<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:130%"> Sidney, OH</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Jordan Okumura<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">03.13.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/hl_freshway_25_years_BODY.jpg" alt="images031313" />Freshway Foods is celebrating its 25th anniversary with impressive growth, positive change and a long-standing commitment to creating a clear value proposition, according to a press release.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Co-owners Frank and Phil Gilardi started the company which began with five associates in an 8,000 square-foot facility. Freshway now operates in a state-of-the-art, 100,000 square foot facility with more than 400 team members.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Frank Gilardi, CEO, states, “We are very proud to see so many dedicated associates at Freshway Foods. Our ability to recruit, hire, and maintain a loyal workforce is a significant competitive advantage in our industry."<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The company’s distribution area spans over 60% of the U.S. population and lead to the creation of Freshway Logistics offering a fleet of 41 power units and 53 trailers.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>Freshwa's foodservice, retail and broadliner customers enjoy benefits that include convenience, consistency, reduced preparation time, 100 percent usable product, labor cost reduction and a strong emphasis on food safety and quality. The company also focuses on new product development for foodservice and retail customers and supports nationwide initiatives to provide healthier nutrition in schools.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>President, Phil Gilardi, notes “We are very fortunate that our surrounding community provides us with plenty of support. We very much look forward to celebrating many more milestones of growth with our family of associates."</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.freshwayfoods.com" target="_new"> Freshway Foods </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
