LiDestri Food and Drink
Matthew Colmerauer has a diverse work experience spanning over several companies and roles. Matthew currently holds the position of Director of Procurement and Transportation at LiDestri Food and Drink. Prior to this, Matthew worked at Xerox, where they served as the Western Hemisphere Procurement Manager and later as the North American Consumables Supply Chain Operations lead. Matthew also worked at Xerox/Conduent as the Director of Procurement Partners. Matthew's earlier experience includes roles at Xerox as a Services Procurement Partner, Worldwide Logistics Procurement lead, and Intl Transportation Manager. Matthew started their career at Constellation Brands as a Transportation Manager. Throughout their career, Matthew has focused on driving productivity in cost, quality, and delivery, managing contracts, and developing centralized purchasing processes.
Matthew Colmerauer obtained a Masters degree in Global Operations Management from Clarkson University from 2005 to 2008. Prior to that, they completed a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration/Finance at the State University of New York at Fredonia, although the specific time frame is not given.
LiDestri Food and Drink
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LiDestri Food & Drink has grown from our roots as a pasta sauce and salsa manufacturer to become an R&D engine, formulating and then producing innovative food and beverage for national and retailer brand partners. A family-run company based in Rochester, NY, LiDestri employs more than 1,200 people at five U.S. locations. We have decades-long partnerships with some of the most respected consumer packaged goods (CPG) and the most highly inventive retailer brands. In food, LiDestri has deep experience in making pasta sauces, salsas, dips and spreads, and in the beverage category, we manufacture juices, energy drinks, and milk products. We offer state-of-the-art processing, which is key to unlocking growth in the healthy and natural beverage market, including high pressure processing (HPP), cold fill aseptic and hot fill. Customers tell us they appreciate our commitment to creating the highest quality products using efficient state-of-the-art facilities and equipment and following the best manufacturing practices. Our Innovation Center provides our national brand and private label partners with the facilities, equipment, and expertise necessary to develop products from scratch in an environment that accurately simulates full-scale production. Our product development connoisseurs, certified tasters, process improvement experts, and packaging designers help our partners improve their existing products to craft and produce some amazing original offerings.