Food industry veteran Bill Wagner is the first president in the brand's 75-year history who is not a descendant of the Kiolbassa line. SanAntonio SATX SanAntonioTX SanAntonioFood SanAntonioRestaurants
New president Bill Wagner previously served as Kiolbassa's chief operating officer and has more than three decades of food-industry experience, according to theThe company produces smoked sausages, bacon and chorizo, all sold in grocery chains across the country.
Rufus and Juanita Kiolbassa founded the firm in 1949 on city’s West Side. Their son Robert, led the company from 1960 until he died last year from a heart attack, according to theWagner got his start in finance and operations for Frito-Lay North America Inc. before joining Ernst & Young's consumer products management consulting group, thereports. He became chief financial officer of SA-based salsa maker Pace Foods before it was acquired by Campbell Soup Co.
According to Wagner’s LinkedIn page, he joined Kiolbassa Smoked Meats as chief financial officer in 2017 and was promoted to chief operating officer last year.
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