recently added two executives to the senior management team. Robert
Moore has joined the firm as Chief Financial Officer and Dexter Hodgeman
has joined as Chief Operating Officer.
Moore brings 23
years of distribution industry experience and 20 years of senior financial
management to the company. He serves on the Board of Directors of
the NH Chapter of the Institute of Management Accountants and received
his MBA from Plymouth State College. A native of Massachusetts, Moore
and his wife currently reside in Chester, NH
Hodgeman, a 22
year Marine Corps veteran who served in Operation Desert Shield/Storm
in Kuwait, has extensive manufacturing operational experience; most
recently with Shawsheen Coating and Converting in Andover, MA. He
earned his MBA from Brenau University in Gainesville, GA. Hodgeman
lives in Derry, NH with his wife and two children.